The Google Maps application has a transparent ActionBar, through which the map is visible.
I am able to set the transparency of the ActionBar using this:
<style name="Theme.MyTheme" parent="android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/ActionBar</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBar" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#64000000</item>
</style>
But how can I show my ImageView behind the ActionBar?
You can enable overlay mode of the ActionBar. To do it you have to set (android:)windowActionBarOverlay item in the theme to true.
<style name="MyTheme" parent="Theme.Sherlock">
...
<item name="windowActionBarOverlay">true</item> <!-- for ActionBarSherlock -->
<item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
</style>
You can also set it at run-time:
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_ACTION_BAR_OVERLAY);
This will the ActionBar a semi-transparent floating bar.
Like any requestWindowFeature..., this should be called before adding content.
After the setContentView, you can then set a background from your Drawable with this:
getActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.actionbar_bg));
Change getActionBar with getSupportActionBar for ActionBarSherlock
actionbar_bg.xml with the root element of shape:
<solid android:color="#64000000" />
Although I find Tomik's solution great, this will be useful for those one-off cases for a few activities rather than an across the board style.
If someone needs the transparent bar but only for certain activities while using a solid one in the rest of them, it might be worth creating two different styles and using the manifest to get control over it:
<style name="MyThemeOverlay" parent="Theme.Sherlock">
...
<item name="windowActionBarOverlay">true</item> <!-- for ActionBarSherlock -->
<item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
<!-- any stuff common here, colours, etc -->
<!-- define the style for native ActionBar for Android 4 and higher -->
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/myActionbarTransparent</item>
<!-- define the style for ActionBarSherlock -->
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/myActionbarTransparent</item>
</style>
<style name="MyThemeNoOverlay" parent="MyTheme">
<item name="windowActionBarOverlay">false</item> <!-- for ActionBarSherlock -->
<item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">false</item>
<!-- any stuff specific for no overlay activity action bars -->
<!-- define the style for native ActionBar for Android 4 and higher -->
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/myActionbar</item>
<!-- define the style for ActionBarSherlock -->
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/myActionbar</item>
</style>
<style name="myActionbar" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#color/white</item>
</style>
<style name="myActionbarTransparent" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#color/transparent</item>
</style>
and then in your AndroidManifest.xml you can either use one of them as default and the other one for some specific activities by doing something like:
<application
...
android:theme="#style/MyThemeOverlay">
...
<activity
android:name=".Activity1"
/>
<activity
android:name=".Activity2"
android:theme="#style/MyThemeNoOverlay"
/>
<activity
android:name=".Activity3"
/>
<activity
android:name=".Activity4"
android:theme="#style/MyThemeNoOverlay"
/>
...
in styles.xml:
<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/semiTransparent5</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" >
<item name="windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
</style>
in activity_main.xml:
<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">
<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />
</com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>
<include layout="#layout/content_main" />
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In my activity, I use default ActionBar
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat"> and getSupportActionBar()
How can I custom the style of this ActionBar?
Change ActionBar color and title color
Align title to center
Add more top padding to ActionBar
For the color, I tried these two style, but it also change color of whole Activity, I just want to change ActionBar
<item name="colorPrimary"></item>
<item name="android:textColorPrimary"></item>
I alo tried actionBarStyle, but it is not working
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/darkgray</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/black</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/gold</item>
<item name="android:textColorPrimary">#color/gold</item>
<item name="android:textColorSecondary">#color/darkgray</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">#color/black</item>
<item name="android:colorBackground">#color/black</item>
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/MyActionBar</item>
</style>
<style name="MyActionBar" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#color/gray</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/black</item>
</style>
I suggest you to include the Toolbar in your layout and use the Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar theme for your Activity :
Layout :
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="#color/yourColor">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#color/yourColor"
android:text="yourTitle" />
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
Manifest :
<activity
android:name="yourActivity"
android:theme="#style/Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar" />
I have made an app for android with Xamarin form in VS2015. I have added TabbedPage, but my TabbedPage's action bar has problem.
If tabbedPage has many ContentPage, title text is not 1 line, and I can't change tab's height, width, color(font, background), and scrollable tab.
I know the problem is theme, but I don't know how do I customized theme.
