Action Bar styling [Top and Bottom] - android

I am a beginner in android development,
I am trying to style action bar in top and bottom
like this in top
Action Bar Top
and bottom
Action Bar Bottom
I have using splitActionBarWhenNarrow to split action bar...
but I am unable to style action bar and show custom button in left or right side of action bar..
How do I achieve this?
I am using API 15 as a minimum requirement
any suggestion will be appreciated..

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