Android: How to use different themes for different android versions?

Question

MinSDKVersion = 7 TargetSDKVersion = 17

If the user have SDKVersion 11 or higher I like to set the theme to Theme.Holo.Light. It doesn't works for me here. When I launch the app on a 3.1 device it just uses the Theme.Light:

Same when I run this app on a device with lower version than 3.1

My Folderstructure:

Manifest:

    <application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/MyTheme" >

values-v11:

<resources>

<!--
    Base application theme, dependent on API level. This theme is replaced
    by AppBaseTheme from res/values-vXX/styles.xml on newer devices.
-->
<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Light">
    <!--
        Theme customizations available in newer API levels can go in
        res/values-vXX/styles.xml, while customizations related to
        backward-compatibility can go here.
    -->
</style>

<!-- Application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Light">
    <!-- All customizations that are NOT specific to a particular API-level can go here. -->
</style>


<style name="MyTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
    <!-- Any customizations for your app running on devices with Theme.Holo here -->
</style>

other values folders:

<resources>

<!--
    Base application theme, dependent on API level. This theme is replaced
    by AppBaseTheme from res/values-vXX/styles.xml on newer devices.
-->
<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Light">
    <!--
        Theme customizations available in newer API levels can go in
        res/values-vXX/styles.xml, while customizations related to
        backward-compatibility can go here.
    -->
</style>

<!-- Application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Light">
    <!-- All customizations that are NOT specific to a particular API-level can go here. -->
</style>

    <style name="MyTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Light">
    <!-- Any customizations for your app running on devices with Theme.Holo here -->
</style>

How can I use this correctly?

Sincerely Marco Seiz

Answer 1

Why do you have your theme twice in your styles.xml file?

<style name="AppTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Light">
    <!-- All customizations that are NOT specific to a particular API-level can go here. -->
</style>


<style name="MyTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
    <!-- Any customizations for your app running on devices with Theme.Holo here -->
</style>

Delete the one you don't need(In this case the Theme.Light theme):

values-v11:

<style name="MyTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
    <!-- Any customizations for your app running on devices with Theme.Holo here -->
</style>

values:

<style name="MyTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Light">
    <!-- Any customizations for your app running on devices with Theme.Holo here -->
</style>