Using themes and fallback themes in Android

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First thing i'd like to know is how i can use themes in Android? I tried to change this in the tiapp.xml:

I changed this:

<theme>default</theme>
To:
<theme>Theme.Holo.Light</theme>
But that doesn't seem to be doing anything. My Tabs still look the same (Green when selected).

So my first question is, how can i enable to Holo theme for my entire app?

And my second question is, is there an automatic fallback method when i run my app on an older device that don't support the Holo theme? Like ActionBarSherlock does for example.

1 Answer

Add this to your tiapp.xml: 

<android xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
        <tool-api-level>17</tool-api-level>
        <manifest>
            <application android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
                <activity android:name=".ThemetestActivity" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
                    <intent-filter>
                        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
                    </intent-filter>
                </activity>
            </application>
        </manifest>
    </android>
This is working for me.

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