how to set the Style Attribute Programmatically in Android?

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I have to set the style for a TextView which is created programmatically.

How do I implement style="@style/test" programmatically?

I have looked at the Android developer style documentation already, but it did not answer my question. Any ideas?

you can refer to this answer on stack overflow http://stackoverflow.com/a/3224365/1769515 — a14m, Nov 29 '12 at 00:44

score 25 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 14 '10 at 13:17

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Dynamic style change is not currently supported. You must set the style before the view is create (in xml).

answered Jul 14 '10 at 13:17

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what class i have to use for that? – Praveen Jul 14 '10 at 13:21
You just put style="@style/test" in the definition for your TextView in the layout xml file. – Robby Pond Jul 14 '10 at 13:43

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 30 '13 at 13:35

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setTypeface(Typeface.DEFAULT_BOLD, Typeface.BOLD_ITALIC);

It works for me

edited Jan 30 '13 at 13:35

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answered Jan 30 '13 at 13:17

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 05 '17 at 15:27

You can pass the style to view's constructor. This can be done in 2 ways:

Use ContextThemeWrapper and setup your style as a Theme for it:

ContextThemeWrapper wrappedContext = new ContextThemeWrapper(yourContext, R.style.test);
TextView testView = new TextView(wrappedContext, null, 0);

And important note here - to properly set the style with ContextThemeWrapper we have to use three-argument constructor and set defStyleAttr parameter to 0. Otherwise the default button style will be applied to the view.

Starting from API 21 we can use constructor with 4 parameters:

View (Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr, int defStyleRes)

Where defStyleRes is your style ID

With the same remark - defStyleAttr should be 0

how to set the Style Attribute Programmatically in Android?

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