How to use Platform Styles

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I'd like to use the themes provided in the Android platform. Specifically the Preference Category text color.

This guide explains how to use platform styles but apparently the preference style isn't listed in R.style so I searched through the themes.xml file and found the preferences styles:

<!-- Preference styles -->
        <item name="preferenceScreenStyle">@style/Preference.PreferenceScreen</item>
        <item name="preferenceActivityStyle">@style/PreferenceActivity</item>
        <item name="preferenceFragmentStyle">@style/PreferenceFragment</item>
        <item name="preferenceCategoryStyle">@style/Preference.Category</item>
        <item name="preferenceStyle">@style/Preference</item>
        <item name="preferenceInformationStyle">@style/Preference.Information</item>
        <item name="checkBoxPreferenceStyle">@style/Preference.CheckBoxPreference</item>
        <item name="switchPreferenceStyle">@style/Preference.SwitchPreference</item>
        <item name="seekBarPreferenceStyle">@style/Preference.SeekBarPreference</item>
        <item name="yesNoPreferenceStyle">@style/Preference.DialogPreference.YesNoPreference</item>
        <item name="dialogPreferenceStyle">@style/Preference.DialogPreference</item>
        <item name="editTextPreferenceStyle">@style/Preference.DialogPreference.EditTextPreference</item>
        <item name="ringtonePreferenceStyle">@style/Preference.RingtonePreference</item>
        <item name="preferenceLayoutChild">@layout/preference_child</item>
        <item name="preferencePanelStyle">@style/PreferencePanel</item>
        <item name="preferenceHeaderPanelStyle">@style/PreferenceHeaderPanel</item>
        <item name="preferenceListStyle">@style/PreferenceHeaderList</item>
        <item name="preferenceFragmentListStyle">@style/PreferenceFragmentList</item>
        <item name="preferenceFragmentPaddingSide">@dimen/preference_fragment_padding_side</item>
        <item name="detailsElementBackground">@drawable/panel_bg_holo_dark</item>

But either I don't know how to add the theme to a TextView or I'm missing something completely.

<TextView
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Large Text"
    android:id="@+id/textView"
    style="@android:style/Preference.Category"
    />

What am I doing wrong? Do I need to add something to my styles.xml? I haven't done much with styles before, so this is new to me.

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bwoogie

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How to use Platform Styles