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I can change button text appearance by setting it right within object like this:

<Button
        android:id="@+id/login_btn_bypass"
        android:textSize="15dp"
        android:textColor="#878787"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

but not when using textAppearance within style

// in layout xml
<Button
    android:id="@+id/login_btn_login"
    android:textAppearance="@style/login_button_text_appearance" />

// in style definition 
<style name="login_button_text_appearance">
    <item name="android:textSize">15dp</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">#a7a7a7</item>
    <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
</style>

anyone knows why?

Marek Sebera
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2 Answers2

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The values of attributes defined using textAppearance are applied before the values of attributes in a style. A Button is a TextView with a style applied, and the default style of a Button will override your textAppearance (Android 2.3 for example will set it to ?android:attr/textAppearanceSmallInverse) and textColor.

textAppearance accepts styles as values; android:textAppearance="@style/login_button_text_appearance" is the normally correct way to set a textAppearance, but not for a Button:

If you're changing the text colour of a Button, you should also enforce a custom background image because if you don't, one device will use a dark background image (motorola defy) and another will use a light image (htc desire) which may make the text difficult to read.

ggorlen
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I think you should use :

style = "@style/login_button_text_appearance"

instead of:

android:textAppearance="@style/login_button_text_appearance"

The android:textAppearance is just an attribute like any other attribute ( android:textSize, android:textStyle, etc..) , and the value of the style is not acceptable as a value for that attribute.

EDIT : 

<Button
    android:id="@+id/login_btn_login"
    style="@style/login_button_text_appearance" />
Vadim Kotov
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