Question

I defined in my Layout XML a headline and a basic TextView. I use these elements very often throughout my app. Until now I just copied and pasted every TextView but I guess there must be a way to make a ‘class’ like in CSS where I can define the cut-set of the attributes which are the same for i.e. the headline element.

Any ideas how I can store them into a class or something?

Answer 1

Sounds like you are looking for styles.

TextView implementation

<TextView
    style="@style/CodeFont"
    android:text="@string/hello" />

res/values/styles.xml

<resources>
    <style name="CodeFont" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Medium">
        <item name="android:layout_width">fill_parent</item>
        <item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">#00FF00</item>
        <item name="android:typeface">monospace</item>
    </style>
</resources>