Java – Alert dialog style does not change the multi-select item text color

I’m using a style to style my alert dialog, most of which look like this, but the multi-select items don’t change color. I’d also like to set the checkbox to white, but I’m not sure how to do that.

Alert dialog:

android.app.AlertDialog.Builder builder = new android.app.AlertDialog.Builder(this, R.style.AlertDialogDarkBlue);

builder.setTitle("Faulty Part");

final ArrayList<Integer> selectedFaults = new ArrayList<>();

builder.setMultiChoiceItems(faultsList, null, new DialogInterface.OnMultiChoiceClickListener(){
    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int indexSelected, boolean isChecked) {
        if (isChecked) {
             If the user checked the item, add it to the selected items
            selectedFaults.add(indexSelected);
        } else if (selectedFaults.contains(indexSelected)) {
             Else, if the item is already in the array, remove it
            selectedFaults.remove(Integer.valueOf(indexSelected));
        }
    }
});

builder.setPositiveButton("Yes", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {

}
});
builder.setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
        dialog.dismiss();

onResume();
    }
});

android.app.AlertDialog alert = builder.create();

alert.show();

AlertDialogBlue style:

<style name="AlertDialogDarkBlue" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.Dialog.Alert">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/colorWhite</item>
    <item name="textColorAlertDialogListItem">@color/colorWhite</item>
    <item name="android:background">@color/colorDarkBlue</item>
</style>

What it looks like at its current state:

1. To fix the text color to white, simply extend AppCompat.Dark instead of AppCompat.Light in your custom style.

2. To edit the color selected by CheckBoxes, you can override the colorAccent in a custom style, which will only be applied to elements that use that style.

Here is an example:

<style name="AlertDialogDarkBlue" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Dark.Dialog.Alert">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/colorWhite</item>
    <item name="textColorAlertDialogListItem">@color/colorWhite</item>
    <item name="android:background">@color/colorDarkBlue</item>
    <!-- those to edit the color of checkboxes (I don't remember if both are needed or just one) -->
    <item name="android:colorAccent">@color/dialogCheckboxesColor</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/dialogCheckboxesColor</item>
</style>

Hope that helps