ICS style in Froyo and Gingerbread Apps

Question

I am developing an application for Android and I'm using the API level 8. However I would like this app would use the theme of ICS when running on Froyo and Gingerbread because the theme of the ICS is much more beautiful. I wish that at least the color scheme and shape of the buttons were equal. Is there any way to do this?

Answer 1

The first thing you might want to look at is ActionbarSherlock as it adds a lot of consistency to your pre-ics code, even though this is not directly related to the theme.

Then take a look at the HoloEverywhere project on GitHub for using the Holo theme on apps designed for pre-ics devices.

Answer 2

The best i found is android-holo-colors in which you will get all the controls and also can choose holo-light or holo-dark with custom colors you want.

I hope this will help you

Answer 3

The SDK folder contains most of the themes, styles and drawables used in ICS. Check SDK folder\platforms\android-15\data\res.

You can apply themes/styles in your app like this