references http://www.chilisapps.com/blog/2012/04/17/support-holo-and-older-themes-in-android/ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9681648/how-to-use-holo-light-theme-and-fall-back-to-light-on-pre-honeycomb-devices http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html
Many times we would like to support SDK 2.x till 9.x
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<uses-sdk android:minsdkversion="8" android:targetsdkversion="16"></uses-sdk>
what about when SDK >= 3 use the holo theme and when < 3=”” use=”” the=”” black=”” one?=”” alright,=”” lets=”” create=”” custom=”” themes!=”” thanks=”” aracem=”” values/themes.xml=”” -=””>(Android 2.0+)
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="MyAppTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Light.NoTitleBar">
<!-- Any customizations for your app running on pre-3.0 devices here -->
</style>
</resources>
values-v11/themes.xml - (Android 3.0+)
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="MyAppTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
</style>
</resources>
values-v14/themes.xml - (Android 4.0+)
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="MyAppTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.Light.NoActionBar">
</style>
</resources>
manifest js <application ...="" android:theme="@style/MyAppTheme"> </application>
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