PreferenceFragment layout values

Question

I'm creating an app with a main menu, one of these menu items will open up a PreferenceFragment. To create unity within the app I'd like the main menu to look as close to the PreferenceFragment as possible. Basically all the xml values I can use to create menu items that look similar to those in the PreferenceFragment.

Examples of values I need : text size and color (for both title and summary text) and padding values.

I could guess at it but that could take awhile and may not be accurate. There has to be a better way to do it.

Here is what I have so far:
Main Menu (the menu I want to look like the PreferenceFragment): http://i.imgur.com/O5jr14e.png
Preferences (the PreferenceFragment): http://i.imgur.com/YLUnNdX.png

Here are the layout values I have so far the menu item:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
              android:layout_height="fill_parent"
              android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/menu_item"
              android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_weight="1"
              android:paddingLeft="10dp">
    <TextView android:id="@+id/menu_item_title"
              android:textSize="20sp"
              android:textColor="@android:color/white"
              android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:layout_weight="1" />
    <TextView android:id="@+id/menu_item_description"
              android:textColor="@android:color/darker_gray"
              android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:layout_weight="1" />
</LinearLayout>

I am using a ListFragment with a custom ListAdapter to return the above layout with the required String values and display it in the list.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You should use themes and styles if you are looking for the text size and color to be the same throughout the app.

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/themes.html