PreferenceActivity and theme not applying

Question

Hi all I have set the theme in the manifest file like this:

android:theme=\"@android:style/Theme.Light\"

But I have a problem in the Prefer

Answer 1

Somebody just posted a workaround at http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4611

In a nutshell, top level preference screens seem to recognize the theme but nested ones not. So the workaround recommends creating top level PreferenceActivity for nested PreferenceScreen and then invoking this new activity via intent:

I didn't have to apply the theme to anything but the application itself.