Question

i am trying to specify and set a style for a specific android view component in which this case is a EditText.

here is the style i am trying to apply a global set of styles

 <!-- style for the action bar backgrounds -->
<style name="MyActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:background">@color/lightBlue</item>
    <item name="android:paddingBottom">0dip</item>
</style>


<style name="ActivityStyleYellow">
    <item name="android:background">@color/brightYellow</item>
    <item name="android:textViewStyle">@style/textViewYellow</item>
    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
    <item name="android:text">@style/editTextYellow</item>

</style>

 <style name="ActivityStyleBlue">
    <item name="android:background">@color/lightBlue</item>
    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
    <item name="android:textViewStyle">@style/textViewBlue</item>
    <item name="android:EditTextViewStyle">@style/editTextBlue</item>
</style>

And here is the styles for my view components on a seperate xml file

 <style name="textViewBlue" parent="@android:style/Widget.TextView">
            <item name="android:textColor">@color/darkBlue</item>
              <item name="android:paddingBottom">@dimen/text_padding</item>
        </style>

        <style name="textViewYellow" parent="@android:style/Widget.TextView">
            <item name="android:textColor">@color/darkYellow</item>
              <item name="android:paddingBottom">@dimen/text_padding</item>
        </style>

        <style name="editTextBlue" parent="@android:style/Widget.EditText">
            <item name="android:paddingBottom">@dimen/text_padding</item>
            <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
            <item name="android:textColor">@color/darkBlue</item>
        </style>

     <style name="editTextYellow" parent="@android:style/Widget.EditText">
        <item name="android:paddingBottom">@dimen/text_padding</item>
        <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">@color/darkYellow</item>
    </style>

The issue is this line: @style/editTextYellow

android:EditTextViewStyle doesnt exist and i cant find any reference to it. i assumed it will be that because i also assumed what the textViewStyle was and that worked.

i couuld not find a define list of what android:xxx styles are valid but i suppose editText should surely be?

Is there a list to show what components i can use for “android:xxx”? i basically want to apply to a particular View component type.

is this possible for editText?

Thanks

Answer 1

What you are looking for is android:editTextStyle. For example:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar">
    <item name="android:editTextStyle">@style/Widget.Styled.EditText</item>
</style>

<style name="Widget.Styled.EditText" parent="@android:style/Widget.EditText">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/black</item>
    <item name="android:textSize">@dimen/default_font_size</item>
    <item name="android:textColorHint">@color/default_grey</item>
    <item name="android:typeface">normal</item>
</style>