I am doing a personal theme to use holo widget in 2.3 android. I did this: <resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <style name="AppThemes" parent="@style/Theme.Sherlock"> <item name="android:editTextStyle">@style/EditTextAppTheme</item> <item name="android:checkboxStyle">@style/CheckBoxAppTheme</item> <item name="android:radioButtonStyle">@style/RadioButtonAppTheme</item> <item name="android:buttonStyle">@style/ButtonAppTheme</item> <item name="android:imageButtonStyle">@style/ImageButtonAppTheme</item> <item name="android:spinnerStyle">@style/SpinnerAppTheme</item> <item name="android:dropDownSpinnerStyle">@style/SpinnerAppTheme.DropDown</item> <item name="android:spinnerDropDownItemStyle">@style/SpinnerDropDownItemAppTheme</item> </style> </resources> the problem is that widgets don't take the correct style but take the default style. I tried to force assign the @style/EditTextAppTheme at an edittext and it worked.. so the problem is that the theme don't apply. any idea? update: the theme apply and work good..the solo problem is some edittext inside a dialog that show with the standard theme