ActionMode appcompat-v7 (icon and text colors problem after setting up Calligraphy)

[ferrannp]

Hello!

I have a Toolbar set up and I am also using an action mode with my color accent as a background.

Toolbar:

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
    android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
    app:contentInsetEnd="0dp"
    app:contentInsetLeft="72dp"
    app:contentInsetRight="0dp"
    app:contentInsetStart="72dp"
    android:elevation="4dp"
    app:navigationIcon="?attr/homeAsUpIndicator"
    app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
    app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light">
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

Theme:

<style name="AppBaseThemeMaterial" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
...
    <item name="actionModeStyle">@style/AppBaseThemeMaterial.ActionMode</item>
</style>

<style name="AppBaseThemeMaterial.ActionMode" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionMode">
    <item name="background">@color/colorAccent</item>
 </style>

What I used to see is:

But after setting up Calligraphy and using this into my main activity:

@Override
protected void attachBaseContext(Context newBase) {
    super.attachBaseContext(CalligraphyContextWrapper.wrap(newBase));
}

I see it in this way:

Text is black instead of white... And I only see the back arrow when pressing on it (it is the same color as the bar now!). Any ideas on why is this happening? Thank you!

[chrisjenx]

@ferrannp Shot in the dark here: I am going to assume this is related to:

 app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
    app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"

Can you add a but more code to complete the example, I think I know what this is but if I can replicate it that always helps!

Thanks,
Chris

[ferrannp]

Hello! I'll try to write an example when I have time... yes basically I added those lines you quoted to do something like:

https://chris.banes.me/2014/10/17/appcompat-v21/

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:minHeight="@dimen/triple_height_toolbar"
    app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
    app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

I have a simple listview that uses CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE_MODAL. Unfortunately, there is no much information on how to style that text & icon of the Action Mode.

[chrisjenx]

@ferrannp yeah that is correct, this is to do with theme context, which isn't generated. I was suspicious this might happen but couldn't reproduce. So if you have a simple example that would be great :)

[castrojr913]

The same problem. I try to set the custom font and nothing: with all views is possible except for toolbar widget. The ideal way is to do it through styles.xml not by hard code, it's an ugly workaround. If i want to change the font for the app, so i have to change it on styles.xml and per each java class too, I think that's not the idea.

[chrisjenx]

@ferrannp try:

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:minHeight="@dimen/triple_height_toolbar"
    app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark"
    app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

Seem's defining app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" is wrong. Removing the ActionBar works fine.

[chrisjenx]

@castrojr913 the TextView's in the Toolbar get added programatically, If you define the titleStyle and subtitleStyle as per the old action bar impl, those will work. I am get to fully overhaul the deep linking into styles for Menus etc.. It's safe to say its a bit of a pain as they are not inflated traditionally.

[ferrannp]

Hi @chrisjenx, your solution didn't work for me. What I see changing Dark.ActionBar for Dark is:

So now I can see the arrow but still neither the title or the arrow are white.

[chrisjenx]

Very odd, as it works fine for me, I'll have to investigate more.

On Tue Feb 03 2015 at 10:48:18 PM Ferran Negre notifications@github.com
wrote:

Hi @chrisjenx https://github.com/chrisjenx, your solution didn't work
for me. What I see changing Dark.ActionBar for Dark is:

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https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/774577/6031378/0b2319c2-abff-11e4-92c6-4b4c0894888d.jpg

So now I can see the arrow but style neither the title or the arrow are
white.

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[chrisjenx]

@ferrannp are you able to pull out a broken sample into here?
I use this in a few apps now without issue, I can only guess its an Impli misunderstanding.

[ferrannp]

A part from the code I posted, I set up the ActionMode using:

listView.setMultiChoiceModeListener(multiChoiceModeListener);

And start it using:

getListView().setItemChecked(position, !checkedItems.get(position));

(When there is some long click in some button inside the list).

Can I see some sample when this is working? Maybe will be faster :)

[chrisjenx]

Sorry have you tried setting the popup Theme to dark?

[chrisjenx]

@ferrannp I identified an issue tonight, I might of solved your issue. I'm about to push a snapshot.