Customize Android ActionBar

Question

I searched a lot and couldn't solve my problem. I want to customize my app's action bar.

I'm calling the actiong this way:

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
 super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
 /*
  *  menu.add(int groupId, int itemId, int order, CharSequence title);
  */
 MenuItem menu0 = menu.add(0, 0, 0, "Action Item 0");
 {
  menu0.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher);
  menu0.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM);
 }
 return true;
}

And my style.xml:

<resources>

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

<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">

</style>

<style name="MyActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:textColor">#CCCCCC</item>
</style>

However the textcolor remains in default (# FFF), have tried everything and do not know where I'm going wrong, I appreciate any help. Thank you!

Answer 1

Thank you guys, I did what I want by this tutorial: http://shreymalhotra.me/blog/tutorial/android/android-create-custom-themes-for-your-apps/

Added this on onCreate():

final ActionBar bar = getActionBar();

And to change the title color my style.xml look like this:

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

<style name="Theme.MyAppTheme.ActionBar" parent="android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/Theme.MyAppTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item>
</style>

<style name="Theme.MyAppTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle" parent="android:style/TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
    <item name="android:textColor">#ccc</item>
</style>

Obs: Im not sure, but I think that my first style will work with that line on the oncreate() method.

Answer 2

Try this:

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

<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">

</style>

<style name="MyActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:textColor">#CCCCCC</item>
    <item name="textColor">#CCCCCC</item>
</style>

Sometimes because of the API you use, removing android: works

also try to define the color in color.xml and use this way:

 <style name="MyActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
        <item name="android:textColor">@color/mColor</item>
        <item name="textColor">@color/mColor</item>
 </style>

EDIT:

<style name="MyActionBar"parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:titleTextColor">@style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextColor</item>
</style>

<style name="MyActionBar.TitleTextColor" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/mColor</item>
</style>