update (3/21/2013)
Both platform-specific styles and theme styles will now merge, not overwrite, any existing generic styles. They will merge in the following order, from lowest to highest precedence:
generic styles
theme styles
platform-specific generic styles
platform-specific theme styles
The themes test app in the github repo will be modified to show this behavior:
https://github.com/appcelerator/alloy/tree/master/test/apps/advanced/themes
original
Styles housed in the platform-specific folders currently overwrite non-platform-specific styles relevant to the same runtime controller. Instead of wholely overwriting these styles, the platform-specific style should merge with any existing styles, just as it does with device queries in the TSS files themselves. This will allow developers to write more concise platform-specific styles without having to recreate the whole style.
Verified fixed. Alloy: 1.1.0-cr CLI version 3.1.0-cr TiSDK: 3.1.0.v20130408154547 (RC) Android and iOS devices. Closing.
Reopening for updating 'tester' field, labels and log time.