How to change menu theme in Android

Question

My android application uses the following style:

<style name="AppTheme"
parent="android:style/Theme.Holo" ></style>

It is assigned for the whole application in the AndroidManifest.xml file :

<application
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
    [...]

Using this style, menus look like this :

However, if I use the light theme instead :

<style name="AppTheme"
parent="android:style/Theme.Light" ></style>

Menus will look like this :

My question is :

How can I apply the HOLO theme for the whole application and use only the LIGHT theme for menus ??

I just want to apply the dialog "style" of the LIGHT theme and apply the HOLO theme for everything else.

Answer 1

I believe you are looking for this:

<application
android:theme="@style/theme.holo.light>