can we set actionbar height manually in android theme.light - android

I am using "Theme.Light" theme for my android project and while setting up a navigation drawer how can i set actionbar size(height).
I used the below code and i got an error..
<style name="Theme.Light.ActionBar" parent="#android:style/Theme.Light">
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">false</item>
<item name="android:windowActionBar">true</item>
<item name="actionBarSize">36dip</item>
<item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
</style>
can you please reply to my problem as soon as possible and thank you.


Use height attribute,for actionBarHeight
<item name="android:height">#dimen/bar_height</item>
you have to create style like this:
<!-- Application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
<!-- Main theme colors -->
<!-- your app branding color for the app bar -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/primary</item>
<!-- darker variant for the status bar and contextual app bars -->
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/primary_dark</item>
<!-- theme UI controls like checkboxes and text fields -->
<!-- native widgets will now be "tinted" with accent color -->
<item name="colorAccent">#color/accent</item>
<!--Action bar style-->
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/AppTheme.ActionBar</item>
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/AppTheme.ActionBar</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.ActionBar" parent="Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar">
<item name="titleTextStyle">#style/AppTheme.ActionBar.TitleText</item>
<item name="android:titleTextStyle">#style/AppTheme.ActionBar.TitleText</item>
<item name="android:height">#dimen/bar_height</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.ActionBar.TitleText" parent="TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
<item name="android:textSize">#dimen/bar_text_size</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/bar_text_color</item>
</style>
you have to try below code :
<resources>
<style name="Theme.FixedSize" parent="#android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="actionBarSize">48dip</item>
<item name="android:actionBarSize">48dip</item>
</style>
</resources>


If you are using AppCompat, you can set the "actionBarSize" attribute in your theme (which must inherit from Theme.AppCompat.x). You can also use a Toolbar in your layout and set its layout_height to the desired value.

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<style name="Theme.MyApplication" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.DayNight.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Primary brand color. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/purple_700</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryVariant">#color/purple_200</item>
<item name="colorOnPrimary">#color/teal_200</item>
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<item name="colorSecondary">#color/teal_200</item>
<item name="colorSecondaryVariant">#color/teal_700</item>
<item name="colorOnSecondary">#color/black</item>
<!-- Status bar color. -->
<item name="android:statusBarColor" tools:targetApi="l">?attr/colorPrimaryVariant</item>
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<item name="android:textColorSecondary">#color/black</item>
<item name="android:forceDarkAllowed" tools:ignore="NewApi">true</item>
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<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme">
<item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
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<style name="Theme.MyApplication.AppBarOverlay">
<item name="backgroundTint">#color/black</item>
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<style name="Theme.MyApplication.PopupOverlay">
<item name="backgroundTint">#color/white</item>
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Try this in application class call in onCreate()-
AppCompatDelegate.setDefaultNightMode(AppCompatDelegate.MODE_NIGHT_YES)
and for more details please find -https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/look-and-feel/darktheme#changing_themes_in-app

The reason could be that your theme inherits from Theme.MaterialComponents.DayNight.DarkActionBar. Try to use Theme.MaterialComponents.Light.DarkActionBar instead.
According to https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/look-and-feel/darktheme:
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How to capitalize button text pre-Lollipop?

I tried using adding it into styles.xml like so:
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Main theme colors -->
<!-- your app branding color for the app bar -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/primary</item>
<!-- darker variant for the status bar and contextual app bars -->
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/primary_dark</item>
<!-- theme UI controls like checkboxes and text fields -->
<item name="colorAccent">#color/accent</item>
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<item name="android:buttonStyle">#style/Widget.AppCompat.Button.Borderless</item>
<item name="android:textAppearanceButton">#style/DefaultButtonTextStyle</item>
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<style name="DefaultButtonTextStyle" parent="#style/Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Button">
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<item name="android:layout_width">wrap_content</item>
<item name="android:layout_centerVertical">true</item>
<item name="android:textAllCaps">true</item>
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<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 -->
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</style>
</resources>
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<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/MyActionBar</item>
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simply put the font should be bigger.. but nope.
Any ideas as to why?
Thanks.

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<activity
android:name=".YourActivty"
android:theme="#style/myTheme" />
UPDATE 1
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<item name="background">#drawable/actionbar_background</item>
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