android-theme

I'm making an Android app that needs to allow client to maintain the resources from their server which would include strings, drawables etc. I've already created a mechanism for downloading a zip file with all these files, and they're able to change strings pretty easy, I've also created a mechanism that allows the client to change bg color for UI controls, to change width, height etc but I have a feeling that there must be a better way to create all this. So I believe the real question is: What's the best practice to create a custom theme, deploy it on server, make the app download it, and

In my application I want to use the Theme.NoTitleBar, but on the other hand I also don't want to loose the internal Theme of the Android OS.. I searched on the net and Found the following answer.. I have modified my styles.xml and added the following line of code.. Inside values/styles.xml <style name="Theme.Default" parent="@android:style/Theme"></style> <style name="Theme.NoTitle" parent="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"></style> <style name="Theme.FullScreen" parent="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"></style> Inside values-v11/styles.xml <style name="Theme.Default" parent="

I'd like to have an activity (2) with translucent aspect over another activity (1), aligned at the top of the screen (4). I have tried assigning these themes to activity number 2: <style name="Theme.CustomDialog" parent="android:style/Theme.Dialog"> <item name="android:windowBackground">@android:color/black</item> </style> <style name="CustomTheme"> <item name="android:windowBackground">@android:color/transparent</item> <item name="android:background">@android:color/transparent</item> <item name="android:windowIsFloating">true</item> <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item> </style> But

Hello I would like to apply a custom Backgroundlayout just for my Main Activity. I couldn't find a solution. Can somebody give me some tips? would like to have just a simple TextView with a background in the Actionbar. Is this possible? I managed to remove the icon and set a backgroundimage. But how can I set the gravity of the text to center and change the typefont? getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false); getSupportActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(myimage)); It should look like this: thanks! You have to set a custom layout for the Actionbar like

I have a simple login screen with username and password. I'd like it to show the EditText fields in the same way as you see in the Holo theme on Ice Cream Sandwich and Honeycomb. In my manifest file I have <application android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo"> Shouldn't the text fields now look different e.g. have no top, left and right borders? Mine seem to look the exact same. I'm sure I'm doing something very basically wrong but any suggestions welcome. This is what I see in the emulator: I was expecting more like this:

I was in the process of designing an Android application and decided to try out the new Material theme. I found all of the available color schemes for the new theme online, but I was unable to find a corresponding .xml file that has all of the colors in the color palette. Does anyone know where I can find this so that I might use these colors in my styles? Here is the color palette: http://www.google.com/design/spec/style/color.html#color-ui-color-application I was unable to find an XML file containing all of the colors for the new Material theme in Android, so I ended up making one. I figured