i'm confused about deploying my android apps, theming isue.
How can i display on diferent devices a progress bar(for example) with his native theme? So if its android 4.0 display it with themes for 4.0 and if its android 2.2 display it with themes for 2.2...beause if i develop for android 2.2, i get his theme on other devices versions.
i get this always
I want this for other versions.
EDIT
If the device has version 2.2 i want that progress bar as a 2.2 progress bar android version. But if it's a 4.0 version i want a 4.0 progress bar style verion. Is that possible?
The effect below is one of features of theme Holo, which is introduced into android since 4.0. So there is possibility you can get such layout effect by introducing style file into lower version of system. See set-holo-theme-in-older-android-versions
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how to use Material You 3.0 dynamic colors for android 12 and higher, and normal theme coloring for older phones on the same app? I am creating an app, made with material You 3.0, and it works beautifully with dynamic colors on Android 12 and higher, but these colors aren't available for older phones. How to add my custom themes for older android Versions?
My problem is that I have an app with action bar menu. The app works fine on the emulator, everything is shown, but when I'm debugging it on physical device, I can't see action bar with buttons. I have added action bar with support library. MinSdkVer of app is 8. My phone has android version 2.3.6, so version shouldn't make any problems. I don't know what can be done to make it work.
Set up your project with the appcompat v7 support library by following the instructions in the Support Library Setup.
Once your project is set up with the support library, here's how to add the action bar:
Create your activity by extending ActionBarActivity.
Use (or extend) one of the Theme.AppCompat themes for your activity. For example:
Now your activity includes the action bar when running on Android 2.1 (API level 7) or higher.
check your emulator version it might be above 3.0 and if you run app in emulator with version below 3.0 you will get the same buttons you have watched in your device....
the solution is you have to use support library concept shown in following links,
http://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/index.html
http://tekeye.biz/2012/android-support-library-samples
http://www.grokkingandroid.com/adding-actionbarsherlock-to-your-project/
I am currently creating an application for a client. I love the Holo light with dark action bar theme/style but that means that I would have to use API 14 and above. If I set the min API level to 14 then only about 50% of android users will be able to get the application, so I need to have min API level set to 9 (Gingerbread).
Finally the question: is there any way of using the theme/style on gingerbread or even put a Holo light with dark action bar style in Values?
You can use Action Bar Sherlock library it has Theme.Sherlock.Light.DarkActionBar (among other things). With it you can almost completely emulate API 14 UI on earlier devices.
I'm using android:Theme.Holo in my activity and I'm wondering if there's any way this can be not recommended. I mean if it's possible that Holo theme is not present in the device (obviously in >=Honeycomb).
In case it's not present, I guess the app would just crash, wouldn't it?
Holo theme is mandatory on all Android 4.0 devices that are running Android Market.
Yes Android 4.0 showcases the Holo theme family, further refined since its debut in Android 3.0. Indeed, Google continues its approach to unify the user experience on various Android devices by imposing native Holo theme (and its variations: Holo Holo Light and Light DarkActionBar) to access the Marketplace. So to ask your question all devices that run Android 4.0 uses the Holo theme.
As the other answers say, Holo is mandatory in 4.0, but if you want to support Holo on pre-4.0 phones then check out HoloEverywhere, https://github.com/ChristopheVersieux/HoloEverywhere.
I am new in android development. And I have confusion about android layout compatibility.
I am creating one app in android 4.0.3 but it's UI look like android 2.2 related UI.
I used all default controls in app but it not look like 4.0.3 related UI.
So any one can help me in below problems.
If I am creating app in android 4.0.3 then how it's look in android 2.2 and vice versa?
How can I create app which is run in all android version with standard UI?
Please help me.
Thanks in advance.
Your app will use the system theme that you specify, or the custom styles that you specify. If you do not create custom themes or styles your app will use the default styles on each platform. So on 4.0.3 it will use the ICS theme, and on 2.2 it will use the older theme.
To create an app that will run on all versions, you should probably set your target API to 1.5, but there are few devices with 1.5 left, so you'll probably set your API target to 2.2, and this will make your application run on all the devices with Android 2.2+.