How to set text color for ActionBar elements?

Question

I need to change text color for items in Action Bar:

<style name="MyActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:background">#FFFFFF</item>
    <item name="android:actionBarTabTextStyle">@style/CustomTabTextStyle</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">#000000</item>
</style>

<style name="CustomTabTextStyle" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Holo">
    <item name="android:actionMenuTextColor">#000000</item>
</style>

I can change background color, but text color I can't change. Please, how can I fix it?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5861661/actionbar-text-color — davids, Nov 15 '12 at 08:51
It's the way to change color for title, but I need to change color for menu items — malcoauri, Nov 15 '12 at 09:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 12 '13 at 21:32

actionMenuTextColor needs to be set at the top level of the style, rather than within a nested style. Also, if you're using ActionBarSherlock it needs to not have the 'android:' in front for <v11, and have it in front for >=v11.

for <v11:

<style name="MyActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:background">#FFFFFF</item>
    <item name="actionMenuTextColor">#000000</item>
</style>

and for >v11:

<style name="MyActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:background">#FFFFFF</item>
    <item name="android:actionMenuTextColor">#000000</item>
</style>

How to set text color for ActionBar elements?

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