How I can change the style of a down ActionBar? - android

I'm using ActionBarSherlock, and my app will install on many kinds of smartphones, and for the small smartphones I divide the actionbar with:
android:uiOptions="splitActionBarWhenNarrow"
My problem appear when the bar is split, because the style only is maintained on the top bar (green), but not on the button bar (gray) :P
Here a screenshot:
And my current style:
<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!--
Base application theme, dependent on API level. This theme is replaced
by AppBaseTheme from res/values-vXX/styles.xml on newer devices.
-->
<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="android:Theme.Light">
<!--
Theme customizations available in newer API levels can go in
res/values-vXX/styles.xml, while customizations related to
backward-compatibility can go here.
-->
</style>
<!-- Application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.Sherlock.Light">
<!-- All customizations that are NOT specific to a particular API-level can go here. -->
<item name="android:textViewStyle">#style/label</item>
<item name="android:checkboxStyle">#style/checkbox</item>
<item name="android:buttonStyle">#style/boton</item>
<item name="android:starStyle">#style/star</item>
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/Widget.Styled.ActionBar</item>
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/Widget.Styled.ActionBar</item>
<!-- Agregamos algunos estilos para ver como cambiar los colores de la barra -->
<item name="android:actionDropDownStyle">#style/Widget.Styled.ActionBar</item>
<item name="actionDropDownStyle">#style/Widget.Styled.ActionBar</item>
<item name="actionBarSplitStyle">#style/Widget.Styled.ActionBar</item>
<item name="android:actionBarSplitStyle">#style/Widget.Styled.ActionBar</item>
</style>
<style name="label" parent="android:style/Widget.TextView">
<item name="android:padding">4dp</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#DF0101</item>
<item name="android:textSize">20sp</item>
</style>
<style name="checkbox" parent="android:style/Widget.CompoundButton.CheckBox">
<item name="android:textColor">#DF0101</item>
<item name="android:textSize">20sp</item>
</style>
<style name="boton" parent="android:style/Widget.Button">
<item name="android:background">#drawable/btn_form</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#ffffff</item>
<item name="android:textSize">20sp</item>
</style>
<style name="star" parent="android:style/Widget.CompoundButton.Star">
<item name="android:textColor">#DF0101</item>
<item name="android:textSize">20sp</item>
</style>
<style name="Widget.Styled.ActionBar"
parent="Widget.Sherlock.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
<item name="background">#drawable/background</item>
<item name="android:background">#drawable/background</item>
<item name="android:backgroundStacked">#drawable/background</item>
<item name="android:backgroundSplit">#drawable/background</item>
<item name="android:actionButtonStyle">#drawable/background</item>
</style>
</resources>
What is the name of this component, in order to add it to the style sheet?

My problem was I forgot to put this parameter:
<item name="backgroundSplit">#drawable/background</item>
Only had placed this:
<item name="android:backgroundSplit">#drawable/bg_actionbar</item>
Sorry :P

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Please help
I solved the issue
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Thanks
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Hope it will help you..

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