Appearence of seekbar and spinner in activity layout android 4.1.2

Question

My problem is the appearance of both seek bar and spinner inside Activity. I tested in Android 4.1.2. This is what I want to appear like :

But when I tested it I'm getting like this:

When I created both seekbar and spinner in menu, they appeared as I want (As pic 1 and pic 2). But when I created them in activity layout I got them as last pictures. (pic 3 and pic 4) What should I do to change the appearance as I want ?

Answer 1

The theme you are using probably doesn't inherit from a Holo theme. In your res/values/themes.xml you should have something like:

...
  <style name="MyTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
    ...
  </style>
...