Difference between textColor and android:textColor

Question

I\'m sorry if my question looks beginner, but what\'s the difference between textColor and android:textColor? I can\'t understand where use which Thank

Answer 1

textColor is an attribute provided in AppCompat library, where as android:textColor is provided in Material theme.

Example:

Using Material theme and referring android:textColor attribute:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Material.Light">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/blue</item>
    <item name="android:colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>
    <item name="android:colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary_dark</item>
    ....
    ....
</style>

using AppCompat library with only textColor attribute:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="textColor">@color/blue</item>
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>

    ...
    ...

</style>