Change Android 5.0 Actionbar color

Question

I\'m working with the new Lollipop Material Design guidelines and would like to incorporate that nifty navigation drawer animation in my app. I\'ve gotten that far, by using

Answer 1

AppCompat does not use the android: prefixed attributes for the Material Theme color palette items per the migration guide to v21 by the author of AppCompat. Instead, just use the names themselves:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primaryDef</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/primaryDarkDef</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/primaryDef</item>

    <item name="android:navigationBarColor">@color/primaryDarkDef</item>
    <item name="android:activatedBackgroundIndicator">@drawable/defbg</item>
</style>

The Action Bar will be colored by colorPrimary.