Sign Up

Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.

Have an account? Sign In

Have an account? Sign In Now

Sign In

Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.

Sign Up Here

Forgot Password?

Don't have account, Sign Up Here

Forgot Password

Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.

Have an account? Sign In Now

You must login to ask a question.

Forgot Password?

Need An Account, Sign Up Here

Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.

Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.

Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.

Sign InSign Up

The Archive Base

The Archive Base Logo The Archive Base Logo

The Archive Base Navigation

  • SEARCH
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
Search
Ask A Question

Mobile menu

Close
Ask a Question
  • Home
  • Add group
  • Groups page
  • Feed
  • User Profile
  • Communities
  • Questions
    • New Questions
    • Trending Questions
    • Must read Questions
    • Hot Questions
  • Polls
  • Tags
  • Badges
  • Buy Points
  • Users
  • Help
  • Buy Theme
  • SEARCH
Home/ Questions/Q 9121885
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Editorial Team
Asked: June 17, 20262026-06-17T05:57:49+00:00 2026-06-17T05:57:49+00:00

When using the designer for Mono for Android in Visual Studio, the controls have

  • 0

When using the designer for Mono for Android in Visual Studio,
the controls have a nice clean design but as soon as you run the app on a device (emulator or real)
the controls have a completely different style:

enter image description here

Is this because the designer uses a specific theme, if so which one,
or is there something else I have to do to get the same style on the device as in the designer?

  • 1 1 Answer
  • 0 Views
  • 0 Followers
  • 0
Share
  • Facebook
  • Report

Leave an answer
Cancel reply

You must login to add an answer.

Forgot Password?

Need An Account, Sign Up Here

1 Answer

  • Voted
  • Oldest
  • Recent
  • Random
  1. Editorial Team
    Editorial Team
    2026-06-17T05:57:50+00:00Added an answer on June 17, 2026 at 5:57 am

    You probably have the default theme set to Theme.Holo.Light in the designer. In the upper-right of the designer, you will see a button that allows you to select the theme. See the screenshot below.

    Mono for Android Theme Selector

    If you need to change the theme to Holo light or just Holo, reference this post. You will need to make some themes resources and update your application manifest.

    • 0
    • Reply
    • Share
      Share
      • Share on Facebook
      • Share on Twitter
      • Share on LinkedIn
      • Share on WhatsApp
      • Report

Sidebar

Related Questions

I'm using the Visual Studio 2010 Class Diagram designer and it does a nice
I have an application that was started in C# 1.0 using Visual Studio .NET.
I have a button for my web browser using Qt Designer, but I need
I have created a nice looking toolbar using qt Designer and populated it with
Using the designer in Visual Studio, how can you define an entity that maps
When using the designer in Visual Studio, a white bar appears at the top.
I'm writing a GUI in C#, Visual Studio 2008, using the Designer and WinForms.
I am currently building a small visual designer using the Netbeans Platform. All my
I'm currently working on an app that is being created using Ironspeed Designer. It's
I have a dropdown control, with some values I added in using the designer.

Explore

  • Home
  • Add group
  • Groups page
  • Communities
  • Questions
    • New Questions
    • Trending Questions
    • Must read Questions
    • Hot Questions
  • Polls
  • Tags
  • Badges
  • Users
  • Help
  • SEARCH

Footer

© 2021 The Archive Base. All Rights Reserved
With Love by The Archive Base

Insert/edit link

Enter the destination URL

Or link to existing content

    No search term specified. Showing recent items. Search or use up and down arrow keys to select an item.