change actionbar spinner textcolor

Question

How can i change the actionbar spinner textcolor. I have created it with xml file in menu folder. When it shows dropdown its textcolor is white and i have changed it with custom adapter. but how to change textcolor when its close? please see the screenshot.

Here is the menu xml file code

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
 <item
    android:id="@+id/action_map_spinner"
    android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
    android:actionLayout="@layout/actionbar_spinner"  />

<item
    android:id="@+id/btnAction"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_overflow"
    android:showAsAction="always">
    <menu>
        <item
            android:id="@+id/btnSettings"
            android:title="@string/right_menu_settings"/>
        <item
            android:id="@+id/btnShare"
            android:title="@string/right_menu_Share"/>
        <item
            android:id="@+id/btnRate"
            android:title="@string/right_menu_rate"/>
        <item
            android:id="@+id/btnRemoveAds"
            android:title="@string/right_menu_remove"/>
        <item
            android:id="@+id/btnFeedback"
            android:title="@string/right_menu_feedback"/>
        <item
            android:id="@+id/btnMoreApps"
            android:title="@string/right_menu_more_apps"/>
        <!-- <item -->
        <!-- android:id="@+id/btnAddAppointment" -->
        <!-- android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" -->
        <!-- android:title="Add Appointment"/> -->
    </menu>
  </item>
 </menu>

Answer 1

To modify the color of text in the action bar, you need to override separate properties for each text element..

refer to this link..

Customize the Text Color

Custom Theme :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <!-- the theme applied to the application or activity -->
    <style name="CustomActionBarTheme"
           parent="@style/Theme.Holo">
        <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
        <item name="android:actionBarTabTextStyle">@style/MyActionBarTabText</item>
        <item name="android:actionMenuTextColor">@color/actionbar_text</item> <!-- Change color here -->
    </style>

</resources>

This may help you..

Answer 2

1 line of code solved my problem. and here is the screen shot.

<!-- Application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">
 <item name="android:actionMenuTextColor">@color/actionbar_text</item>
</style>