Various Themes available in Android

Various Themes available in Android

A Theme in Android is a style which is applied to whole application or a single activity.Android has provided a large collection of themes defined under R.style class.

So the various Themes which are available according to the version are given below.

In API level 10 or lower

• <style name="Theme">  -This is the default themes for app in API level 10 or lower.other variant for this themes are:
• <style name="Theme.NoTitleBar">
• <style name="Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen">

• <style name="Theme.Light"> -It has a light background with dark text on the top.other variant for this themes are:
• <style name="Theme.Light.NoTitleBar">
• <style name="Theme.Light.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen">

• <style name="Theme.Black"> -Its background is completely black ,useful for image viewer and media player .Other variant for this themes are:
• <style name="Theme.Black.NoTitleBar">
• <style name="Theme.Black.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen">

• <style name="Theme.Wallpaper"> -It puts user selected themes as a background.Other variant for this themes are:
• <style name="Theme.Wallpaper.NoTitleBar">
• <style name="Theme.Wallpaper.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen">

• <style name="Theme.WallpaperSettings"> - It is for wallpaper setting activity ,designed to be a transparent background with a dark shade so that previous activity remains visible in the background.

• <style name="Theme.Light.WallpaperSettings"> - It is for wallpaper setting activity ,designed to be a transparent background with a light shade so that previous activity remains visible in the background.

• <style name="ActiveWallpaperSettings"> -Style to apply on the top of wallpaper setting themes when it is being shown on the top of real walpaper.

• <style name="PreviousWallpaperSettings"> -Style to apply on the top of wallpaper setting themes when it is being shown on the top of real walpaper.

• <style name="Theme.Translucent"> -It allows you to see through them the window behind.Other variant are:
• <style name="Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar">
• <style name="Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen">

• <style name="Theme.NoDisplay"> -default theme for activity that donot display the user interface.They Finish themselves before being resumed.

• <style name="Theme.Dialog"> -This is the default themes used by the dialog window and activities.Other variant are:
• <style name="Theme.Dialog.NoFrame">
• <style name="Theme.Dialog.Alert">

• <style name="Theme.Panel"> -This is the default dark themes for the panel windows.
• <style name="Theme.Light.Panel"> -This is the default light themes for the panel windows.
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Panel"> -This is the default holo dark themes for the panel windows.
• <style name="Theme.Light.Panel"> -This is the default holo light themes for the panel windows.

In API level 11-13

• <style name="Theme.Holo"> -This is the default theme for the API 11-13 and its background is translucent.Other variant of this themes are;
• <style name="Theme.Holo.NoActionBar">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.NoActionBar.Fullscreen">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Light.NoActionBar">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Light.NoActionBar.Fullscreen">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Dialog">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Dialog.MinWidth">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Dialog.NoActionBar">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Dialog.NoActionBar.MinWidth">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Dialog.FixedSize">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Dialog.NoActionBar.FixedSize">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Dialog.NoFrame">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Dialog.Alert">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Light.Dialog">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Light.Dialog.MinWidth">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Light.Dialog.NoActionBar">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Light.Dialog.NoActionBar.MinWidth">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Light.Dialog.FixedSize.NoActionBar.FixedSize">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Light.Dialog.Alert">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Wallpaper">
• <style name="Theme.Holo.Wallpaper.NoTiltleBar">

In API 14 and after

• <style name="Theme.DeviceDefault"> -it apply different style on different device.and if you want to use particular theme all the time then you need to declare it manually in Manifest file.