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What is wrong with my Android style attributes, actionbar title hidden or no color?

I'm trying to customize ActionBar using styles.xml on KITKAT and older versions.
This is as far I got it, but missing actionbar title, no color inserted properly, height or what is wrong?
Here is my styles.xml
<style name="Theme.MyApp" parent="AppTheme">
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/Theme.MyApp.ActionBar</item>
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/Theme.MyApp.ActionBar</item>
</style>
<style name="Theme.MyApp.ActionBar" parent="style/Theme.MyApp">
<item name="elevation">4dp</item>
<item name="android:height">56dp</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/white</item>
<item name="android:icon">#drawable/icon_placeholder_compat</item>
<item name="android:background">#color/blue</item>
<item name="android:titleTextStyle">#style/Theme.MyApp.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item>
<item name="titleTextStyle">#style/Theme.MyApp.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="Theme.MyApp.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle" parent="style/Theme.MyApp.ActionBar">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/white</item>
<item name="android:color">#color/white</item>
</style>

For change color of action bar and status bar:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/action_bar_color</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/status_bar_color</item>
</style>

White title background in ActionBar after changing the Actionbar Colour

I followed the steps mentioned in Styling the Action Bar | Android Developers to change the colour of the action bar.
But I am getting weird action bar. The actionbar colour is changed to green but the text in actionbar has different background (white), the buttons in actionbar has different background (white).
The code I used is as follows:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#color/core_white</item>
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/ActionBar</item>
<item name="android:buttonStyle">#style/Button</item>
<item name="android:editTextStyle">#style/EditText</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBar" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
<item name="android:background">#color/core_other</item>
<item name="android:backgroundStacked">#color/core_other_light</item>
<item name="android:backgroundSplit">#color/core_other</item>
</style>
Below are the screen shots of the theme I got:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Material.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/ActionBar</item>
<item name="android:buttonStyle">#style/Button</item>
<item name="android:editTextStyle">#style/EditText</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">#android:color/black</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBar" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
<item name="android:backgroundStacked">#color/core_other_light</item>
<item name="android:backgroundSplit">#color/core_other</item>
<item name="android:background">#00ff00</item>
</style
>
Change background in app theme to windowBackground
More detail check :
https://developer.android.com/training/material/theme.html
I have used Material Theme you can use holo or other

try this
<resources>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="#android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/ActionBar</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBar" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">ANY_HEX_COLOR_CODE</item>
</style>
</resources>

Change Color of Actionbar in Android

I am trying to change the background color of actionbar in my App but this is showing different on my app. Instead of coloring the actionbar the whole activity is color.
I am not sure why this is happening? I just want the main actionbar and settings actionbar colored.
Please check the screenshot.
Main Activity Map:
Preference Settings:
I also have transparent Actionbar with UP Navigation enabled for all my sub activities other than the main activity and preference settings activity.
I am not sure why it is showing like the above:
Here is style.xml (values-v14):
<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#FF5050</item>
</style>
<style name="dialogtheme" parent="#android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar"></style>
<!-- Transparent ActionBar Style -->
<style name="AppTheme.Light.ActionBar.Transparent" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
<item name="android:background">#android:color/transparent</item>
</style>
<!-- Activity Theme with transparent ActionBar -->
<style name="AppTheme.TransparentActionBar.Light" parent="#style/AppBaseTheme">
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/AppTheme.Light.ActionBar.Transparent</item>
<item name="android:windowIsTranslucent">true</item>
<item name="android:backgroundDimEnabled">true</item>
<item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
<item name="android:windowContentOverlay">#null</item>
<item name="android:displayOptions">showHome|homeAsUp|showTitle</item>
<item name="android:icon">#android:color/transparent</item>
<item name="android:actionBarTabTextStyle">#style/ActionBarTabTextStyle.Tabtheme</item>
<item name="android:actionBarDivider">#drawable/verticallinefordivder</item>
<item name="android:actionBarTabStyle">#style/ActionBarTabStyle.MapsLocation</item>
</style>
<style name="simpledialog" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.Dialog">
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBarTabTextStyle.Tabtheme" parent="#style/AppBaseTheme">
<item name="android:textSize">18sp</item>
<item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#android:color/black</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBarTabStyle.MapsLocations" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.TabView">
<item name="android:background">#drawable/tab_indicator</item>
</style>
<style name="myPreferenceTheme" parent="#style/AppBaseTheme">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/blue</item>
</style>
<style name="Widget.ActionButton" parent="#style/AppBaseTheme">
<item name="android:background">?android:attr/actionBarItemBackground</item>
<item name="android:paddingLeft">12dip</item>
<item name="android:paddingRight">12dip</item>
<item name="android:minWidth">56dip</item>
<item name="android:minHeight">?android:attr/actionBarSize</item>
</style>
</resources>

