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Change Android 5.0 Actionbar color
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I have looked through the Android examples online and perused through all the available documentation, but am still befuddled. I am targeting version 19 of the Android SDK as minSDK. All I need to do is to change the background color of the actionbar. My code for some reason does not seem to work.
I want the window background color of the rest of the app to be white.
I want the background of the actionbar to be blue.
Below is my resources file:
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
<item name="android:windowBackground">#android:color/white</item>
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/post_action_bar</item>
</style>
<style name="post_action_bar" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#android:color/holo_blue_dark</item>
<item name="android:backgroundStacked">#android:color/holo_blue_dark</item>
<item name="android:backgroundSplit">#android:color/holo_blue_dark</item>
<item name="android:windowActionBar">true</item>
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">false</item>
</style>
</resources>
This does not work. The rest of the app is white, but my bar has a grayish color.
You can try to set programatically in code like
ActionBar ab = getActionBar();
ab.setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.parseColor("#000000")));
It's as easy as adding this to your AppTheme
<!-- colorPrimary is used for the default action bar background -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/my_awesome_color</item>
Note: this will work pre-lolipop as long as your theme's parent is from Theme.AppCompat and your support library is atleast v21, so if you havent already update the support lib to the latest which at this time is v23.0.1 (i think)
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1'
Read this if you want to learn more about styling your ActionBar, and more
https://developer.android.com/training/basics/actionbar/styling.html
Here you have everything explained in detail about styling the Action Bar.
Best regards
Related
how to modify the font-color of status bar?
I find that some android applications can modify the font-color of status bar.I don't know how to do it.
Following are two pictures help to describe the question.Thanks!
the one after I open the application
the one before I open the application
The font-color of the one is white, while the other one is black.
Thanks to the release of Material Design you are able to change the color of status bar.
First of all you have to tell your app to use material design through your manifest (you can use a material theme of your choice):
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.Material.Light"
To use material design your minSDK of your app have to be 21 (Lollipop) or alternatively you can use the v7 Support Libraries for the previous versions.
https://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/features.html#v7
Now, there are to ways to set the color of the Status bar.
First, change it through the activity dynamically with the color you want every time (You have to declare color "blue" to your resources) - Inside you activity type:
getWindow().setStatusBarColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.blue));
And the second one is to extend the material design through your resources xml:
<resources>
<!-- inherit from the material theme -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Material">
<!-- Main theme colors -->
<!-- your app branding color for the app bar -->
<item name="android:colorPrimary">#color/primary</item>
<!-- darker variant for the status bar and contextual app bars -->
<item name="android:colorPrimaryDark">#color/primary_dark</item>
<!-- theme UI controls like checkboxes and text fields -->
<item name="android:colorAccent">#color/accent</item>
<!-- USE THIS FOR STATUS BAR COLOR -->
<item name="android:statusBarColor">#color/blue</item>
</style>
</resources>
https://developer.android.com/training/material/theme.html#ColorPalette
For a quick test please use option one, hope i helped you!
Try this.
Put this line in your dependency structure of gradle.
compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.+"
In your values/themes.xml
<style name="Theme.MyTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
<!-- Here we setting appcompat’s actionBarStyle -->
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/MyActionBarStyle</item>
<!-- ...and here we setting appcompat’s color theming attrs -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/my_awesome_red</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/my_awesome_darker_red</item>
<!-- The rest of your attributes -->
</style>
For further details:-https://chris.banes.me/2014/10/17/appcompat-v21/
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
Window window = getWindow();
window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS);
window.setStatusBarColor(R.color.your_color);
}
I am working on an app where I have to modify the app Actionbar. I am able to design it according to the requirement, but facing problem in designing the white line beneath the action bar. Well, I have got some hack where I can take the view and design it. But I want it to style it using style.xml.
EDIT
Now google has released toolbar that you can modify easily.
You can style your action bar like the below code -
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<!-- the theme applied to the application or activity -->
<style name="CustomActionBarTheme"
parent="#android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/MyActionBar</item>
</style>
<!-- ActionBar styles -->
<style name="MyActionBar"
parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
<item name="android:background">#drawable/actionbar_background</item>
</style>
and also please check the link - https://developer.android.com/training/basics/actionbar/styling.html to get more information. Hope it helped you.
Is there a way to define ActionBar tab style so that it would have different backgrounds when tabs are in ActionBar and below it?
I can't seem to find a way to do that with theme configuration with these properties
<item name="android:actionBarTabStyle">#style/Custom.ActionBar.TabView</item>
<item name="android:actionBarTabBarStyle">#style/Custom.ActionBar.TabBar</item>
<item name="android:actionBarTabTextStyle">#style/Custom.ActionBar.TabText</item>
I can define tab background to be white in #style/Custom.ActionBar.TabBar. All is ok with ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS.
But when I switch to ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_LIST it is placed inside ActionBar and it also becomes white. And thats is unwanted behavior.
You can control the behaviors and visibility of the action bar with the ActionBar APIs, which were added in Android 3.0 (API level 11)."
So, ActionBar will not work for your target environment which is at API level 10 (Android 2.3.3).
Just in case, if you target for minimum API level 11 , you can change ActionBar's background color by defining custom style, as:
<resources>
<style name="MyTheme" parent="#android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/MyActionBar</item>
</style>
<style name="MyActionBar" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">ANY_HEX_COLOR_CODE</item>
</style>
</resources>
And, set "MyTheme" as theme for application / activity.
