How do you set a default textColor inside a LinearLayout that contains multiple TextViews?

Question

I have a LinearLayout with that has multiple TextViews and want to set up a default global color for that layout only without having to add a textColor field inside each TextView. Also, if it's possible, would it also be possible to override the color value by adding it inside the TextView? i.e. If I set blue as a default color and black for a single TextView, would the blue change to black?

Answer 1

You can override default text colors for the entire application by setting textColorPrimary and textColorSecondary in your parent in styles.xml

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
    <item name="textColorPrimary">@color/black</item>
    <item name="textColorSecondary">@color/grey</item>
</style>