Change actionbar color programmatically more than once

Question

I am using

getSherlockActivity().getSupportActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(0xff00ACED));

To change the color of my action bar in a fragment and it works. But if i open this fragment then open another fragment that calls this method with a different color the actionbar doesn't change to the desired color. Instead it turns to a white color instead of the color I set it to.

score 88 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 19 '13 at 18:28

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this is a quick fix that i found

mActionBar.setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(0xff00DDED));
mActionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
mActionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(true);

answered Jun 19 '13 at 18:28

user1634451

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This only happened for me on one device... The blasted Motorola Xoom. However, this fixed the problem! In my case, toggling the display of the title needed to be reversed since I was not showing the title to begin with. – Justin Aug 06 '13 at 15:47
I can confirm this also fixed the issue on an LG-P880g. You my friend, are amazing! Thank you! – JVillella Oct 19 '14 at 15:20
I had to use a color resource when using the support action bar. getSupportActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(getResources().getColor(R.color.swift))); – Tyler Pfaff Sep 25 '15 at 23:34
Now ActionBars are long gone. Everybody uses Toolbars now – Pranav Mahajan Aug 25 '17 at 08:02
getSupportActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.parseColor("#363C54"))); – Ashwin H May 09 '18 at 12:44

Silambarasan · Answer 2 · 2021-08-11T17:01:15.277

Try this,

Method1:

getSupportActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(0xff00FFED));

Method2:

getSupportActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(getResources()
                    .getColor(R.color.bg_color)));

Method3:

getSupportActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.parseColor("#3A1212")));

Kotlin

supportActionBar?.setBackgroundDrawable(ColorDrawable(ContextCompat.getColor(this, android.R.color.black)))

score 15 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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I had the same problem, answer from user1634451 worked but only once (would not enable several color switches in a row)

This definitely fixed it:

bar.setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(getResources()
                    .getColor(R.color.app_bar_online)));

Instead of directly linking to the color doing new ColorDrawable(R.color.app_bar_online)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Apr 22 '15 at 16:15

antoinem

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I'm using `ContextCompat` instead of `getResources`, though, because I'm using the support library. Also, `getResources().getColor(int)` is deprecated now. – Ishita Sinha Jun 21 '16 at 09:49

score 11 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 24 '16 at 11:07

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getColor is deprecated. use ContextCompat :

bar.setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.app_bar_online)));

answered Mar 24 '16 at 11:07

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Thanks. In case if anyone picking color from color-array then use **bodyColor[index]** instead **ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.app_bar_online)**. – CoDe Aug 20 '16 at 04:58
Using this solution, I get a NullPointerException at this point (even a warning from AS). Why? – MUmla Aug 21 '17 at 12:18

score 5 · Answer 5 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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If you want to set the color of the ActionBar and have the color as a String, this seems to work for me.

    getSupportActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(
            new ColorDrawable(Color.parseColor("#993b3c4e")));

You may have to enable & disable the title to get it to refresh/display properly like in the answer given by user1634451, but I didn't need to in my case.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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answered Apr 14 '16 at 19:53

welshk91

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score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 26 '18 at 01:50

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If you want to avoid deprecation you can used

val mActionBar: ActionBar? = supportActionBar    
mActionBar.setBackgroundDrawable(ColorDrawable(ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.red)))

Kotlin Language

answered Sep 26 '18 at 01:50

lgn

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score -1 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 28 '18 at 13:00

If you want want to change actionbar color or background pragmatically then simply use,

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
                getSupportActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(getDrawable(R.drawable.white_background));
            }

white_background.xml

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#fff" />

score -1 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 19 '20 at 11:06

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((AppCompatActivity) getActivity()).getSupportActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorPrimary)));

In the fragment and Java

answered Feb 19 '20 at 11:06

Study Chirag

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Please instead of just writing a piece of code, try to explain what it does and why it would work. – Tuncay Göncüoğlu Feb 19 '20 at 11:44

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