Theme/Style is not applied when inflater used with ApplicationContext

Question

I have theme that specifies textColor for TextView as red.

I am using LayoutInflater to instantiate TextView. The problem is that styles are not applied to TextView

Answer 1

Never use an Application Context to inflate views, because styling doesn't work with this context. Always use an Activity's context when playing with views. The only exception is when you need to create RemoteViews from a Service.

More info about the different types of Contexts and their capabilities can be found in this excellent article.