What is the difference between TextView's style and android:textAppearance attributes?

Question

If I define my TextView as:

 <TextView         style="@android:style/TextAppearance.DeviceDefault.Large"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:text="Hello World!" /> 

it is basically the same as doing:

 <TextView         android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.DeviceDefault.Large"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:text="Hello World!" /> 

I know that style is some kind of broader qualifier (i.e. one can't set all attributes in android:textAppearance) but then it raises the question: why bother? Is there any advantage of using android:textAppearance over style?

Answer 1

From Styles and Themes https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/look-and-feel/themes#textappearance

One limitation with styles is that you can apply only one style to a View. In a TextView, however, you can also specify a TextAppearance attribute which functions similarly to a style

TextAppearance allows you to define text-specific styling while leaving a View’s style available for other uses. Note, however, that if you define any text attributes directly on the View or in a style, those values would override the TextAppearance values.