I'm generating EditText fields and wish to set it's style from styles.xml file. But can't manage to do it. I can set some parameters, but I would rather use a style from styles.xml so it would be easier to change later if needed.
styles.xml
<style name="input_fields_single_line">
<item name="android:padding">8dp</item>
<item name="android:background">#drawable/input_field_shape</item>
<item name="android:maxLines">1</item>
</style>
Java code:
List<EditText> inputFieldList = new ArrayList<EditText>();
public void generateInputFields() {
EditText editTextFieldTitle = new EditText(this);
inputFieldList.add(editTextFieldTitle);
editTextFieldTitle.setHint(R.string.enter_field_title);
editTextFieldTitle.setMaxLines(1);
editTextFieldTitle.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
editTextFieldTitle.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
editTextFieldTitle.requestFocus();
myLayout.addView(editTextFieldTitle);
}
You create a separate style for the EditText like what you are doing but parented with the Widget.EditText like the following:
<style name="MyCustomeEditTextStyle" parent="#android:style/Widget.EditText">
...add as many items as you need
<item name="android:padding">8dp</item>
<item name="android:background">#drawable/input_field_shape</item>
<item name="android:maxLines">1</item>
</style>
Then call your style inside each edit text in the xml like the following:
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editTextId"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
style="#style/MyCustomeEditTextStyle" />
BUT if you are want it to be globally set once and set without the xml because you are generating your EditText programmatically like this:
EditText editTextFieldTitle = new EditText(this);
you can then set your style in the application style like this:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="#android:style/YourParentTheme">
<item name="android:editTextStyle">#style/MyCustomeEditTextStyle</item>
</style>
I found the solution here. Android: set view style programmatically
editTextFieldTitle = new EditText(new ContextThemeWrapper(getBaseContext(),R.style.input_fields_single_line),null,0);
There is a attribute in EditText called styles use that.and if you want to customize it than make own style in drawable , A new XML and link to the editText using styles attribute.
after created this style:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/offer_text_background</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/app_background</item>
<item name="android:checkboxStyle">#style/settingsNotificationCategory</item>
</style>
<style name="settingsNotificationCategory">
<item name="android:textSize">30sp</item>
</style>
My box from checkbox is removing:
invisible boxes
Without this style:
visible boxes
I need create chceckbox dynamically in kotlin:
var checkBox = CheckBox(this)
checkBox.text = category
checkBox.setTextColor(resources.getColor(R.color.customText))
checkBox.isChecked = true
notificationCategoryLayout.addView(checkBox)
what's happened?
I tried :
var checkBox = CheckBox(this, null, R.style.settingsNotificationCategory)
checkBox.text = category
checkBox.setTextColor(resources.getColor(R.color.customText))
checkBox.isChecked = true
notificationCategoryLayout.addView(checkBox)
but the effect is the same...
Thanks for help
You are given the checkbox a style that contains only the textSize so it will affect on the style of the checkbox you can do 2 things:
first just set the textsize programatically:
checkBox.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP, 30);
or adjust your style to be like this:
<style name="settingsNotificationCategory" parent="Widget.AppCompat.CompoundButton.CheckBox">
<item name="android:textSize">30sp</item>
</style>
to inherit the base style of the checkbox
but when I create checbox in layout:
<CheckBox
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="test"
android:textColor="#color/customText"
android:theme="#style/settingsNotificationCategory"/>
this is working without
parent="Widget.AppCompat.CompoundButton.CheckBox"
is possible to set theme in code?
I want set textSize via style because I use layouts to different resolution (for large, xlarge, small sizes)
I am using some style files in my Android application, I have for example:
<style name="message">
<item name="android:layout_width">wrap_content</item>
<item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#000000</item>
<item name="android:gravity">center_vertical</item>
<item name="android:layout_weight">1</item>
</style>
And then I create some components using these styles by doing:
TextView tv = new TextView(new ContextThemeWrapper(this, R.style.message));
My problem is that I noticed some attributes having no effect on my components, in this case, layout_weight is not working and I am obliged to specify it in my code as below:
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(0, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
params.weight = 1;
tv.setLayoutParams(params);
If you have an idea, please let me know.
Thank you.
The problem relies on the fact that android:layout_weight works only with certain LayoutParams as you've experienced.
As a general best practice in regards with styles on Android, it is advisable not to include layout specific attributes into your styles, as your styled view can be reused and sit in different layouts.
I am trying to use a custom title to include an image button to the title bar.
I got a lot of help form this post: android: adding button to the title of the app?, but could not get it work for my ListActivity.
In a nutshell, following is what I have:
I hide the titlebar in the AndroidManifest.xml
The specify a relative layout for the custom title (workorder_list_titlebar.xml)
My Activity Class looks like the following:
public class WorkOrderListActivity extends ListActivity {
String[] orders={"WO-12022009", "WO-12302009","WO-02122010", "02152010"};
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
this.getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.workorder_list_titlebar);
setContentView(R.layout.workorder_list);
setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter(this,R.layout.workorder_list, R.id.label,orders));
}
}
When I ran the app, I got AndroidRuntimeException: You cannot combine custom titles with other title features.
Base on the stack trace, the exception was thrown by com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.requestFeature(PhoneWindow.java:183), that was triggered by setlistAdapter call.
Does anyone have the same problem with ListActivity?
Also once I manage to get this work, how do I attach listeners to the image button for it to do something?
Thanks in advance.
I had the same issue and I fix it deleting
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
from my theme.xml
Make you create custom style in “values” folder. Make sure you code as below.
<style name="CustomTheme" parent="android:Theme">
Don't modify parent parameter.
