android-theme

I want to give the user the choice between a few different themes, and was wondering if this is an alright way of doing things. I did a little test with this method and it worked, but I think there may be better ways and think it may cause some problems later on, so wanted to ask. I was thinking of creating a different layout for each theme, and in onCreate just having a switch for the setContentView() method. I'd load a saved SharedPreference value (integer) first and depending on what that value was display the corresponding layout. Obviously the user could change the SharedPreference value

I referred this link . In that if the user clicks on EditText(for ex To: ) at that time keyboard will be popped out and at the same time the user can be able to scroll to see all remaining views(ex: compose,subject, send button) in that screen. Similarly in my app I have one activity in that I am having some widgets or views. Suppose if the user clicks on Edittext which is in my Activity then keyboard is popping out and i can be able to scroll to see remaining views. But if i give this attribute android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" in manifest i was unable to scroll to

I'm attempting to get a user-chosen theme and feel like I'm frustratingly close. Defining the theme in AndroidManifest.xml works as it should, but (as best I can tell) can't change based on app preferences: <application android:theme="@style/theme_sunshine" android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name"> Alternatively, setting it dynamically in each activity also works: someChosenTheme = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this).getString("themePreference", "theme_twilight"); setTheme(someOtherChosenTheme); But that seems messy, and I'd rather set the theme for the

I want to have 2 selectable themes for my application. In order to do that, I defined some attributes, like this: <attr format="color" name="item_background" /> Then, I created both themes, like this: <style name="ThemeA"> <item name="item_background">#123456</item> </style> <style name="ThemeB"> <item name="item_background">#ABCDEF</item> </style> This method works great, allowing me to create and modify several themes easily. The problem is that it seems that it can be used only in Views, and not in Drawables . For example, referencing a value from a View inside a layout works: <TextView

The switch widget introduced in API 14 is styled by default with holo theme. I want to style it slightly different, changing its colors and shape a bit for branding reasons. How does one go about this? I know it must be possible, as ive seen the difference between default ICS and Samsung's touchwiz theme I assume I'll need some state drawables, and I've seen a few styles in http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.styleable.html with Switch_thumb and Switch_track that look like what I might be after. I just don't know how to go about using them. I'm using ActionbarSherlock if that