How to use and style new AlertDialog from appCompat 22.1 and above

Question

I am trying to migrate from default android AlertDialog to the new one included in appCompat-22.1 So far I understand you only have to import android.sup

Answer 1

If you're like me you just want to modify some of the colors in AppCompat, and the only color you need to uniquely change in the dialog is the background. Then all you need to do is set a color for colorBackgroundFloating.

Here's my basic theme that simply modifies some colors with no nested themes: