In my Android application I need to apply style for a group of buttons, instead of styling each button individual. Something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- put here style="#ststyle/Button_Style" -->
<Button android:id="#+id/button1" android:text="#string/b01" />
<Button android:id="#+id/button2" android:text="#string/b02" />
<Button android:id="#+id/button4" android:text="#string/b03" />
<!-- end style -->
You can write the style for button like this ;
style_btn.xml
<style name="style_btn" parent="Wrap">
<item name="android:background">#drawable/btn_bg</item>
<item name="android:gravity">center</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#android:color/white</item>
<item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
<item name="android:layout_marginTop">4dp</item>
<item name="android:minWidth">90dp</item>
</style>
apply that style to your button :
<Button
android:id="#+id/attach_file"
style="#style/style_btn"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:background="#drawable/orange_bg"
android:drawablePadding="10dp"
android:drawableRight="#drawable/attach"
android:text="#string/str_email_attach" />
If you need the style to all of the buttons in your application, mention in your App theme style, Then no need to apply for every button.
<style name="YourTheme" parent="android:Theme.Light">
<item name="android:buttonStyle">#style/Button</item>
</style>
If you need the style to particluar button , then apply to every button
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
style="#style/Button"
android:text="Button" />
I know I'm late joining the party but I stumbled across this when trying to figure out the same problem myself.
What I did was:
Depending on how may button groups you have (say 3 for example) you need to subclass button and create three custom button classes (see below)
//Custom button 1
public class CustomButton1 extends Button {
public CustomButton1(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs, R.attr.attrStyle1);
}
public CustomButton1(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, null, R.attr.attrStyle1);
}
}
//Custom button 2
public class CustomButton2 extends Button {
public CustomButton2(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs, R.attr.attrStyle2);
}
public CustomButton2(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, null, R.attr.attrStyle2);
}
}
//Custom button 3
public class CustomButton3 extends Button {
public CustomButton3(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs, R.attr.attrStyle3);
}
public CustomButton3(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, null, R.attr.attrStyle3);
}
}
You can see from the custom classes I have passed a custom attr. These I define in my styles.xml and use them as reference. See my styles.xml below:
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
</style>
<style name="theme1">
<item name="#attr/attrStyle1">#style/CustomButton1</item>
<item name="#attr/attrStyle2">#style/CustomButton2</item>
<item name="#attr/attrStyle3">#style/CustomButton3</item>
<item name="android:background">#color/warning_yellow_colour</item>
</style>
<style name="CustomButton1" parent = "#android:style/Widget.Button">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/white_colour</item>
<item name="android:padding">20dp</item>
<item name="android:background">#color/banner_background_sensor_colour</item>
</style>
<style name="CustomButton2" parent = "#android:style/Widget.Button">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/white_colour</item>
<item name="android:padding">20dp</item>
<item name="android:background">#color/button_red_colour</item>
</style>
<style name="CustomButton3" parent = "#android:style/Widget.Button">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/white_colour</item>
<item name="android:padding">20dp</item>
<item name="android:background">#color/text_blue_colour</item>
</style>
<attr name="attrStyle1" format="reference"/>
<attr name="attrStyle2" format="reference"/>
<attr name="attrStyle3" format="reference"/>
By linking the style to the attr, you then apply that style to your custom class, which you can then duplicate as many times as needed
CustomButton1 theme1 = (CustomButton1)findViewById(R.id.theme1);
CustomButton2 theme2 = (CustomButton2)findViewById(R.id.theme2);
CustomButton3 theme3 = (CustomButton3)findViewById(R.id.theme3);
Hopefully this is of benefit to someone!
Related
I've noticed that the SwitchCompat's font does not seem to change with what I've set in the fontFamily field. I've also tried using styles with custom fontFamily (which works on TextViews) and even the switchTextAppearance field. It does apply on the preview (I know the preview is not really accurate) but not when I tried running it on my test device.
Here's my SwitchCompat:
<android.support.v7.widget.SwitchCompat
style="#style/MyStyle.Body"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fontFamily="#font/my_font_family"
android:text="Enable"
app:switchTextAppearance="#style/MyStyle.Body"/>
and here's my style:
<style name="MyStyle.Body" parent="Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Body1">
<item name="android:textSize">14sp</item>
<item name="android:fontFamily">#font/my_font_family</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/color_primary_text</item>
</style>
As you can see, I only really want to change it's font
EDIT
I've changed my style to this
<style name="MyStyle.Switch" parent="Widget.AppCompat.CompoundButton.Switch">
<item name="android:textSize">14sp</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/color_primary_text</item>
<item name="android:fontFamily">#font/my_font_family</item>
<item name="fontFamily">#font/my_font_family</item>
</style>
still doesn't work though
XML settings is not working, therefore I use following code:
someSwitch.setTypeface(ResourcesCompat.getFont(context, R.font.roboto));
Try
parent="Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Body1"
replace into this
parent="TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.Switch"
Try below
public class CustomSwitchCompact extends SwitchCompat {
public CustomSwitchCompact(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
init();
}
public CustomSwitchCompact(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
init();
}
public CustomSwitchCompact(Context context) {
super(context);
init();
}
private void init() {
if (!isInEditMode()) {
Typeface myFonts = Typeface.createFromAsset(getContext().getAssets(),
"fonts/Roboto_Bold.ttf");
setTypeface(myFonts);
}
}
}
XML file
<com.test.CustomSwitchCompact
android:id="#+id/switch_compat"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:checked="false"
android:padding="20dp"
android:text="SwitchCompat"
android:textOff="OFF"
android:textOn="ON"
app:showText="true" />
Another way to achieve SwitchCompact with custom font
<android.support.v7.widget.SwitchCompat
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/adamSwitch"
android:textColor="#color/top_color"
android:textAppearance="#color/top_color"
android:gravity="center"
app:showText="true"
android:fontFamily="#font/my_font_family"
app:theme="#style/Custom.Widget.SwitchCompat"
app:switchPadding="5dp"
/>
in style.xml
<style name="Custom.Widget.SwitchCompat" parent="Widget.AppCompat.CompoundButton.Switch" >
<item name="android:textColorPrimary">#color/blue</item>
<item name="android:textSize">14sp</item>
<item name="android:fontFamily">#font/my_font_family</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/color_primary_text</item>
</style>
The only thing that works for me is setSwitchTypeface, not setTypeface:
my_switch.setSwitchTypeface(ResourcesCompat.getFont(context, R.font.my_font))
I've used android:textAppearance instead of android:switchTextAppearance and custom font works now. Also my switch style have Widget.AppCompat.CompoundButton.Switch as parent
I have an Android application which uses Material design theme with backward compatibility through AppCompat.
There are multiple Textview's and EditText's in my application. I would like the same properties to be applied to all these TextView's and EditText's across the application. In order to achieve this, i have defined a custom style as shown below:
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="ParentTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
</style>
<style name="ArabicTheme" parent="ParentTheme">
<item name="android:editTextStyle">#style/arabicEditText</item>
<item name="android:textViewStyle">#style/arabicTextView</item>
</style>
<style name="arabicEditText" parent="#android:style/Widget.EditText">
<item name="android:gravity">right</item>
<item name="android:ellipsize">end</item>
</style>
<style name="arabicTextView" parent="#android:style/Widget.TextView">
<item name="android:gravity">right</item>
</style>
In my AndroidManifest.xml file under the <Application> tag, i have set android:theme="#style/ArabicTheme".
Below is the output of the activity:
As seen in the above output, the Style is being applied to TextView only. However, The same is not being applied to EditText.
Incase, if i explicitly specify these properties to the EditText in the corresponding Actitivy's xml as shown below:
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textPersonName"
android:hint="Name"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:gravity="right"
android:ems="10"
android:layout_below="#+id/textView"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:id="#+id/editText" />
i.e I have explicitly added android:ellipsize="end" and android:gravity="right" to the <EditText>, and only then the output is as expected:
Like i said, i have multiple TextView's and EditText's and i cannot explicitly add these properties to all of them. So, is there a way i can achieve this using Styles or any other approach? Am i doing something wrong here?
Your approach is correct. Just remove android: from the editText's attribute name:
<item name="editTextStyle">#style/arabicEditText</item>
I cannot explain this though. I guess appCompat things don't reuse android attributes, but add another ones with similiar names. Same goes with colorPrimary, srcCompat and others.
I have been doing this
public class LightEditText extends android.widget.EditText{
public LightEditText(Context context) {
super(context);
setFont();
}
public LightEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
setFont();
}
public LightEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
setFont();
}
#TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP)
public LightEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr, int defStyleRes) {
super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr, defStyleRes);
setFont();
}
/**
* This method is used to set the given font to the TextView.
*/
private void setFont() {
Typeface typeface = TypefaceCache.get(getContext().getAssets(), "fonts/Roboto-Light.ttf");
setTypeface(typeface);
}
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
super.onDraw(canvas);
}
}
Then inside your xml file
<com.packagename.LightEditText
android:id="#+id/edtTaskName"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"/>
Do the above method for setting common properties(fontType,style..etc) to editext
In my Android app I have two different themes (light and dark).
For example:
<style name="AppThemeDark" parent="Theme.AppCompat">
<item name="colorPrimary">#android:color/black</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#android:color/black</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#android:color/holo_red_dark</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#android:color/white</item>
<item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>
</style>
<style name="AppThemeLight" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>
</style>
So, now I can apply, for example, different text colors to a TextView (white for dark theme and black for light):
<item name="android:textViewStyle">#style/TextViewDark</item>
<style name="TextViewDark">
<item name="android:textColor">?android:attr/colorAccent</item>
</style>
But it will apply to all TextViews.
The main question, is it possible to make in XML (not programmatically) next:
Light theme: Half of TextViews text color black, and another half green.
Black theme: TextViews that black in Light theme - red, and another half - blue (which are green in Light theme).
Create 2 classes extends TextView
public class OneTextView extends TextView {
public OneTextView(Context context) {
super(context);
init(context);
}
public OneTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
init(context);
}
public OneTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
init(context);
}
private void init(Context context){
int[] attrs = new int[] { R.attr.myFirstColor};
TypedArray ta = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs);
int appColor = ta.getColor(0, 0);
ta.recycle();
// set theme color
setTextColor(appColor);
}
}
public class SecondTextView extends TextView {
public SecondTextView(Context context) {
super(context);
init(context);
}
public SecondTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
init(context);
}
public SecondTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
init(context);
}
private void init(Context context){
int[] attrs = new int[] { R.attr.mySecondColor};
TypedArray ta = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs);
int appColor = ta.getColor(0, 0);
ta.recycle();
// set theme color
setTextColor(appColor);
}
}
each class you can use in xml like this
<com.route.to.class.OneTextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
OneTextView can have black and red colors
SecondTextView can have green and blue colors
define attr.xml in values
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<attr name="myFirstColor" format="color" />
<attr name="mySecondColor" format="color" />
</resources>
Then in your styles.xml, define colors for each theme:
<style name="Theme.MyApp" parent="#style/Theme.Light">
<item name="myFirstColor">#color/black</item>
<item name="mySecondColor">#color/green</item>
</style>
<style name="Theme.MyApp.Dark" parent="#style/Theme.Dark">
<item name="myFirstColor">#color/green</item>
<item name="mySecondColor">#color/blue</item>
</style>
you have defined in styles.xml
<style name="TextViewDark">
<item name="android:textColor">?android:attr/colorAccent</item>
</style>
<style name="TextViewLight">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/green</item>
</style>
then you can use it in main.xml
<LinearLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/light_text_view"
android:text"i´m use light theme"
style="#style/TextViewLight"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/dark_text_view"
android:text"i´m use darktheme"
style="#style/TextViewDark"/>
</LinearLayout>
you don´t need to define styles in AppThemes
I have created a Custom Class called RoundedButton that extends Button. I want to assign some default parameters. How to go about it?
There was no change after I implemented the xml codes below. Basically the style was not getting added by default. I don't know what I am missing.
in styles.xml
<resources>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="#android:style/Theme.Light">
<item name="RoundedButtonStyle">#style/CustomView</item>
</style>
<style name="CustomView">
<item name="android:clickable">true</item>
<item name="android:focusable">true</item>
<item name="android:focusableInTouchMode">true</item>
<item name="android:colorBackground">#color/transparent</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/blue</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">#color/transparent</item>
<item name="android:background">#drawable/button_border</item>
<item name="android:gravity">center</item>
</style>
</resources>
in attrs.xml
<resources>
<attr name="RoundedButtonStyle" type="reference" />
</resources>
manifest:
android:theme="#style/AppTheme"
RoundButton.java
public RoundedButton(Context context) {
super(context);
ctx = context;
}
public RoundedButton(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs, R.attr.RoundedButtonStyle);
ctx = context;
TypedArray attrsArray = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.RoundedButtonAttrs, 0, 0);
initAttributesArray(attrsArray);
attrsArray.recycle();
initializeRoundedButton();
}
I have used this and this for trying to solve it.
EDIT: Earlier I had an issue that the background was light grey and did not change, I discovered the issue was because of a line of code that I had later in the UI Class.
I have a custom control which extends the DialogPreference where I have custom attributes and I want to define default values for them.
Here is the relevent part of my attrs.xml:
<!-- definition of my custom attributes -->
<declare-styleable name="MyPreference">
<attr name="myAttr1" format="string" />
<attr name="myAttr2" format="reference" />
</declare-styleable>
<!-- declatation of my style for my AppTheme -->
<declare-styleable name="AppTheme">
<attr name="myPreferenceStyle" format="reference" />
</declare-styleable>
themes.xml:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="#style/Theme.Sherlock.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- try of replacing the default text color -->
<item name="android:textAppearance">#style/WhiteText</item>
<item name="myPreferenceStyle">#style/Preference.My</item>
</style>
styles.xml:
<style name="WhiteText" parent="#android:style/TextAppearance">
<!-- set the default color to white... however it doesn't work -->
<item name="android:textColor">#fff</item>
</style>
<style name="Preference">
<item name="android:positiveButtonText">#android:string/ok</item>
<item name="android:negativeButtonText">#android:string/cancel</item>
</style>
<style name="Preference.My">
<item name="android:dialogLayout">#layout/preferences_my_picker</item>
<item name="myAttr1">#string/unknown</item>
<item name="myAttr2">#array/bits</item>
</style>
So I have defined that I want that the class MyPreference should have the default values like this:
android:positiveButtonText = "OK"
android:negativeButtonText = "Cancel"
android:dialogLayout = <ref to a layout>
myAttr1 = "Unknown"
myAttr2 = [1, 2, 4]
But when I try to access them I get nothing:
public MyPreference(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
TypedArray a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.MyPreference, defStyle, 0);
String txt = a.getText(R.styleable.MyPreference_myAttr1);
// txt == null :(
int bitsResId = a.getResourceId(R.styleable.MyPreference_myAttr2, -1);
// next line will crash bitsResId == -1
int[] bits = res.getIntArray(bitsResId);
a.recycle();
}
public MyPreference(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
this(context, attrs, R.attr.myPreferenceStyle);
}
I would be really helpful if somebody could explain me what I do wrong. And also why I cannot change the default text color to white.