android-theme

I have a background set for all of the activities of the app by using the "android:background" parameter in the styles and setting the theme of the application to link to this style. All worked well, till I've noticed that for a dialog with a list of items, it makes each item to have the full size of the background . After changing the parameter being used to "android:windowBackground" it seems to work fine in this case too. Why does it occur? What is the difference between the two? Also , does setting "android:windowBackground" to @null as written here provide the same speed boost as using

I need to make one of my activities called MyNoStatusBarActivity.java a full-screen activity. I have added in the Manifest : <activity android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" android:name=".MyNoStatusBarActivity" android:noHistory="true" android:label="@string/app_name" android:configChanges="touchscreen|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|orientation"> ... </activity> And in the onCreate of my activity : @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); getWindow().setFlags(

I'm using a custom theme that inherits from DarkActionBar and I want to customize dropdown menu to be white like when using Light Holo theme. I've been able to change the background to white using: <style name="MyTheme" parent="@style/Theme.Light.DarkActionBar"> <item name="android:actionDropDownStyle">@style/MyDropDownNav</item> </style> <style name="MyDropDownNav"> <item name="android:background">@drawable/spinner_background_white</item> <item name="android:popupBackground">@drawable/menu_dropdown_panel_whyite</item> <item name="android:dropDownSelector">@drawable/selectable_background_white

I've breaking my head over this quite a bit. What I need to do is, change the style of all AlertDialog s in my android application - dialog background needs to be white-ish, and text needs to be black-ish. I tried creating a lot of styles, themes, and applying from the code, manifest, etc, but no success, with regard to the text colors inside the AlertDialog . Right now, I have the simplest of codes, set like this: Manifest: <application android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/AppTheme" > styles.xml: <style name="AppTheme" parent=

Is there a way I can change all the alert dialogs appearing in my Android application? I want to change the dialogs that are system generated as well ( like the Edit Text dialog that opens up when you long tap on any EditText ). I want to change the title font color and size of all the dialogs in my app. Is there a way to do it? I have tried setting android:alertDialogTheme in my theme. But it seems to be not working. Code following - <style name="Theme.DLight" parent="android:Theme.Light.NoTitleBar"> <item name="android:alertDialogTheme">@style/DialogStyle</item> </style> and <style name=

What is the simplest change that I can make to a new Blank Activity, as created by the latest version of Android Studio, to get the app to appear fullscreen? I want to create a fullscreen Android application. I'm working with Android Studio. This post suggests that I add a line such as ... android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.NoActionBar.Fullscreen" ... to the AndroidManifest.xml file, as shown below: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.lexogram.james.blackslate" > <application android:allowBackup=