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

Direct add this line with your color code

getSupportActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(
    new ColorDrawable(Color.parseColor("#5e9c00")));

not need to create ActionBar object every time...