diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/layout/game_config.xml b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/layout/game_config.xml
index ba58585e3..60531448e 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/layout/game_config.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/layout/game_config.xml
@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@
                 android:layout_height="fill_parent"
                 android:orientation="vertical">
 
-    <TextView android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
-              android:layout_marginLeft="20dip"
-              android:layout_marginRight="20dip"
+    <TextView style="@style/config_separator"
               android:text="@string/role_label"
               />
 
@@ -38,15 +35,6 @@
              android:drawSelectorOnTop="true"
              />
 
-    <TextView android:id="@+id/connect_via_label"
-              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
-              android:layout_marginLeft="20dip"
-              android:layout_marginRight="20dip"
-              android:visibility="gone"
-              android:text="@string/connect_via_label"
-              />
-
     <Spinner android:id="@+id/connect_spinner"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
@@ -61,12 +49,8 @@
               android:text="@string/configure_role" 
               />
 
-      <TextView android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-                android:layout_marginLeft="20dip"
-                android:layout_marginRight="20dip"
+      <TextView style="@style/config_separator"
                 android:text="@string/players_label"
-                android:gravity="left"
                 />
 
     <!-- players -->
@@ -93,10 +77,7 @@
               />
     </LinearLayout>
 
-    <TextView android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
-              android:layout_marginLeft="20dip"
-              android:layout_marginRight="20dip"
+    <TextView style="@style/config_separator"
               android:text="@string/dict_label"
               />
 
@@ -106,10 +87,7 @@
              android:drawSelectorOnTop="true"
              />
 
-    <TextView android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
-              android:layout_marginLeft="20dip"
-              android:layout_marginRight="20dip"
+    <TextView style="@style/config_separator"
               android:text="@string/settings_label"
               />
 
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values/styles.xml b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values/styles.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48f189550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
+    <style name="config_separator">
+      <item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>
+      <item name="android:layout_width">fill_parent</item>
+      <item name="android:gravity">left</item>            
+      <item name="android:background">#FF7F7F7F</item>            
+      <item name="android:textColor">#FFFFFFFF</item>            
+    </style>
+</resources>