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

The solution is to use the ActionBar's context to create the AlertDialog:

Context themedContext = getActivity().getActionBar().getThemedContext();

Or using ActionBarSherlock/ActionBarCompat:

Context themedContext = getActivity().getSupportActionBar().getThemedContext();

Then create the AlertDialog using this themed context:

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(themedContext);

Answer 2

Add this to your theme:

    <item name="android:actionModeCutDrawable">@drawable/ic_menu_cut_holo_light</item>
    <item name="android:actionModeCopyDrawable">@drawable/ic_menu_copy_holo_light</item>
    <item name="android:actionModePasteDrawable">@drawable/ic_menu_paste_holo_light</item>
    <item name="android:actionModeSelectAllDrawable">@drawable/ic_menu_selectall_holo_light</item>

And then add the necessary drawable resources to your project which can be found here: https://github.com/android/platform_frameworks_base/tree/master/core/res/res