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Android Styles and Themes in Android Using Styles in Layouts Styling EditTexts and Buttons

Arvind Mehta
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Arvind Mehta
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Posted by Arvind Mehta
Arvind Mehta
Courses Plus Student 10,302 Points

Next, switch to the activity_main.xml file and add this new style to each EditText in the layout

Can;t understand why I am getting an error

styles.xml 
<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
  <style name="CustomEditText"></style>
</resources>
activity_main.xml 
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

    <EditText
        style="@style/CustomEditText";
        android:id="@+id/nameField"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:hint="@string/hint_name"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:textColor="@color/dark_green" />

    <EditText
        style="@style/CustomEditText";
        android:id="@+id/cityField"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_below="@id/nameField"
        android:hint="@string/hint_city"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:textColor="@color/dark_green" />

</RelativeLayout>

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