Below is my theme:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="MyTheme" parent="MyTheme.Base">
</style>
<!-- Base theme applied no matter what API -->
<style name="MyTheme.Base" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!--If you are using revision 22.1 please use just windowNoTitle. Without android:-->
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
<!--We will be using the toolbar so no need to show ActionBar-->
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<!-- Set theme colors from http://www.google.com/design/spec/style/color.html#color-color-palette-->
<!-- colorPrimary is used for the default action bar background -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#2196F3</item>
<!-- colorPrimaryDark is used for the status bar -->
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#1976D2</item>
<!-- colorAccent is used as the default value for colorControlActivated
which is used to tint widgets -->
<item name="colorAccent">#FF4081</item>
<!-- You can also set colorControlNormal, colorControlActivated
colorControlHighlight and colorSwitchThumbNormal. -->
<item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>
<item name="android:datePickerDialogTheme">#style/AppCompatDialogStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="AppCompatDialogStyle" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.Dialog">
<item name="colorAccent">#FF4081</item>
</style>
</resources>
now, my app need AppCompact theme, so I don't know how do I fix it.
Try using "scrollable" Tab mode.
<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
android:id="#+id/tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:tabGravity="fill"
app:tabMode="scrollable"
style="#style/MyCustomTabLayout" />
Here I used customized TabLayout style. Below is the MyCustomTabLayout style. Define this style into your values/styles.xml file.
values/styles.xml
<!-- TabLayout Style -->
<style name="MyCustomTabLayout" parent="Widget.Design.TabLayout">
<item name="tabIndicatorColor">#FFFFFF</item>
<item name="tabIndicatorHeight">3dp</item>
<item name="tabBackground">?attr/selectableItemBackground</item>
<item name="tabTextAppearance">#style/MyCustomTabTextAppearance</item>
<item name="tabSelectedTextColor">#FFFFFF</item>
</style>
Hope this will help~
If your style theme is AppCompact(see in manifest file) then your class should be extend AppCompactActivity class otherwise it will throw error.
I think viewPager is comfortable to use.
Look at This code How i change textcolor,height,tabindicator color in ViewPager
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:id="#+id/appBarLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">
<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
android:id="#+id/tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#499b97"
app:tabGravity="fill"
app:tabIndicatorColor="#cfc31b"
app:tabIndicatorHeight="6dp"
app:tabMode="fixed" />
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<style name="MyTrasparent" parent="#style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#android:color/transparent</item>
<item name="android:windowIsTranslucent">true</item>
<item name="android:colorBackground">#android:color/transparent</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">#color/soloColor</item>
<item name="android:windowFullscreen">true</item>
<item name="android:windowAnimationStyle">#android:style/Animation</item>
For information, I am using Android Studio 2.0 Preview 7, API 23.
Activity that is having the issue
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:context="in.ezyride.blovia.OfferRide"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay"
android:id="#+id/view">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/view">
<include
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/basicLayoutAddl"
layout="#layout/content_offer_ride"
/>
</ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>
But other activities are regular. This happened when I was trying to fix the keyboard covering EditText issue. However I almost solved that, new one raised.
For fixing it, I added scroll view in the above relative layout.
The manifest part of the activity is as follows
<activity
android:name=".OfferRide"
android:label="#string/title_activity_offer_ride"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan|stateAlwaysVisible"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.NoActionBar" />
Other activity where things are normal.
File: styles.xml
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="md_positive_color">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="md_neutral_color">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="md_title_color">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="md_negative_color">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="md_widget_color">#color/colorPrimary</item>
</style>
<style name="FullscreenTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">#null</item>
<item name="metaButtonBarStyle">?android:attr/buttonBarStyle</item>
<item name="metaButtonBarButtonStyle">?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle</item>
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />
<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />
</resources>
In my case, the problem was because I had two files styles.xml in my project, in both of them had the same name of theme for the activities.
Let me describe it.
This is my activity in the AndroidManifest.xml:
This is my first styles.xml (default):
This is my second styles.xml (V21):
The app in running mode used the second style, it had the problem, because we couldn't see the colorPrimaryDark of the app.
The solution was, comment the last item in the second style.xml:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/design/widget/AppBarLayout.html
AppBarLayout is a vertical LinearLayout which implements many of the
features of material designs app bar concept, namely scrolling
gestures.
