Set a values folder for multiple android sdk versions

Question

I would like to set a values folder for multiple sdk verions to set a theme for everything under sdk 19. I have tried doing:

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 19) {
            getApplication().setTheme(R.style.HomeTheme4);
        }
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main_launch_screen);
[.....]
}

But this doesnt seem to set the theme For the whole app.

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

you could place your theme that you want to use for API-19 and above inside the folder:

/values-v19

and the default values folder then will handle everything below API-19:

/values

see related android resource qualifiers documentation.