I was a hair too hasty in the previous reply. Hours later and I found the real answer:
Using textViewStyle will set the properties but will also prevent local override of those values (by setting textAppearance directly on a TextView). The real solution: do not set android:textAppearance on your theme, set android:textAppearanceSmall! The internals use that latter attribute to setup the styles for default child textviews. This also then allows for local override of the style using android:textAppearance. So for the original example to be correct, make it look like this: <style parent="android:Theme.Light.NoTitleBar" name="MyTheme"> <item name="android:colorBackground">#FFFFFF</item> <item name="android:textAppearanceSmall">@style/PrimaryText</item> </style> -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.