Children should provide their desired scrolling behavior through
setScrollFlags(int) and the associated layout xml attribute:
app:layout_scrollFlags.
This view depends heavily on being used as a direct child within a
CoordinatorLayout
Use CoordinatorLayout instead of RelativeLayout and instead of ScrollView, Use NestedScrollView.
And change this:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
to:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
Since you already have Toolbar, let's imagine you've already added this in your OnCreate:
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
For me, the issue was windowTranslucentStatus:
Before:
<style name="MyTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
<item name="android:colorPrimary">#color/bright_purple</item>
<item name="android:colorPrimaryDark">#android:color/background_dark</item>
<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
</style>
After:
<style name="MyTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
<item name="android:colorPrimary">#color/bright_purple</item>
<item name="android:colorPrimaryDark">#android:color/background_dark</item>
</style>
Use this in your styles.xml:
<item name="android:statusBarColor">#color/colorPrimaryDarkBlue</item>
I think I went all over SO for the answer. I think I am being trolled by Android L... Seems no matter what I do that actionbar's background still defaults to colorPrimary
the layout.xml
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="#+id/dl_main"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/main_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.farmdog.farmdog.MainActivity">
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:id="#+id/container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:layout_anchor="#+id/appbar"
app:layout_anchorGravity="top"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"/>
<!--layout_behavior="TransparentScrollingViewBehavior"/>-->
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:id="#+id/appbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<!--android:theme="#style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">-->
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingTop="8dp"
android:paddingBottom="8dp"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"/>
<!--android:background="?attr/colorPrimaryDark"-->
<!--app:theme="#style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">-->
<!--android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"-->
<!--app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay"-->
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
........
and styles.xml (v21)
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<!-- colorPrimaryDark wont work on API level < 21 -->
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">#color/mainBkgndHard</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/appTextColor</item>
<item name="android:buttonStyle">#style/ButtonTheme</item>
<!--<item name="android:fitsSystemWindows">true</item> hmmm, primaryColor expands on the statusbar now...-->
<!-- attempt taking actionbar shadow away -->
<item name="elevation">0dp</item>
<item name="android:windowContentOverlay">#null</item>
<!-- the following line breaks the build-->
<!--<item name="windowContentOverlay">#null</item>-->
<!-- attempt drawing underneath the actionbar - all fail as of 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.1.'-->
<item name="windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/MyActionBar</item>
<item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/MyActionBar</item>
</style>
<!--<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">-->
<!--<item name="android:background">#color/colorActionBar</item>-->
<!--<item name="background">#color/colorActionBar</item>-->
<!--<item name="windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>-->
<!--<item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>-->
<!--</style>-->
<style name="MyActionBar" parent="Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid">
<item name="android:background">#color/colorActionBar</item>
<!--For compatibility-->
<item name="background">#color/colorActionBar</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
<item name="android:statusBarColor">#android:color/transparent</item>
</style>
</resources>
I think you are doing it in the wrong way.I mean, the following Toolbar Hasn't any PrimaryColor or even Background:
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingTop="8dp"
android:paddingBottom="8dp"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"/>
<!--android:background="?attr/colorPrimaryDark"-->
<!--app:theme="#style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">-->
<!--android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"-->
<!--app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay"-->
So, this will works on (v21) versions only without any background or PrimaryColor.and as you can see, Toolbar is going to be like your Activity Theme which that has:
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
With:
Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar
And, if you don't set any background color or PrimaryColor, because of:
Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar
and your Toolbar, it has to be like that:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
Otherwise, it should crashed(i guess, not sure) because you have a Theme with DarkActionBar and one Toolbar with no background.
I think this is the problem!
