Material Design not styling alert dialogs

Question

I've added the appCompat material design to my app and it seems that the alert dialogs are not using my primary, primaryDark, or accent colors.

Here is my base style:

<style name="MaterialNavyTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/apptheme_color</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/apptheme_color_dark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/apptheme_color</item>
    <item name="android:textColorPrimary">@color/action_bar_gray</item>
</style>

Based on my understanding the dialogs button text should also use these colors. Am I wrong on my understanding or is there something more I need to do?

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Solution:

The marked answer got me on the right track.

<style name="MaterialNavyTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/apptheme_color</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/apptheme_color_dark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/apptheme_color</item>
    <item name="android:actionModeBackground">@color/apptheme_color_dark</item>
    <item name="android:textColorPrimary">@color/action_bar_gray</item>
    <item name="sdlDialogStyle">@style/DialogStyleLight</item>
    <item name="android:seekBarStyle">@style/SeekBarNavyTheme</item>
</style>

<style name="StyledDialog" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.Dialog">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/apptheme_color</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/apptheme_color_dark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/apptheme_color</item>
</style>

Answer 1

Try this library:

https://github.com/avast/android-styled-dialogs

It's based on DialogFragments instead of AlertDialogs (like the one from @afollestad). The main advantage: Dialogs don't dismiss after rotation and callbacks still work.