Android : API 19 : Change default blue color "Theme.AppCompat.Light"

Question

I want to change the default blue color of this theme to my custom color. As you can see the ListView Color is blue. Same goes for AlertDialogs and other built in features. I want to change this default blue color to my own color.

Update my style.xml

<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">

</style>

<!-- Application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">
    <!-- All customizations that are NOT specific to a particular API-level can go here. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/DarkYellow</item>

       <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/DarkYellow</item>
</style>

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Any Help Andorid Gurus ? – Tushar Narang Aug 13 '15 at 07:50 — Tushar Narang, Aug 13 '15 at 07:50

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 13 '15 at 07:36

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In your styles.xml in values folder you should define the following colors:

<style name="Theme.default" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/grey_07</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/grey_15</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/color_accent</item>
</style>

edited Aug 13 '15 at 07:36

Tushar Narang

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answered Aug 13 '15 at 07:18

Thomas R.

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error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'colorPrimary'. – Tushar Narang Aug 13 '15 at 07:21
Why down vote? You need to define your own colors for "@color/color_primary". Or you use #CCCCCC or whatever color. – Thomas R. Aug 13 '15 at 07:28
It needs to be declared in the themes section. Like in the other answer. – Thomas R. Aug 13 '15 at 07:32
Sir i have updated an image to the question . Am i doing it wrong ? – Tushar Narang Aug 13 '15 at 07:38
Which compile and targetSdk you are using? Refer to this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26431676/appcompat-v721-0-0-no-resource-found-that-matches-the-given-name-attr-andro – Thomas R. Aug 13 '15 at 07:41
Change it to at least 21. – Thomas R. Aug 13 '15 at 07:47
No other way to programiticallt change that color – Tushar Narang Aug 13 '15 at 07:49
What i actually want to achieve is just change the highlighted color of listview.. I am able to do it in touch mode and set my custom color. but in case when i call it programitically, it highlights in default blue color – Tushar Narang Aug 13 '15 at 07:52
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/86948/discussion-between-tushar-narang-and-thomas-r). – Tushar Narang Aug 14 '15 at 04:45

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 13 '15 at 07:56

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You need to set a listSelector on your listview:

<item name="android:listSelector">@color/yourColor</item>

But it is better to define a state drawable.

answered Aug 13 '15 at 07:56

Thomas R.

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 13 '15 at 07:21

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<style name="Theme.MyTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
<!-- Set AppCompat’s color theming attrs -->
<item name="colorPrimary">@color/my_color</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/my_darkercolor</item>

</style>

answered Aug 13 '15 at 07:21

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error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'colorPrimary'. – Tushar Narang Aug 13 '15 at 07:25
Make sure that you've downloaded the latest extras as well as the Android 5.0 SDK via the SDK-Manager – sasikumar Aug 13 '15 at 07:26
refer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23155637/change-background-color-of-the-action-bar-using-appcompat – sasikumar Aug 13 '15 at 07:29
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If you are using AppCompat this will work for KitKat too. Do not forget to apply your theme in the manifest. – Thomas R. Aug 13 '15 at 07:30
Any way to do it without downloading – Tushar Narang Aug 13 '15 at 07:55
change minimum sdk version to ? – Tushar Narang Aug 14 '15 at 04:21

Android : API 19 : Change default blue color "Theme.AppCompat.Light"

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