Set a consistent style to all EditText (for e.g.)

I'm trying to make all EditText's in my application have a consistent look. I'm aware that I can do something like this:

<style name="App_EditTextStyle">
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/filled_roundededges_box_dark</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">#808080</item>
    <item name="android:layout_height">45dip</item>
</style>

Then I can make a particular EditText have this style by doing this:

<EditText ...
    style="@style/App_EditTextStyle
    ...>

But this way I have to remember to set the style individually for each and every EditText in my application which is tedious, if not error prone.

Is there some way I could make this a part of a theme or something? This is so I don't have to associate this style to every EditText. Something like this fictitious code block:

<style name="App_Theme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo">
   ... 
   <item name="android:EditTextSyle">@style/App_EditTextStyle</item>
   ...
<style>

And then in my AndroidManifest.xml I have something like:

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

And Voila! all my EditText's have the consistent style without me having to specify the style for each instance.

Override the attribute pointing to the EditText style(named editTextStyle :) ) in your custom theme:

<style name="App_Theme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo">
   <item name="android:editTextStyle">@style/App_EditTextStyle</item>
</style>

and make your custom style to extend Widget.EditText:

<style name="App_EditTextStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.EditText">
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/filled_roundededges_box_dark</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">#808080</item>
    <item name="android:layout_height">45dip</item>
</style>

Edit:

If you're using the much newer AppCompat related themes use the editTextStyle attribute without the android prefix:

<style name="App_Theme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <item name="editTextStyle">@style/App_EditTextStyle</item>
</style>

@Luksprog answer is correct but not working for me. After some experimentation, I found out that removing the android namespace from editTextStyle made it work for me.

<style name="App_Theme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo">
   <item name="editTextStyle">@style/App_EditTextStyle</item>
</style>

and make your custom style to extend Widget.EditText or if using the AppCompat theme Widget.AppCompat.EditText:

<style name="App_EditTextStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.EditText">
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/filled_roundededges_box_dark</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">#808080</item>
    <item name="android:layout_height">45dip</item>
</style>

First, define the style for your EditText. Make sure that the parent style is android:Widget.EditText

<style name="CustomEditTextStyle" parent="android:Widget.EditText">

    <item name="android:textColor">#0F0F0F</item>
    <!-- ... More items here if needed ... -->
</style>

After that, override the attribute android:editTextStyle in your custom theme. Be aware, if you are using the support library, you will also need to override the attribute editTextStyle (without the android namespace).

<style name="App_Theme" parent="...">
   <item name="android:editTextStyle">@style/CustomEditTextStyle</item>
   <item name="editTextStyle">@style/CustomEditTextStyle</item> <!-- For compatibility with the support library -->
</style>

If you just need to set a few simple parameters, like text color, the Android namespace has a few parameters that will do that without the need to declare a separate style for the edit text. Eg

<style name="MyStyle" parent="android:Theme.Material.NoActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/black</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/white</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/white</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/black</item>
    <item name="android:editTextColor">@color/black</item>
    <item name="android:editTextBackground">@color/black</item>
    ....
</style>

<style name="App_Theme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo">    
    <item name="android:editTextBackground">@drawable/filled_roundededges_box_dark</item>
</style>