I am using themes (dynamically) in my android app, like this:
my_layout.xml (extract):
Have you check this MultipleThemeMaterialDesign demo?
SettingActivity:
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
Preferences.applyTheme(this);
getDelegate().installViewFactory();
getDelegate().onCreate(savedInstanceState);
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setToolbar();
addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences);
Preferences.sync(getPreferenceManager());
mListener = new SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChangeListener() {
@Override
public void onSharedPreferenceChanged(SharedPreferences sharedPreferences, String key) {
Preferences.sync(getPreferenceManager(), key);
if (key.equals(getString(R.string.pref_theme))) {
finish();
final Intent intent = IntentCompat.makeMainActivity(new ComponentName(
SettingsActivity.this, MainActivity.class));
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | IntentCompat.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
startActivity(intent);
}
}
};
}
See full example for demo.