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At Android Studio, can I delete themes.xml?

I'm making simple chat app right now with code at other guy's blog. At this blog, this guy is using style.xml. But I installed latest Android studio, so I have only themes.xml. And I have no idea how to use themes.xml. Is there any problem if I delete themes.xml and make new style.xml?

error

I made new styles.xml and got colorprimary error. So this error come from 'MaterialComponents' not from styles.xml or themes.xml right?

Solution

  • The filename is not relevant.
    You can create a file in res/values/custom_styles.xml and put there the <style> resources

    Currently the newer templates provided by AndroidStudio make use of themes.xml instead of styles.xml. Just use them in the same way.

    In res/values/themes.xml:

    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.DayNight">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
</style>

    In res/values/colors.xml:

    <resources>
    <color name="colorPrimary">#......</color>
    <!-- ....  ->
</resources>