How do I change the background color of the ActionBar of an ActionBarActivity using XML?

Question

Details:

I\'m extending ActionBarActivity.
Eclipse and SDK fully patched as of 2011-11-06.

Answer 1

I had the same problem, where my Action Bar would turn grey when I entered that code. Chances are your original style sheet looked like this:

The "DarkActionBar" was what was keeping your Action Bar grey. I changed it to this, and it worked:

I also threw in how to edit the text color. Also, no need to change anything surrounding the resources.

-Warren