I would disregard MrSnowflakes comments about not doing it. Android is an open platform and if you want to change the look of your app a bit, go for it. Themes are there for a reason and this sounds like one of them.
The fact that some look "cheap" is probably due to poor design. Who knows, it could turn out quite well so give it a go. On May 24, 2:31 am, MrSnowflake <[email protected]> wrote: > 1) Why would you want to do that? Applications looking different from > the systems default most of the time look cheap and don't integrate > well in the system. I suppose Google doesn't like that either, as the > encourage everyone to be as consistent with the platform as possible. > Also if you are making your own button style fixed, user's own theme > won't affect your program. > But you can do this by creating your own theme. On anddev.org there's > a nice topic about this, search for it. > > 2) Themes are the way to go :). > > Yet, unless you have a really good reason (like you are developing a > company specific application and need some buttons to have special > attention, I would advice against making buttons look like YOU want > them to look. Google wants the user to be in control of their phone > (and so do I) and forcing YOUR theme isn't a way of letting the user > decide. > > On May 23, 1:37 pm, manoj <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > 1. I want to use my own color for selecting ui views. > > > By default, android shows the selected view with background as orange. > > I want to show the view background color as red. > > > 2. In the same way, I want the same behaviour should be applied to > > whole application. > > > How can I achieve this? > > > Can any one please help me? > > > Thanks, > > Manoj. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
