android set style in code

Question

I'm trying to use the TextView constructor with style like this:

TextView myText = new TextView(MyActivity.this, null, R.style.my_style );

however, when i do this, the text view does not appear to take the style (I verified the style by setting it on a static object).

I've also tried using myText.setTextAppearance(MyActivity.this, R.style.my_style) but it also doesn't work