Android button style for all buttons not working on device

Question

I tried to make a custom button style for all my buttons in my app like in this question/solution. I want to do it like that because I dont want to add:

android:style="@style/MyButtonStyle"

to every button

My current code.

styles.xml

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="android:buttonStyle">@style/MyButtonStyle</item>
</style>

<!-- Button style. -->
<style name="MyButtonStyle" parent="android:style/Widget.Button">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/ColorTextIcons</item>
    <item name="android:background">@color/ColorAccent</item>
</style>

Manifest

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

In the preview in android studio it looks good, however when I run the app i get a default button style. As far as I know its the same as the accepted answer with 120 upvotes.

What is wrong with the code and why is it showing different in android studio?

Preview in android studio.

My device (s5 mini android 4.4.2)

NOTE I dont apply any different styles/themes to the activitys

Juan Aguilar Guisado · Answer 1 · 2015-08-07T12:25:51.147

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Try one among these:

Apply theme to activity/application:

android:theme="@style/AppTheme"

Apply style to button:

style="@style/MyButtonStyle"

If you are using compat library you can get errors depending on your android version:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="android:buttonStyle">@style/MyButtonStyle</item>
    <item name="buttonStyle">@style/MyButtonStyle</item>
</style>

<style name="MyButtonStyle" parent="android:style/Widget.Button">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/ColorTextIcons</item>
    <item name="android:background">@color/ColorAccent</item>
    <item name="textColor">@color/ColorTextIcons</item>
    <item name="background">@color/ColorAccent</item>
</style>

edited Aug 07 '15 at 12:25

answered Aug 07 '15 at 12:17

Juan Aguilar Guisado

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Tried it not chaning anything for me. – Sven van den Boogaart Aug 07 '15 at 12:19
I've edited my answer. I hope this would help you more than the previous. If not, try removing parent tag. – Juan Aguilar Guisado Aug 07 '15 at 12:21
android:style="@style/MyButtonStyle" works but as i posted in the question, I don't want to add a style to every single button but want a default style. – Sven van den Boogaart Aug 07 '15 at 12:24
Last chance, I've edited my answer again. Sorry I can't check my answers because I don't have my laptop available. – Juan Aguilar Guisado Aug 07 '15 at 12:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 07 '15 at 12:30

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I think it should be

<style name="MyButtonStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.Button">

and

<style name="AppTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">

With the @android and the @style.

answered Aug 07 '15 at 12:30

sonic

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Tried it, no differences – Sven van den Boogaart Aug 07 '15 at 12:35

Android button style for all buttons not working on device

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