Android ActionBar custom theme (menu not working)

Question

I want to customize my application and I applied the theme, but the options menu is not like my theme.

I want my text color to be white, my background to be black, and the highlighted / selected menu item to be yellow. Here is my theme.xml:

<style name="CustomActionBarTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"> <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item> <item name="android:actionBarTabTextStyle">@style/MyActionBarTabText</item> <item name="android:actionMenuTextColor">@color/application_color5</item> <item name="android:actionBarTabStyle">@style/MyActionBarTabs</item> <item name="android:selectableItemBackground">@drawable/icone_barratopo_selector</item> <item name="android:actionBarItemBackground">@drawable/icone_barratopo_selector</item> <item name="android:selectableItemBackground">@drawable/icone_barratopo_selector</item> <!-- Panel attributes --> <!-- <item name="android:panelBackground">@drawable/selectable_background</item> -- <!-- Support library compatibility --> <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item> <item name="actionBarTabTextStyle">@style/MyActionBarTabText</item> <item name="actionMenuTextColor">@color/application_color5</item> <item name="actionBarTabStyle">@style/MyActionBarTabs</item> <item name="selectableItemBackground">@drawable/icone_barratopo_selector</item> <item name="actionBarItemBackground">@drawable/icone_barratopo_selector</item> <item name="selectableItemBackground">@drawable/icone_barratopo_selector</item> </style> <!-- ActionBar styles --> <style name="MyActionBar" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse"> <item name="android:background">@drawable/background_barratopo_superior</item> <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/MyActionBarTitleText</item> <!-- Support library compatibility --> <item name="background">@drawable/background_barratopo_superior</item> <item name="titleTextStyle">@style/MyActionBarTitleText</item> </style> <!-- ActionBar title text --> <style name="MyActionBarTitleText" parent="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Title"> <item name="android:textColor">@color/application_color2</item> </style> <!-- ActionBar tabs text --> <style name="MyActionBarTabText" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar.TabText"> <item name="android:textColor">@drawable/tab_text_selector</item> </style> <!-- ActionBar tabs styles --> <style name="MyActionBarTabs" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar.TabView"> <!-- tab indicator --> <item name="android:background">@drawable/actionbar_tab_indicator</item> <!-- Support library compatibility --> <item name="background">@drawable/actionbar_tab_indicator</item> </style> 

My menu.xml:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:motobox="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" > <!-- <item android:id="@+id/option_availability" android:icon="@drawable/icone_barratopo_mymotobox" android:orderInCategory="100" motobox:showAsAction="always"/> --> <item android:id="@+id/option_refresh" android:icon="@drawable/icone_barratopo_back" android:orderInCategory="100" motobox:showAsAction="always"/> <item android:id="@+id/status" android:orderInCategory="100" android:title="Indisponível" motobox:showAsAction="never"/> <item android:id="@+id/logout" android:orderInCategory="100" android:title="Logout" motobox:showAsAction="never"/> 

and my selector.xml:

 <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <item android:drawable="@color/application_color3" android:state_focused="false" android:state_pressed="false" android:state_selected="false"/> <!-- Pressed --> <item android:drawable="@color/application_color2" android:state_pressed="true"/> <!-- Focused --> <item android:drawable="@color/application_color2" android:state_focused="true" android:state_pressed="false" android:state_selected="false"/> 

Answer 1

Rename the file from theme.xml to

 res/values/themes.xml 

And remember that you can apply your theme to your application

 <application android:theme="@style/myCustomTheme"> 

or individual actions

 <activity android:theme="@android:style/myCustomTheme"> 

Answer 2

Edit the line:

 <item name="background">@drawable/actionbar_tab_indicator</item> 

to

 <item name="android:background">@drawable/actionbar_tab_indicator</item> 

:)