Material design for subclass of EditText

Question

In API 21, we can use colorAccent to change the color of widgets like EditText, RadioButton etc. But it doesn't apply to the subclasses of those widgets. I've tried this but it's just like colorAccent, it applies only to original widgets.

Is there any solution to this? other than having to create a custom drawable then implements it as a style..

Answer 1

For applying colorAccent just extend your custom EditText class from android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText

Answer 2

Actually as of Android support 22.1 you should subclass AppCompatEditText.