Custom (gradient) background of ActionBar Compat

Question

I am using Action Bar Compat so that my action bar with navigation drawer was backward compatible down to API level 9 and I want to change the background of the action bar.

Answer 1

I am currently working on the same task.

Here is my action_bar_bg.xml file in which I define the gradient for my action bar.

DeadObjectException

android:shape="line" can't be used if there is a gradient inside. I tested it; my Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 N8000 restarted, and there was a DeadObjectException.

The linear type of gradient pattern is the default value. So you don't have to declare it explicitly.

Here is my styles.xml in the values folder.

Gradient Drawable