Change text editing style in android

Question

I created an application in which I use Theme.holo.light theme. Now I want to change the look of my edittexts so that they look in Theme.Dark. How can i do this. I am adding something like this in styles.xml:

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

and use in xml with this edittext, but not working. How to change the style of edit text?

Answer 1

Check out the following article: http://www.androidengineer.com/2010/06/using-themes-in-android-applications.html

I found it very useful and practical for me. He will answer all your questions about the theme style.