A little change and you action bar will be red:
<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/AppTheme.Light.ActionBar</item>
</style>
<style name="dialogtheme" parent="#android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar"></style>
<!-- Transparent ActionBar Style -->
<style name="AppTheme.Light.ActionBar" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#FF5050</item>
</style>
I have changed item in AppBaseTheme & AppTheme.Light.ActionBar .
Now you are good to go. let me know if it works however working at my end :P

You can try set custom view in action bar.
actionBar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);
actionBar.setCustomView(you_custom_layout);

I know this is not right answer to this question but if you want to edit your ActionBar, you can use this online Android Action Bar Style Generator.
At least you can create a style and check yours to find differences and learn how to edit your ActionBar.

Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar giving black actionbar title text

I have been trying to set white text on the actionbar. I went through many questions and I am using theme Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar and currently using this xml:
<style name="TrasnparentActionBarTheme" parent="#style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/TransparentActionBar</item>
<item name="android:windowContentOverlay">#null</item>
<item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
</style>
<style name="TransparentActionBar" parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#drawable/actionbar_transparent_background</item>
<item name="android:titleTextStyle">#style/TransparentTransparentActionBarText</item>
</style>
<style name="TransparentTransparentActionBarText" parent="#style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
<item name="android:textColor">#android:color/white</item>
</style>
I have tried different combinations for eg: setting android:titleTextStyle, actionmenutextcolor, or using the actionBar Style Generator. None are working for me.
The above code is from values-v11 but a similar code is in values folder too.
#drawable/actionbar_transparent_background is just a shape with <solid android:color="#00000000"/>

In order to have white text (so dark action bar with light theme) you have to inherit your actionbar style from the correct object: Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse and not Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar.Solid
Here is the style.xml file :
<resources>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="#style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- action bar -->
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/MyActionBar</item>
</style>
<!-- ActionBar styles -->
<style name="MyActionBar"
parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
<item name="android:background">#drawable/actionbar_background</item>
<!-- Support library compatibility -->
<item name="background">#drawable/actionbar_background</item>
</style>
</resources>

Dark ActionBar but Light PopMenu

I have a red actionbar and I'm using the DarkActionBar theme. But what I want is the popup menu in light colors. What I'm trying right now is something like this:
<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="android:windowTranslucentNavigation">false</item>
<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/MyActionBar</item>
<item name="android:popupMenuStyle">#style/MyPopupMenu</item>
</style>
<style name="MyActionBar" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
<item name="android:background">#android:color/transparent</item>
</style>
<style name="MyPopupMenu" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ListPopupWindow">
</style>
But the background of the menu is always black (I tried some other aproaches). I don't want to change it to Light ActionBar because the icon of the DarkActionBar fits bettes with the red color.

Ok I was able to solve it by myself. I have now a Light ActionBar but I changed the menu icon and the behavior of the focused items on the actionbar.
Here's what I did:
<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light">
<item name="android:windowTranslucentNavigation">false</item>
<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/MyActionBar</item>
<item name="android:actionOverflowButtonStyle">#style/MyButtonOverflow</item>
<item name="android:selectableItemBackground">#drawable/item_background_holo_dark</item>
</style>
<style name="MyActionBar" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
<item name="android:background">#android:color/transparent</item>
</style>
<style name="MyButtonOverflow" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionButton.Overflow">
<item name="android:src">#drawable/ic_menu_moreoverflow_normal_holo_dark</item>
</style>
I had to copy some resources of the android platform res folder, for example:
res/drawable/item_background_holo_dark.xml
res/drawable/list_selector_background_transition_holo_dark.xml
and some .9.png