In styles.xml
<style name="itemTextStyle.AppTheme" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Widget.IconMenu.Item">
<item name="android:textColor">@drawable/color_item_popup</item>
<item name="android:textSize">@dimen/text_content</item>
</style>
and add in AppTheme
<item name="android:itemTextAppearance">@style/itemTextStyle.AppTheme</item>
color_item_popup.xml
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:color="@color/primary_text"/>
<item android:state_focused="true" android:color="@color/primary_text"/>
<item android:color="@color/secondary_text"/>
</selector>