How to change text color of ActionBar in Android 5.0 Lollipop?

Question

How to change text color from ActionBar in Android Lollipop to white from black?

This is my current style.

 <style name="AppCustomTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light"> <!-- colorPrimary is used for the default action bar background --> <item name="colorPrimary">@color/orange_bar</item> </style> 

Answer 1

I read more and found that you need to add this tag to change the default ActionBar color in Android Lollipop.

  <!--textColorPrimary is used to change the text color of the default action bar--> <item name="android:textColorPrimary">#FFFFFF</item> 

Answer 2

Use @style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar to change the color of the text and many other attributes to better fit with the dark action bar.

Answer 3

Tested on 5.0 Lollipop and 4.4 KitKat

 <style name="MyAppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"> <!-- To change action bar text color --> <item name="android:textColorPrimary">#123</item> <!-- This has to be here to make it work; let me know if you know why --> <item name="actionBarTheme">@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.ActionBar</item> </style>