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ActionBar title disappears when I change the style

I'm trying change my ActionBar style, changing the background and title color. The background is ok, but when I try change the titleTextStyle the title that I defined on manifest disappear.
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/primary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/primary_dark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/accent</item>
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/AppTheme.ActionBarStyle</item>
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/AppTheme.ActionBarStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.ActionBarStyle" parent="#android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#color/dark</item>
<item name="background">#color/dark</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/icons</item>
<item name="android:displayOptions">showHome|showTitle|useLogo</item>
<item name="android:titleTextStyle">#style/AppTheme.ActionBar.TitleStyle</item>
<item name="titleTextStyle">#style/AppTheme.ActionBar.TitleStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.ActionBar.TitleStyle" parent="#android:style/TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/icons</item>
</style>
I have another doubt about the color of default icons. For example, I'm using NavigationDrawer and would like to change the color of your icon

That worked for me:
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(true);

Android action mode view background color is not able to change

Hi this is my style attributes, "myAppTheme" is my application's theme and "MyActionModeStyle" is my actionmode's style.
<style name="myAppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/primaryColor</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/primary_dark</item>
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="drawerArrowStyle">#style/DrawerArrowStyle</item>
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/MyActionBar</item>
<item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>
<item name="android:windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>
<item name="actionModeStyle">#style/MyActionModeStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="MyActionModeStyle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.ActionMode">
<item name="actionModeBackground">#drawable/red_bg</item>
<item name="android:actionModeBackground">#drawable/red_bg</item>
<item name="backgroundSplit">#drawable/red_bg</item>
<item name="android:backgroundSplit">#drawable/red_bg</item>
<item name="android:titleTextStyle">#style/ActionModeText</item>
<item name="titleTextStyle">#style/ActionModeText</item>
</style>
I want to change the background of action ode to red color but unfortunately nothing happends, still action mode is in default white color.. How can i change its color.. Any idea ?

Oh ! At last i had got a solution.I had changed my action mode custom theme into activities' theme.Now its works.. This is my custom theme for activity
android:theme="#style/customActionModeTheme"
and this is my custom style
<style name="customActionModeTheme" parent="myAppTheme">
<item name="android:actionModeBackground">#color/primaryColor</item>
<item name="actionModeBackground">#color/primaryColor</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.

Modify style of Android items in the ActionBar

How can I modify the style of the items on the Action bar of an Android Application?
I tryed the following:
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/ActionBar.Light</item>
<style name="ActionBar.Light" parent="#style/ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#color/black</item>
<item name="android:actionMenuTextColor">#FF00FF</item>
</style>
The background of the Action bar I was able to modify, but not the text Colors of the items in the Action bar. How can I do it?
EDIT:
I tried pretty much all the android:action attributes I found, but I couldn't manage to change anything other than the background. Only the first <item name="android:background">#FF0000</item> of the following code makes changes on my code. No matter which values I put on the Test style, it doesn't change anything. Why is it happening?
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/ActionBar.Light</item>
<style name="ActionBar.Light" parent="#style/ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#FF0000</item>
<item name="android:actionMenuTextColor">#style/Test</item>
<item name="android:actionButtonStyle">#style/Test</item>
<item name="android:actionModeBackground">#style/Test</item>
<item name="android:actionMenuTextAppearance">#style/Test</item>
</style>
<style name="Test">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/white</item>
<item name="android:background">#FF0000</item>
</style>

If you want to change the color of the menu items in the action bar you have to set the actionMenuTextColor in your theme style.
<style name="PortfolioTheme" parent="android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
<item name="android:actionMenuTextColor">#24598a</item>
<item name="actionMenuTextColor">#24598a</item>
</style>
You don't define the menu item colors in the actionMenuTextAppearance!

You can change the color by:-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="MyTheme" parent="#android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/MyTheme.ActionBarStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="MyTheme.ActionBarStyle" parent="android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionBar">
<item name="android:titleTextStyle">#style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle" parent="android:style/TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/red</item>
</style>
</resources>