How to set custom ActionBar color / style?

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You can define the color of the ActionBar (and other stuff) by creating a custom Style:

Simply edit the res/values/styles.xml file of your Android project.

For example like this:

<resources>
    <style name="MyCustomTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
        <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBarTheme</item>
    </style>

    <style name="MyActionBarTheme" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
        <item name="android:background">ANY_HEX_COLOR_CODE</item>
    </style>
</resources>

Then set “MyCustomTheme” as the Theme of your Activity that contains the ActionBar.

You can also set a color for the ActionBar like this:

ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
actionBar.setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.RED)); // set your desired color

Taken from here: How do I change the background color of the ActionBar of an ActionBarActivity using XML?

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