How do I apply a style to all buttons of an Android application

Question

I have a style applied to my whole application:

AndroidManifest.xml:

<application android:theme="@style/ApplicationStyle" android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">

And in my styles.xml:

 <style name="ApplicationStyle" parent="android:Theme">
  <item name="android:button">@style/CKButton</item>
 </style>
 <style name="CKButton" parent="android:style/Widget.Button">
  <item name="android:textSize">19sp</item>
  <item name="android:layout_margin">0dip</item>
  <item name="android:background">#ff0000</item>
 </style>

But the style doesn't get applied.

I'm sorry if I just used the false name in the ApplicationStyle - Item, but I have no clue where to look for the object names and simply assumed, that android:button applies to all buttons.

Please take a look at my answer on http://stackoverflow.com/a/26625931/1065835 — Maksim Dmitriev, Oct 29 '14 at 08:46

score 215 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 02 '16 at 09:23

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For Android styles, you reference the preset attributes that Android has laid out in R.attr. In this case, it looks like you want to to reference android:buttonStyle. I think this would work:

<style name="ApplicationStyle" parent="android:Theme">
  <item name="android:buttonStyle">@style/CKButton</item>
</style>

edited Aug 02 '16 at 09:23

marioosh

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answered Mar 09 '10 at 17:08

Dan Lew

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God, I was looking for such functionality for ages. Got no idea why buttons' textColor does not follow main theme's textColor property. Thanks much! – Fenix Voltres Aug 14 '12 at 14:05
any one no how to do this for spinner? – Mike6679 Jan 25 '13 at 11:23
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Just one note: if the CKButton style does not inherit @android:style/Widget.Button, the button will stop working. – Erveron Jan 29 '13 at 17:58
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what is difference between `parent="android:Widget.Button"` and `parent=@android:style/Widget.Button`? – Bugs Happen Jul 23 '15 at 08:05
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Why layout editor do not preview changes as per the button style set in the theme – Shubham AgaRwal Sep 17 '16 at 10:24

score 26 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 03 '20 at 04:13

For Material components theme it would be like this:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>

    <item name="materialButtonStyle">@style/AppTheme.Button</item>
</style>

How do I apply a style to all buttons of an Android application

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