This did work for me.
Instead of modifying your theme.xml you may also:
create a new XML style file my_theme.xml in values folder like this:
<style name="MyWindowTitleBackground">
<item name="android:background">#444444</item>
</style>
<style name="MyTheme" parent="android:Theme">
<item name="android:windowTitleBackgroundStyle">#style/MyWindowTitleBackground</item>
</style>
You may define other settings as you like in this theme.
Then just use this theme in your manifest within the activity's attributes
android:theme="#style/MyTheme"
Finally set your custom title as always in your activity.java:
final Window window = getWindow();
boolean useTitleFeature = false;
// If the window has a container, then we are not free
// to request window features.
if (window.getContainer() == null) {
useTitleFeature = window
.requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
}
setContentView(R.layout.screen_main);
if (useTitleFeature) {
window.setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE,
R.layout.custom_title);
// Set up the custom title
main_title = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.title_left_text);
main_title.setText(R.string.app_name);
main_title = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.title_right_text);
main_title.setText(R.string.Main_titleInfo);
}
Don't forget to define the custom_title.xml file in your layout folder. For example...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center_vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/title_left_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:singleLine="true" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/title_right_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textColor="#fff" />
</RelativeLayout>
I think notenking is right, that this is a problem in activities within tabs. Since some of my activities can either be stand-alone or within a tab, I've found the following helps:
final Window window = getWindow();
boolean useTitleFeature = false;
// If the window has a container, then we are not free
// to request window features.
if(window.getContainer() == null) {
useTitleFeature = window.requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
}
setContentView(layoutId);
if (useTitleFeature) {
window.setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.window_title);
}
May be you find this problem when use it in tab,for there already have a title and you can not add a custom title again.
you should add this custom title in the activity which you get the Tab
I did exactly as Sunny Dasari did but with one small change I put the # before and android in the parent attribute.
So my code looked like this.
<style name="CustomTheme" parent="#android:Theme">
To avoid crashing, you can simply add
android:theme="#style/android:Theme"
to the <Activity> tag in your AndroidManifest.xml:
<activity
android:name="test.TestActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/android:Theme">
This is because the styles defined in your default theme conflict with FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE (such as the attribute android:windowNoTitle). By using another theme, you can avoid such problems.
However, you might further need to define your own theme to change other attributes, such as android:windowTitleSize, background color, text color and font, etc. In this case, you can derive your theme from an existing theme (e.g., Theme.Light) and modify its attributes:
<resources>
<style name="CustomWindowTitleBackground">
<item name="android:background">#323331</item>
</style>
<style name="CustomTheme" parent="#style/android:Theme.Light">
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">false</item>
<item name="android:windowTitleSize">60dip</item>
<item name="android:windowTitleBackgroundStyle">#style/CustomWindowTitleBackground</item>
</style>
</resources>
Try swapping following lines:
setContentView(R.layout.workorder_list);
this.getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.workorder_list_titlebar);
I have run into this issue as well and it looks like it is an issue with what theme is applied to an activity in the AndroidManifest.xml file. If I use a theme like:
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.Holo
Then it will throw the error
android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: You cannot combine custom titles with other title features
However if I use a different theme like:
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.Black"
then it will not throw the error and subsequently will not crash. However I am trying to use a theme like Theme.Holo. I'm not sure if there is a way around this.
Since, I was trying to compile my program in android 4.0, I was facing the same problem. None of these solutions helped.So, I copied my style contents from values > styles.xml and pasted it in values-v11 styles.xml file and values-v14 styles.xml file. Bingo, the trick worked.
As a beginner most of the answers didn't help me for my case. So here is my answer.
Go to res/values folder in your android project and check for strings.xml (this file may vary in your case, something like themes.xml)
Inside the file under resource tag check whether you have style tags. If you don't find it, add the code below as mentioned below as a child to resources tag
something like below
<resources>
<style name="SomeNameHere">
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>
</resources>
if you already have style tag, just add the code below to your style tag
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
I'm developing an android application and I cannot remove the title bar permanently. A solution posted here: How to hide the title bar for an Activity in XML with existing custom theme
(the 600 upvoted one, the others didn't work as described below) worked in general, but it maintained the title bar for a brief millisecond when initially launching the app.
I've tried various solutions throughout stackoverflow and other sites modifying the android theme in the manifest xml and style file(s). However, all of these solutions have all crashed the application before it began. The message in LogCat being that I must use an AppCompact theme. My main activity extends the ActionBarActivity class, and I have tried switching it to just Activity while also removing the :
if (savedInstanceState == null) {getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.add(R.id.container, new PlaceholderFragment()).commit();
}
that is generated. However, when I do so, all of the views on the main activity disappear and it becomes completely white with nothing else. Is there a way to completely remove the actionbar while extending ActionBarActivity? If not, how can I switch to extending Activity or some other class while maintaining no other errors?
on styles.xml you should make that
parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar"
Do you use custom view for the ActionBar? if yes, then maybe you'll find the approach I use acceptable. I just set text color for Title and Subtitle the same as background color in my app's theme.
<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/ActionBar</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBar" parent="#android:style/Widget.ActionBar">
<item name="android:titleTextStyle">#style/ActionBar.Title</item>
<item name="android:subtitleTextStyle">#style/ActionBar.Subtitle</item>
<item name="android:background">#color/my_color</item>
<item name="android:backgroundStacked">#color/my_color</item>
<item name="android:backgroundSplit">#color/my_color</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBar.Title">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/my_color</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBar.Subtitle">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/my_color</item>
</style>
Then I inflate and apply custom ActionBar view in onCreate and set custom title