They did a presentation in which they explain how they calculate the view colors, the problems they had with that and a few other useful tips. The video for the presentation is available on their YouTube channel The number morphing is fairly simple and explained in this article and you can find the complete View … Read more
You can create a new set of styles to use which have the same properties as Theme.Translucent from themes.xml. Add the following to your styles.xml file: <style name=”Theme.AppCompat.Translucent”> <item name=”android:windowNoTitle”>true</item> <item name=”android:windowBackground”>@android:color/transparent</item> <item name=”android:colorBackgroundCacheHint”>@null</item> <item name=”android:windowIsTranslucent”>true</item> <item name=”android:windowAnimationStyle”>@android:style/Animation</item> </style> You can change the prefix Theme.AppCompat to something else if you want to inherit other things … Read more
You can’t force the text color, it is auto generated (either white/black) based on your colorPrimary color.
Here is my understanding after some testing: ContextCompat.getDrawable(@NonNull Context context, @DrawableRes int resId) ResourcesCompat.getDrawable(@NonNull Resources res, @DrawableRes int id, @Nullable Theme theme) AppCompatResources.getDrawable(@NonNull Context context, @DrawableRes int resId) VectorDrawableCompat.create(@NonNull Resources res, @DrawableRes int resId, @Nullable Theme theme The first thing I see is VectorDrawableCompat and ResourcesCompat can specify a theme. I) Without using AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true); in … Read more
In your Manifest you need to reference the name of the style that has the text color item inside it. Right now you are just referencing an empty style. So in your theme.xml do only this style: <style name=”Theme” parent=”@android:style/TextAppearance”> <item name=”android:textColor”>#ffffffff</item> </style> And keep you reference to in the Manifest the same (android:theme=”@style/Theme”) EDIT: … Read more
Out of the whole page of the Styles and Themes. You may be looking for this line. When you apply a style to a single View in the layout, the properties defined by the style are applied only to that View. If a style is applied to a ViewGroup, the child View elements will not … Read more
In case people are still visiting for a working solution, here is what worked for me:– This is for Appcompat support library. This is in continuation to ActionBar styling explained here Following is the styles.xml file. <resources> <!– Base application theme. –> <style name=”AppTheme” parent=”Theme.AppCompat.Light”> <!– This is the styling for action bar –> <item … Read more
You might be tried to change Settings -> Colors & Fonts -> Scheme name like below: Try to edit Settings -> Appearances -> Theme:
If you want the default colors of Android ICS, you just have to go to your Android SDK and look for this path: platforms\android-15\data\res\values\colors.xml. Here you go: <!– For holo theme –> <drawable name=”screen_background_holo_light”>#fff3f3f3</drawable> <drawable name=”screen_background_holo_dark”>#ff000000</drawable> <color name=”background_holo_dark”>#ff000000</color> <color name=”background_holo_light”>#fff3f3f3</color> <color name=”bright_foreground_holo_dark”>@android:color/background_holo_light</color> <color name=”bright_foreground_holo_light”>@android:color/background_holo_dark</color> <color name=”bright_foreground_disabled_holo_dark”>#ff4c4c4c</color> <color name=”bright_foreground_disabled_holo_light”>#ffb2b2b2</color> <color name=”bright_foreground_inverse_holo_dark”>@android:color/bright_foreground_holo_light</color> <color name=”bright_foreground_inverse_holo_light”>@android:color/bright_foreground_holo_dark</color> <color name=”dim_foreground_holo_dark”>#bebebe</color> <color … Read more
@Alexander Hanssen’s answer basically has answered this… Don’t know why it was not accepted… Maybe because of the finish()/startActivity(). I voted for it and I tried to comment but cannot… Anyway, I would do exactly what he described in terms of styles. <style name=”AppThemeLight” parent=”Theme.AppCompat.Light”> <!– Customize your theme here. –> <item name=”android:windowAnimationStyle”>@style/WindowAnimationTransition</item> </style> <style … Read more