Thanks for the reply. I put almost the same code (removed <item name="android:colorBackground">@color/bg_color</item> ) in a new resource file and saw the background color changed, though it doesn't look like a dialog at all and covers full screen.
All I want to change the background color of the dialog except the title bar. Futher help is really appreciated. On Oct 17, 9:15 pm, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > *> If you want your style to be used as theme ,you have to put your style > > > in theme.xml not style.xml.This you can find developer's guide also.* > > This is not correct... According to the developer's guide > (http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/themes.html), the name of the > file is arbitrary: > > *"To create a set of styles, save an XML file in the res/values/ directory > of your project. The name of the XML file is arbitrary, but it must use the > .xml extension and be saved in the res/values/ folder." > * > It also further states the following about the different between styles and > themes: > > *"A theme is a style applied to an entire > Activity<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html>or > application, rather than an individual > View <http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html> (as in > the example above). When a style is applied as a theme, every View in the > Activity or application will apply each style property that it supports. For > example, you can apply the same CodeFont style as a theme for an Activity > and then all text inside that Activity will have green monospace font." > * > The fact that there are styles.xml and themes.xml files merely seems to be a > convention and Android does not distinguish by the filename. The difference > between a style and a theme is where it is applied (activity level or view > level). > > Thanks, > Justin Anderson > MagouyaWare Developerhttp://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:04 AM, gyanu maharjan <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > If you want your style to be used as theme ,you have to put your style > > in theme.xml not style.xml.This you can find developer's guide also. > > > On Oct 17, 6:30 pm, Amit <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have a PreferenceActivity which displays items in a list view. I > > > applied theme as Theme.Dialog in AndroidManifest.xml and it looks like > > > a dialog with black color background. To change the background I did > > > the following changes: > > > > style.xml > > > > <style name="CustomTheme" parent="android:Theme.Dialog"> > > > <item name="android:windowBackground">@color/bg_color</item> > > > <item name="android:colorBackground">@color/bg_color</item> > > > </style> > > > > color.xml > > > > <color name="bg_color">@android:color/white</color> > > > > AndroidManifest.xml > > > > <activity android:name=".PrefActivity" > > > android:theme="@style/CustomTheme" > > > android:excludeFromRecents="true" > > > </activity> > > > > Now, neither I see the screen as dialog(appears as full screen) nor > > > the color as white. Please help me if I am missing something here. Or > > > do we have a better alternative to change the color for the above > > > mentioned scenario. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
