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Android Styles and Themes in Android Themes and Compatibility AppCompat and Themes

Mustafa Ogün Öztürk
Mustafa Ogün Öztürk
3,468 Points
Posted by Mustafa Ogün Öztürk
Mustafa Ogün Öztürk
3,468 Points

?android:attr/

What is the functionality of ?android:attr/ ?

1 Answer

Ruan Lopes de Souza
Ruan Lopes de Souza
4,854 Points

it's used to refer to the values of an attribute which are already built-in on Android and available to use such as text appearance, font size, themes, and so on, on the other hand ?attr is used to refer the value of an attribute which you have defined on your own in your application.

you can check it out the link below for further reading: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/accessing-resources.html#ReferencesToThemeAttributes