Using one ButtonStyle for more than one Button[Libgdx Scene2d] - libgdx

Question

I'm making an interface using Libgdx Scene2d, and I have more than one button which all require different style, this means I have to create one buttonStyle for each button?
btnStyle = new TextButton.TextButtonStyle();
btnStyle.up = btnSkin.getDrawable("boxBtn");
btnStyle.checked = btnSkin.getDrawable("boxBtn1");
btnBox = new Button(btnStyle);
anotherButton = new Button(newStyle?) //this is what I mean

Answer 1

Your thinking is correct. For each button that requires a different style, you will need a different TextButtonStyle.
TextButtonStyle styleOne = new TextButtonStyle();
styleOne.up = ...someDrawable1
TextButtonStyle styleTwo = new TextButtonStyle();
styleTwo.up = ...someDrawable2
TextButton button1 = new TextButton("Button1", styleOne);
TextButton button2 = new TextButton("Button2", styleTwo);
If you find that you are using the same set of styles over and over again, you could create static styles and use those for your buttons.
public class Styles {
public static final TextButtonStyle styleOne = new TextButtonStyle();
public static final TextButtonStyle styleTwo = new TextButtonStyle();
public static void initStyles() {
styleOne.up = ...
styleTwo.up = ....
}
}
Then call Styles.initStyles() when you've loaded your assets.
If you want to customize each style, but still use a set of default style attributes, you could try something like this:
public class Styles {
public static TextButtonStyle createTextButtonStyle(Drawable up, Drawable down) {
TextButtonStyle style = new TextButtonStyle();
style.up = up;
style.down = down;
style.font = Assets.getDefaultFont() //For example
style.fontColor = Assets.getDefaultFontColor() //For example
}
}
Then when you want to create a button, you can just do:
TextButton button = new TextButton("Text", Styles.createTextButtonStyle(drawable1, drawable2));
Hope this helps clear some things up.