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Janusz
Janusz

Reputation: 189474

How to use the Material Design Theme on pre Android 5.0 Devices

I'm starting an app that should use the material design theme.

But the minSDK for that project is api level 15.

How do I set up the app to use as much Material Design as possible on lower versions on Android?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1058

Answers (1)

Janusz
Janusz

Reputation: 189474

I followed the guide that was recommended by Dodge.

Add 

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.2'

to your dependencies.

Now put a style into your values folder:

<resources>

    <!-- Base application theme. -->
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
        <!-- colorPrimary is used for the default action bar background -->
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>

        <!-- colorPrimaryDark is used for the status bar -->
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary_dark</item>

        <!-- colorAccent is used as the default value for colorControlActivated
             which is used to tint widgets -->
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/accent</item>

        <!-- You can also set colorControlNormal, colorControlActivated
             colorControlHighlight & colorSwitchThumbNormal. -->

    </style>

</resources>

Now you have to add it to your application in your manifest: 

<application
    android:name=".BaseApplication"
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

This setup inherits from a NoActionBar theme to make it possible to also use the compat Toolbar.

Upvotes: 1

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