Resources for styling Android apps
Here are some notes I took while looking at styles and themes on Android: First I read the commonsware pdf section on styles and themes: Android 3.6.pdf page 319 - 326. I find this set of PDFs very useful. Well worth the money. Android developer docs: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/themes.html This section is very short for such a complicated topic, but it does give a link to the locations on GIT where the source of theme.xml and style.xml are stored. Looking through these takes a while, but it worth the effort. For example to find out what styles are available for progress bars go to this URL: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html and search for progressbar. (Possibles are horizontal, title, small and large. Inverse used black on white background.) Inheritance is a very useful aspect of styles too. Usually you don't want to start from scratch. Just use the parent attribute to point to a style that you want to inherit from (Theme.Ligh