Use a Holo-like style for EditText fields.

application/res/drawable/edit_text_holo_dark.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project
+
+     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+     You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  
+          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  
+     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+     limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+    <item android:state_window_focused="false" android:state_enabled="true" android:drawable="@drawable/textfield_default_holo_dark" />
+    <item android:state_window_focused="false" android:state_enabled="false" android:drawable="@drawable/textfield_disabled_holo_dark" />
+    <item android:state_enabled="true" android:state_focused="true" android:drawable="@drawable/textfield_activated_holo_dark" />
+    <item android:state_enabled="true" android:state_activated="true" android:drawable="@drawable/textfield_focused_holo_dark" />
+    <item android:state_enabled="true" android:drawable="@drawable/textfield_default_holo_dark" />
+    <item android:state_focused="true" android:drawable="@drawable/textfield_disabled_focused_holo_dark" />
+    <item android:drawable="@drawable/textfield_disabled_holo_dark" />
+</selector>
+

application/res/layout/conversations.xml

@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ along with Yaaic.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"
             android:layout_weight="1"
             android:inputType="textImeMultiLine"
-            android:background="@layout/input_background"
             android:imeOptions="actionSend" />
         <Button
             android:id="@+id/speech"

application/res/layout/input_background.xml

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- 
-Yaaic - Yet Another Android IRC Client
-
-Copyright 2009-2012 Sebastian Kaspari
-
-This file is part of Yaaic.
-
-Yaaic is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
-
-Yaaic is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with Yaaic.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
--->
-<shape
-    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    android:shape="rectangle">
-    <stroke
-        android:width="1dp"
-        android:color="#3f5d9b" />
-    <padding
-        android:left="3dp"
-        android:top="3dp"
-        android:right="3dp"
-        android:bottom="3dp" />  
-    <solid
-        android:color="#ffffff" />
-</shape>

application/res/values/styles.xml

@@ -2,5 +2,16 @@
 <resources>
     <style name="Theme.Yaaic" parent="Theme.Sherlock">
         <item name="absForceOverflow">true</item>
+        <item name="android:editTextStyle">@style/edittext_holo</item>
     </style>
+    <style name="edittext_holo" parent="@android:style/Widget.EditText">
+        <item name="android:focusable">true</item>
+        <item name="android:focusableInTouchMode">true</item>
+        <item name="android:clickable">true</item>
+        <item name="android:background">@drawable/edit_text_holo_dark</item>
+        <item name="android:textColor">#FFFFFF</item>
+        <item name="android:gravity">center_vertical</item>
+        <item name="android:textColorHint">#FFFFFF</item>
+        <item name="android:textColorHighlight">#FF0000</item>
+     </style>
 </resources>

application/src/org/yaaic/activity/ConversationActivity.java

@@ -229,11 +229,11 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends SherlockActivity implements ServiceCon
 
         float fontSize = settings.getFontSize() * scaledDensity;
         indicator.setTextSize(fontSize);
-
-        int padding = (int) (5 * scaledDensity);
-        input.setPadding(padding, padding, padding, padding);
         indicator.setTypeface(Typeface.MONOSPACE);
 
+        input.setTextSize(fontSize);
+        input.setTypeface(Typeface.MONOSPACE);
+
         // Optimization : cache field lookups
         Collection<Conversation> mConversations = server.getConversations();