The switch widget introduced in API 14 is styled by default with holo theme. I want to style it slightly different, changing its colors and shape a bit for branding reasons. How does one go about this? I know it must be possible, as ive seen the difference between default ICS and Samsung's touchwiz theme
I assume I'll need some state drawables, and I've seen a few styles in http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.styleable.html with Switch_thumb and Switch_track that look like what I might be after. I just don't know how to go about using them.
I'm using ActionbarSherlock if that makes a difference. Only devices running API v14 or above will be able to use a switch at all, of course.
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You can customize material styles by setting different color properties. For example custom application theme
<style name="CustomAppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat">
<item name="android:textColorPrimaryDisableOnly">#00838f</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#e91e63</item>
</style>
Custom switch theme
<style name="MySwitch" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.CompoundButton.Switch">
<item name="android:textColorPrimaryDisableOnly">#b71c1c</item>
<item name="android:colorControlActivated">#1b5e20</item>
<item name="android:colorForeground">#f57f17</item>
<item name="android:textAppearance">@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat</item>
</style>
You can customize switch track and switch thumb like below image by defining xml drawables. For more information http://www.zoftino.com/android-switch-button-and-custom-switch-examples
Alternative and much easier way is to use shapes instead of 9-patches. It is already explained here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/24725831/512011
It's an awesome detailed reply by Janusz. But just for the sake of people who are coming to this page for answers, the easier way is at http://android-holo-colors.com/ (dead link) linked from Android Asset Studio
A good description of all the tools are at AndroidOnRocks.com (site offline now)
However, I highly recommend everybody to read the reply from Janusz as it will make understanding clearer. Use the tool to do stuffs real quick
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