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

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Details:

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

Answer 1

On the Nexus 4 people this seems to make the color go grey.

ActionBar bar = getActionBar(); // or MainActivity.getInstance().getActionBar()
bar.setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(0xff00DDED));
bar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);  // required to force redraw, without, gray color
bar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(true);

(all credit to this post, but it is buried in the comments, so I wanted to surface it here) https://stackoverflow.com/a/17198657/1022454

Answer 2

Use below code to provide different color to actionbar text and actionbar background just use below theme in manifest against the activity in which you want output :)

<style name="MyTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
</style>

<style name="MyActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/TitleBarTextColor</item>
    <item name="android:background">YOUR_COLOR_CODE</item>
</style>

<style name="TitleBarTextColor" parent="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
    <item name="android:textColor">YOUR_COLOR_CODE</item>
</style>

Answer 3

This worked for me, for AppCompatActivity,

    <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/BlackActionBar</item>
</style>

<style name="BlackActionBar" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar.Solid">
    <item name="background">@android:color/black</item>
    <item name="titleTextStyle">@style/BlackActionBarTitleTextStyle</item>
</style>

<style name="BlackActionBarTitleTextStyle" parent="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
    <item name="android:textColor">@android:color/white</item>
    <item name="android:fontFamily">@font/cinzel_decorative</item>
</style>

Answer 4

Its very simple for those who are using API 21 or greater Use this code below

for Dark ActionBar

<resources>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="android:background">@color/colorDarkGrey</item>
</style>

for_LightActionBar

<resources>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:background">@color/colorDarkGrey</item>
</style>

Answer 5

Use this, it would work.

ActionBar actionbar = getActionBar();
actionbar.setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable("color"));

Answer 6

getActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(getResources().getColor(R.color.TabColor)));

color.xml file:

<resources> <color name="TabColor">#11FF00</color> </resources>`