android set style in code

Question

I'm trying to use the TextView constructor with style like this:

TextView myText = new TextView(MyActivity.this, null, R.style.my_style );

however, when i do this, the text view does not appear to take the style (I verified the style by setting it on a static object).

I've also tried using myText.setTextAppearance(MyActivity.this, R.style.my_style) but it also doesn't work

Answer 1

The accepted answer was great solution for me. The only thing to add is about inflate() method.

In accepted answer all android:layout_* parameters will not be applied.

The reason is no way to adjust it, cause null was passed as ViewGroup parent.

You can use it like this:

View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.view, parent, false);

and the parent is the ViewGroup, from where you like to adjust android:layout_*.

In this case, all relative properties will be set.

Hope it'll be useful for someone.

Answer 2

I do not believe you can set the style programatically. To get around this you can create a template layout xml file with the style assigned, for example in res/layout create tvtemplate.xml as with the following content:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="This is a template"
        style="@style/my_style" />

then inflate this to instantiate your new TextView:

TextView myText = (TextView)getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.tvtemplate, null);

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

I met the problem too, and I found the way to set style programatically. Maybe you all need it, So I update there.

The third param of View constructor accepts a type of attr in your theme as the source code below:

public TextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    this(context, attrs, com.android.internal.R.attr.textViewStyle);
}

So you must pass a type of R.attr.** rather than R.style.**

In my codes, I did following steps:

First, customize a customized attr to be used by themes in attr.xml.

<attr name="radio_button_style" format="reference" />

Second, specific your style in your used theme in style.xml.

 <style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Translucent">
    <!-- All customizations that are NOT specific to a particular API-level can go here. -->
    <item name="radio_button_style">@style/radioButtonStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="radioButtonStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.CompoundButton.RadioButton">
    <item name="android:layout_width">wrap_content</item>
    <item name="android:layout_height">64dp</item>
    <item name="android:background">#000</item>
    <item name="android:button">@null</item>
    <item name="android:gravity">center</item>
    <item name="android:saveEnabled">false</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">@drawable/option_text_color</item>
    <item name="android:textSize">9sp</item>
</style>

At the end, use it!

            RadioButton radioButton = new RadioButton(mContext, null, R.attr.radio_button_style);

the view created programatically will use the specified style in your theme.

You can have a try, and hope it can work for you perfectly.

Answer 4

Dynamically changing styles is not supported (yet). You have to set the style before the view gets created, via XML.