Reputation: 689
been trying to change the color of the menu items that appear on the Toolbar.
Here is my menu xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="@+id/action_settings"
android:title="Settings"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:orderInCategory="100"/>
<item android:id="@+id/always"
android:title="Always"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:orderInCategory="101"/>
<item android:id="@+id/never"
android:title="Never"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:orderInCategory="102"/>
<item android:id="@+id/ifroom"
android:title="If Room"
android:orderInCategory="103"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom"/>
<item android:id="@+id/always1"
android:title="Always1"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:orderInCategory="104"/>
</menu>
styles.xml
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<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="actionMenuTextColor">@color/white</item>
<item name="android:actionMenuTextColor">@color/white</item>
</style>
</resources>
I've tried using the style options but I cannot figure out how to change the color. The actionMenuTextColor
& android:actionMenuTextColor
do not solve the problem. It still appears black. Which looks untidy on my blue background.
Upvotes: 1
Views: 1824
Reputation: 689
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"
android:background="@color/colorPrimary">
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
Turns out I was inheriting the wrong theme! This works for me!
Upvotes: 5
Reputation: 20990
Remove this line in styles.xml
<item name="actionMenuTextColor">@color/white</item>
<item name="android:actionMenuTextColor">@color/white</item>
and add this
<item name="android:textColor">@color/red</item>
<item name="android:itemBackground">@color/skyBlue</item>
Complete code :
<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="android:textColor">@color/red</item>
<item name="android:itemBackground">@color/skyBlue</item>
</style>
Upvotes: 1