Change the title text color in the Android ActionBar via xml

Question

I want to change the title text color of the ActionBar in my app. I have tried in many ways but I can\'t achieve it. I don\'t want to do it programatically because when the app

Answer 1

I solved my problem. The problem was that I was testing in a device with api level 14+ and I just added the style to res/values . I had to add the style in res/values-v14 too. I attach my code:

res/values/styles.xml

<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

<style name="Theme.Dbtools_style" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light">
    <!-- Title Text Color -->
    <item name="actionMenuTextColor">@color/white</item>
</style>

<style name="ActionBar.Solid.Dbtools_style" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid">
    <!-- Title Text Color -->
    <item name="titleTextStyle">@style/MyActionBarTitleText</item>
</style>

<!-- ActionBar title text -->
<style name="MyActionBarTitleText" parent="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/white</item>
</style>

res/values-v14/styles.xml

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

    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/ActionBar.Solid.Dbtools_style</item>

    <!-- Title Text Color -->
    <item name="android:actionMenuTextColor">@color/white</item>
</style>

<style name="ActionBar.Solid.Dbtools_style" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid">
    <!-- Title Text color -->
    <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/MyActionBarTitleText</item>
</style>

<!-- ActionBar title text -->
<style name="MyActionBarTitleText" parent="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/white</item>
    <!-- The textColor property is backward compatible with the Support Library -->
</style>

Answer 2

Set titletextstyle and subtitletextstyle too ... This is what worked for me. ..

If you want to change that using xml ... This is what worked for me ...

<style name="MyActionBar"
    parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
    <item name="android:background">@color/titleBarBgColor</item>
    <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/EldTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item>
    <item name="android:subtitleTextStyle">@style/EldTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item>
    <!-- Support library compatibility -->
    <item name="background">@color/titleBarBgColor</item>
    <item name="titleTextStyle">@style/EldTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item>
    <item name="subtitleTextStyle">@style/EldTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="EldTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle" parent="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/titleBarTextColor</item>
</style>

Answer 3

You Have to do two things:

Styles.xml

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

</style>
<style name="MyActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
         <item name="android:background">#FF9D21</item>
         <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/MyActionBarTitleText</item>
</style> 
<style name="MyActionBarTitleText"
           parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
        <item name="android:textColor">@color/red</item>
</style>

Colors.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <color name="red">#FF0000</color>
</resources>

This link might help you out with the appropriate color you want. This link is also helpful.

Answer 4

for me this one worked.

1. go to /value/colors.xml
2. add <color name="black">#000000</color> //if you want black to your <resources>
3. to to /values/styles.xml
4. add <item name="titleTextColor">@color/black</item> to your <style>

here is some example code, too: color.xml:

<resources>
    <color name="colorPrimary">#ffffff</color>
    <color name="colorPrimaryDark">#000000</color>
    <color name="colorAccent">#03DAC5</color>
    <color name="black">#000000</color>
</resources>

styles.xml:

    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
        <item name="titleTextColor">@color/black</item>
    </style>```