Hope this helps...
I am the using the ActionBarSherlock. I have the displayOption "homeAsUp" in my style.xml file. Now this shows a black arrow next to the title of the Activity. Since my theme is White on a blue blackground, i want to change the color of the black arrow, or maybe use a whole new icon resource in its place. How can i do this ?
Kind Regards.
Further to Eric's answer - I wasted a lot of time getting this right.
Remember that these items must go in the parent application theme, inheriting from Theme.Sherlock or similar.
<!-- CUSTOM APP THEME -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.Sherlock">
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/AppTheme.ActionBarStyle</item>
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/AppTheme.ActionBarStyle</item>
<item name="android:homeAsUpIndicator">#drawable/action_bar_ic_ab_back_holo_dark</item>
<item name="homeAsUpIndicator">#drawable/action_bar_ic_ab_back_holo_dark</item>
</style>
Do not put them in the custom Action Bar theme inheriting from Widget.Sherlock.ActionBar.
<!-- ACTION BAR THEME -->
<style name="AppTheme.ActionBarStyle" parent="Widget.Sherlock.ActionBar">
<item name="android:icon">#drawable/action_bar_logo</item>
<item name="icon">#drawable/action_bar_logo</item>
<item name="android:displayOptions">showHome</item>
<item name="displayOptions">showHome</item>
</style>
Be careful when you style ActionBarSherlock !
Here is an extract from the web site (ActionBarSherlock Theming):
Due to limitations in Android's theming system any theme customizations must be declared in two attributes. The normal android-prefixed attributes apply the theme to the native action bar and the unprefixed attributes are for the custom implementation. Since both theming APIs are exactly the same you need only reference your customizations twice rather than having to implement them twice.
So in your case you MUST define two item:
<item name="android:homeAsUpIndicator">#drawable/icon</item>
and
<item name="homeAsUpIndicator">#drawable/icon</item>
Then you are sure that ALL your users will have the same L&F
I am including my styled xml layout:
<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<style name="Theme.Styled" parent="Theme.Sherlock">
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/Widget.MyApp.ActionBar</item>
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/Widget.MyApp.ActionBar</item>
</style>
<style name="Widget.MyApp.ActionBar" parent="Widget.Sherlock.Light.ActionBar">
<item name="titleTextStyle">#style/Widget.MyApp.TitleTextStyle</item>
<item name="background">#color/red</item>
<item name="android:background">#color/red</item>
<item name="windowContentOverlay">#null</item>
<item name="android:windowContentOverlay">#null</item>
</style>
<style name="Widget.MyApp.TitleTextStyle" parent="TextAppearance.Sherlock.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/white</item>
<item name="android:textSize">21sp</item>
</style>
</resources>
Some of the search over internet suggests that use windowContentOverlay set to #null. But when i use it in the style xml it doesn't change anything. Can any one help what to do?
If you want to create a shadow below the ActionBar you have to set android:windowContentOverlay parameter on the application theme (in your code you are incorrectly setting it on the ActionBar style).
In your example it would be:
<style name="Theme.Styled" parent="Theme.Sherlock">
...
<item name="android:windowContentOverlay">#drawable/my_actionbar_shadow</item>
</style>
Using #null value removes the shadow.
This one line sets the shadow on ActionBar on Android 3.0 and newer. However if you are using ActionBarSherlock, it will not work as you expect. It would create the shadow on top of the window over the ActionBarSherlock on Android devices running system older than Android 4.0 (although ActionBar is present in the api since Android 3.0, ActionBarSherlock uses custom implementation for all Android versions older than Android 4.0).
To create the shadow below ActionBarSherlock you have to set windowContentOverlay parameter on the application theme (notice the missing android:).
<style name="Theme.Styled" parent="Theme.Sherlock">
...
<item name="windowContentOverlay">#drawable/my_actionbar_shadow</item>
</style>
Again, using #null removes the shadow.
Although this line works for ActionBarSherlock, it doesn't work on android devices running Android 4.0 and newer, no shadow is created under the ActionBar on such devices. So how to combine these two parameters to get the desired shadow under both ActionBar and ActionBarSherlock?
Use resource configuration qualifiers, in your case use platform version qualifiers.
In res/values/styles.xml use the second xml code. And in res/values-v14/styles.xml use the first xml code. Therefore the ActionBarSherlock version is used by default (for versions pre Android 4.0) and ActionBar version is used for Android 4.0 and newer.
Edit:
There is a bug in Android 4.3 (API level 18), android:windowContentOverlay does not work. It should be fixed in future release. In case you need it fixed in Android 4.3, you can find workarounds linked in the bug report.
As a previous answer did say use "windowContentOverlay" in the application theme and NOT the action bar style.
<style name="Theme.Styled" parent="Theme.Sherlock">
...
<item name="windowContentOverlay">#drawable/my_actionbar_shadow</item>
</style>
If you want a realistic shadow you can find one in the
"Your Android Folder"/platforms/android-16/data/res/drawable-hdpi/
ab_solid_shadow_holo.9.png and copy it to your drawable-hdpi folder then the end result is
<style name="Theme.Styled" parent="Theme.Sherlock">
...
<item name="windowContentOverlay">#drawable/ab_solid_shadow_holo</item>
</style>
In addition, above API21(Lollipop), you will need this in code, too.
getSupportActionBar().setElevation(0);