I am having this exact problem. I am testing on the emulator. On Feb 19, 1:24 am, Walt Armour <waltarm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a simple style like this: > > <style parent="android:Theme.Light.NoTitleBar" name="MyTheme"> > <item name="android:colorBackground">#FFFFFF</item> > <item name="android:textAppearance">@style/PrimaryText</ > item> > </style> > > And a simple style like this: > > <style parent="@android:style/TextAppearance" name="PrimaryText"> > <item name="android:textColor">#FF0000</item> > <item name="android:textSize">14sp</item> > </style> > > Now, I would expect (from reading everything that is documented) that > if I set thethemefor my application like so: > > <application android:icon="@drawable/app_icon" > android:name=".MyApp" > android:theme="@style/MyTheme" > > > then anything in my app that has a textAppearance attribute (like a > TextView) would inherit the attributes from MyTheme (and thus the > attributes from PrimaryText). > > But they don't. I tried setting thethemeon the specific activity > (in the manifest) and that did not work. I set the style attribute on > the containing layout like this: > > <LinearLayout > android:id="@+id/myLayout" > android:orientation="vertical" > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > android:layout_margin="5sp" > style="@style/MyTheme" > android:background="@drawable/round_border"> > > and that did nothing (which I believe is expected since this cascading > inheritance should only work when applied as a 'theme'). > > Am I missing something obvious here? Right now I have to set the > textAppearance (or style) attribute on every single TextView to get > the style. The pain is great. Does anyone have a suggestion on a way > to get this to work? > > While working this I also hit another oddity that may or may not be > related. If I take the specific attributes (like textColor and > textSize) and put them in MyTheme then they do correctly cascade and > apply to all my text. The problem is that they then cannot be > overridden by a style. If I set textAppearance on a TextView it > appears to be ignored. However, if I explicitly set textColor or > textSize then it will be honored and override thethemesetting for > that TextView. > > In general it feels like there is some missing wiring or a bit of > inconsistency in the application of themes and styling attributes.
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