title: Android: default AppTheme background colors
body: <p>What are the <strong>default background colors</strong> for Activities in Android's AppTheme style?</p>
  
  <p>I'm looking for the hex code, or something that I can reference. It should be one for the LIGHT theme and one for the DARK theme.</p>
  
  <p>Or where can I look them up? I'm confused by all the files and can't find the place where they actually say the color.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for your help.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update:</strong></p>
  
  <p>I found entries in the SDK in <code>/data/values/colors.xml</code>, which are referenced by</p>
  
  <pre><code>@android:color/background_holo_light
  @android:color/background_holo_dark
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I cannot put them as background color of my Views: it is giving an error saying the values are not public. Is there a workaround?</p>