Edit:
For completing the answer, since this code was simple anyway, i'll add it here:
Add this also in your AppBarLayout:
android:theme
Inspired from Mohsen answer, I did the following:
Defined a theme named AppTheme with parent Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
In AndroidManifest.xml, I assigned AppTheme as the android:theme
android:theme="#style/AppTheme"
Created another theme for AppBarLayout named CollapsingToolbarTheme with parent Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/transparent</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/dark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
Finally, I assigned the new CollapsingToolbarTheme as the theme of AppBarLayout
android:theme="#style/CollapsingToolbarTheme"
I have a "light"-themed application with:
<style name="Theme.MyTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/primary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/primary_dark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/accent</item>
<!-- etc. -->
</style>
I want my Toolbars to be dark themed, so I have setup the following style, just as suggested by Chris Banes:
<style name="Theme.MyTheme.Toolbar" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">
<!-- stuff -->
</style>
Then, by adding android:theme="#style/Theme.ByodTheme.Toolbar" to my android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar, everything works as expected (even though the Android Studio preview doesn't show white colors for the title, it works on devices):
Now, instead of specifying android:theme for every Toolbar in my application, I'd like to specify the style in my main theme and forget about it. I have tried the toolbarStyle property, but it looks like it doesn't work as intended, since it completely messes up standard properties:
I have also made other attempts by making the Toolbar theme inherit from Widget.AppCompat.Toolbar, and by changing titleTextAppearance and subtitleTextAppearance, but then it looks impossible to change the overflow icon color (yes, I have tried to set actionOverflowButtonStyle and inherit that style from Widget.AppCompat.ActionButton.Overflow, with no success in changing the overflow icon color).
Is there a way to specify, from a single point, the main theme for every toolbar in my application?
You can use a custom attribute for this -- basically just set your toolbars to use a custom value that you'll define in the theme.
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:theme="?attr/toolbar_theme"
/>
The important part there is just android:theme="?attr/toolbar_theme" which references a custom attribute from the current theme.
You will need to declare this attribute somewhere, like so:
<resources>
<attr name="toolbar_theme" format="reference" />
</resources>
Then you can define what value you want the toolbar to use by assigning a value to toolbar_theme in your theme. For example, to make it use Theme.MyTheme.Toolbar you could define it like so:
<style name="Theme.MyTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/primary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/primary_dark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/accent</item>
<!-- etc. -->
<item name="toolbar_theme">#style/Theme.MyTheme.Toolbar</item>
</style>
The nice thing about using an attribute is that it lets your app have multiple themes, and that single toolbar resource will use whatever value you've set within the theme.
If I understand the question correctly, you want to set your app's theme once and apply all the styling to all the Toolbars in every activity/fragment.
If so, I would recommend this approach:
<style name="MyTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
<item name="android:textColorPrimary">#color/MyColorPrimaryText</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">#color/MyColorWindowBackground</item>
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/MyColorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/MyColorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/MyColorAccent</item>
<item name="colorControlNormal">#color/MyColorControlNormal</item>
<item name="colorControlHighlight">#color/MyColorControlHighlight</item>
<item name="toolbarStyle">#style/MyToolbar</item>
<item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>
<item name="actionModeBackground">#color/MyColorPrimaryDark</item>
</style>
<style name="MyToolbar" parent="Widget.AppCompat.Toolbar">
<item name="android:layout_width">match_parent</item>
<item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>
<item name="android:minHeight">#dimen/MyToolbarMinHeight</item>
<item name="android:gravity">center_vertical</item>
<item name="android:background">#color/MyColorPrimary</item>
<item name="android:elevation" tools:ignore="NewApi">10dp</item>
<item name="theme">#style/MyToolbarTheme</item>
</style>
<style name="MyToolbarTheme" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.ActionBar">
<item name="android:textColorPrimary">#color/MyColorPrimaryText</item>
<item name="colorControlNormal">#color/MyToolbarColorControlNormal</item>
<item name="colorControlHighlight">#color/MyToolbarColorControlHighlight</item>
</style>
Then in your manifest:
<application
android:name=".MyApp"
android:theme="#style/MyTheme">
<activity android:name=".MyActivity1"/>
<activity android:name=".MyActivity2"/>
</application>
Then in your activity layout files, include the toolbar with:
style="?attr/toolbarStyle"
So myActivity1.xml layout file would look like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/appBar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
style="?attr/toolbarStyle" />
<!-- ETC. -->
</LinearLayout>
And notice that to change the navigation back button color or the overflow button colors, you can set:
<item name="colorControlNormal">#color/MyColorControlNormal</item>
<item name="colorControlHighlight">#color/MyColorControlHighlight</item>
And:
<item name="android:textColorPrimary">#color/MyColorPrimaryText</item>
Can be used to update the actionbar text color but you'd define it in the Toolbar theme.
Hope this helps.