
For example, the first new custom theme DialogNoTitle adds to the properties of the Android For content of each tag defines a new theme, with name the name by which we shall reference it, parent the base theme from which the new theme is derived, and the content of the enclosed tags each adding new attributes to the base theme.

In the manifest file a theme is specified as an attribute of an activity or application. These may be specified in the app manifest file, in XML files, or directly in the Java code. (Styles and themes are basically the same thing, but in the usual terminology styles are applied to individual Views and themes are applied to full Activities.) Implementing SharedPreferences within a modern Fragments-based context.īecause we shall use some specific themes and methods that were introduced in more recent versions of Android, we shall restrict this application to devices running API 15 and above.īefore writing any code we give a very basic overview of To allow the user to implement a persistent change of the display theme at runtime. Creating new themes by combining the attributes of existing ones.In this project we give a somewhat more extensive discussion, addressing more advanced issues associated with


A general introduction may be found in theĪnd available themes are documented under The basic use of styles and themes in Android interfaces has been touched upon in previous projects (for example, in the discussion of
