Changing ActionBar and SearchView backgrounds

Question

I was trying to use the Holo Light theme with dark action bars as recommended on android guidelines.

This is my themes.xml file:

<resources>
    <style name="Theme.MyApp" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
        <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/Widget.MyApp.ActionBar</item>
    </style>

    <style name="Widget.MyApp.ActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionBar">
        <item name="android:background">@android:drawable/dark_header</item>
        <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/MyApp.ActionBar.TextAppearance</item>
    </style>

    <style name="MyApp.ActionBar.TextAppearance" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance">
        <item name="android:textColor">@android:color/primary_text_dark</item>
    </style>
</resources>

The result without using the search interface is the expected, but when I use the SearchView the background is from Holo.Light theme:

There is any way to change the SearchView default style on the ActionBar?

Damask

Answer 1

This looks like it might be your answer:

How do I keep ActionBar items' background the same...

In a nutshell:

Try replacing

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

<item name="android:windowBackground">@android:drawable/dark_header</item>

Cadelle

Answer 2

This link is most useful to create theme of actionbar in android. May this one is useful to you also..

You have to just create and save xml files and put in respective folder.

Thank you.

Circumvolution