Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, 2nd Edition

Styles

Now, update the buttons in BeatBox with a style. A style is a set of attributes that you can apply to a widget.

Navigate to res/values/styles.xml and add a style named BeatBoxButton. (When you created BeatBox, your new project should have come with a built-in styles.xml file. If your project did not, create the file.)

Listing 20.2  Adding a style (res/values/styles.xml)

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