Invisible ActionMode item icons in Theme.Sherlock.Light.DarkActionBar

Question

When using Theme.Sherlock.Light.DarkActionBar (or Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar, doesn\'t make a difference), the ActionMode (or \"contextual ActionB

Answer 1

I was fighting with the same issue since last two days. Finally I came up with a workaround!

I am using a DialogFragment with an AlertDialog object. In the onCreateDialog() method, all we have to do is get the context of the parent activity and set its theme again to Theme.Light.

@Override
public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    //get the parent activity context and set it's theme again.
    Context ctx = getActivity();
    ctx.setTheme(android.R.style.Theme_Holo_Light);
    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(ctx);
    LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) ctx.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.your_dialog_layout, null, false);
    builder.setView(view);

    //your other code for the dialog
    //

    return builder.create();

Now the icons in the Contextual ActionBar of the EditText have the right color.