Set a consistent style to all EditText (for e.g.)
android
Solution
Override the attribute pointing to the `EditText` style(named `editTextStyle` :) ) in your custom theme:
<style name="App_Theme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo">
<item name="android:editTextStyle">@style/App_EditTextStyle</item>
</style>
and make your custom style to extend `Widget.EditText`:
<style name="App_EditTextStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.EditText">
<item name="android:background">@drawable/filled_roundededges_box_dark</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#808080</item>
<item name="android:layout_height">45dip</item>
</style>
Edit:
If you're using the much newer AppCompat related themes use the editTextStyle attribute without the android prefix:
<style name="App_Theme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="editTextStyle">@style/App_EditTextStyle</item>
</style>
Problem
I'm trying to make all `EditText`'s in my application have a consistent look. I'm aware that I can do something like this: ``` <style name="App_EditTextStyle"> <item name="android:background">@drawable/filled_roundededges_box_dark</item> <item name="android:textColor">#808080</item> <item name="android:layout_height">45dip</item> </style> ``` Then I can make a particular `EditText` have this style by doing this: ``` <EditText ... style="@style/App_EditTextStyle ...> ``` But this way I have to remember to set the style individually for each and every `EditText` in my application which is tedious, if not error prone. Is there some way I could make this a part of a theme or something? This is so I don't have to associate this style to every `EditText`. Something like this fictitious code block: ``` <style name="App_Theme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo"> ... <item name="android:EditTextSyle">@style/App_EditTextStyle</item> ... <style> ``` And then in my `AndroidManifest.xml` I have something like: ``` <application .... android:theme="@style/App_Theme"> ``` And Voila! all my `EditText`'s have the consistent style without me having to specify the style for each instance.