Parent style for TextView style with AppCompat usage

Question

What parent style should I use if I want to set global textViewStyle and maintain backward compatibility with AppCompat? I can't find something like Widget.AppCompat.TextView :

<style name="Base_AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">

    <item name="android:textViewStyle">@style/GlobalTextViewStyle</item>

</style>

<style name="GlobalTextViewStyle" parent="?????">
    <item name="android:textAppearance">@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Medium</item>
</style>

possible duplicate of : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3078081/setting-global-styles-for-views-in-android — rafsanahmad007, Apr 26 '17 at 11:41

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 26 '17 at 11:49

You just need to extend TextAppearance.AppCompat style overriding necessary values:

<style name="Base_AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">

    <item name="android:textAppearance">@style/MyTextAppearance</item>

</style>

<style name="MyTextAppearance" parent="TextAppearance.AppCompat">
        <item name="android:textColor">?android:textColorPrimary</item>
        <item name="android:textColorHint">?android:textColorHint</item>
        <item name="android:textColorHighlight">?android:textColorHighlight</item>
        <item name="android:textColorLink">?android:textColorLink</item>
        <item name="android:textSize">@dimen/abc_text_size_body_1_material</item>
        <item name="textColor">?textColorPrimary</item>
        <item name="textColorHighlight">?textColorHighlight</item>
        <item name="textColorHint">?textColorHint</item>
        <item name="textColorLink">?textColorLink</item>
        <item name="textSize">16sp</item>
        <item name="textStyle">normal</item>
</style>

I don't know why but it doesn't work. When I use Luiz Fernando Salvaterra solution style is correctly applied to the all textviews. — AppiDevo, Apr 26 '17 at 12:42
@AppiDevo, that means you should upvote and accepts Luiz's answer. — azizbekian, Apr 26 '17 at 12:45

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 26 '17 at 11:35

If you want to set this style for all your TextView's in your app, you can do something like this:

<resources>
<style name="YourTheme" parent="android:YourParentThTheme">
    <item name="android:textViewStyle">@style/GlobalTextViewStyle </item>
</style>

<style name="GlobalTextViewStyle" parent="android:Widget.TextView">
    <item name="android:textColor">#FF000</item>
    <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
</style>
</resources>

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 26 '17 at 11:35

<style name="normal_text_white" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Medium">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/white_color</item>
    <item name="android:textSize">@dimen/small_text_size</item>
    <item name="android:textColorHint">@color/hint_color</item>
</style>

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 19 '19 at 16:06

We can try this as well for AppCompat widget.

<style name="TitleStyle" parent="TextAppearance.AppCompat">
        <item name="android:gravity">center_horizontal</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">@android:color/black</item>
        <item name="android:textSize">26sp</item>
</style>

Parent style for TextView style with AppCompat usage

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