But why they hide attributes of a standard component such as the SearchView alludes me. Doing something simple as setting an accent color should be a lot simpler. Theming in Android is not as easy as I would have wanted. Notice that the the text is selected which is why the text background is dark. Now the ActionBar is themed properly and I’m happy again :)īelow you’ll find the full theme and the final look. With that applied the theme now looks like this: Finally! Since the popup is considered a widget applying a custom style here will alter its appearance.
One way to solve this is by adding a ActionBar widget theme. This works and even though I could have solved it by styling the title I still prefer this approach.Īt this point the theme looks like the following:Īs seen in the screenshot above the popup menu still follows the Holo dark theme and we want it to be following the light version. To solve this I resorted to using the .Solid.Inverse instead. If I chose I got a dark title, which I neither expected nor wanted. To achieve this I need to set an ActionBar theme. The background color was the first obvious feature I needed to change. light text and accents, which is what I want. That way I know the widgets in the ActionBar will attain their light version i.e. My first instinct was to base my theme on. This time around the generator did not suffice since it couldn’t generate styles for the SearchView.īelow you’ll see the theme I’m aiming for: The same plugin can be found from within Android Studio in the plugin manager. On that page you’ll also find information about the available Android Studio plugin. Previously when I have based my themes on the Holo theme I have used an online generator such as Android Holo Colors Generator. Even with my learnings from previous projects I still seem to find new things about this that give me headache. This always includes some kind of cursing and frustration for me. In my latest project I had to theme the ActionBar. The support library has since this posts creation changed how it themes components being shown on lollipop.Īdditional information can be found here: Android developers blog Start
The contents of this post may not apply if you are using a later version of the support library. I don't have a xml definition of the searchView, I use it programmatically. I need to change the cursor color of my searchView. Android SearchView change cursor color programmatically
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