How to Android Holo Theme style dialog box buttons
I'm creating a Dialog Box on Holo Theme and want to follow the OS default way of displaying the buttons. So far I have created the dialog box but the buttons don't render in the way it does in the apps done in Holo for ICS. How can I do this? My intended look & feel is and I am able to reach till here
a bit late, but maybe someone is still interested in that.
this works pretty good for me.
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<!--
EDIT: be carefull, "?android:attr/dividerHorizontal" is only supported since API 11
just avoid it in prior OSs.
-->
<View
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="1dip"
android:background="?android:attr/dividerHorizontal" />
<LinearLayout
style="?android:attr/buttonBarStyle"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:paddingTop="0dip"
android:paddingLeft="2dip"
android:paddingRight="2dip"
android:measureWithLargestChild="true">
<Button
android:id="@+id/cancel"
style="?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="@android:string/cancel"/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/ok"
style="?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="@android:string/ok"/>
</LinearLayout>
...
the activity that loads this layout needs the Holo.Dialog theme.
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Dialog"
This is what works:
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/buttonHolder"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
>
<Button
android:id="@+id/cmdSignup"
style="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.Button.Borderless.Small"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="@string/Signup" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/cmdLogin"
style="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.Button.Borderless.Small"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="@string/Login" />
</LinearLayout>
The property style="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.Button.Borderless.Small"
gives the flat look and feel, and the 50% weight distribution is because of combining 100$ sizing of LinearLayout
by android:layout_width="match_parent" and
android:layout_weight="1"`for buttons