How to make globally background of the Action Bar

Question

I'm a noob in android development and I need to set the background color of the ActionBar globally. The whole application will be the same ActionBar background. Can I make this by using AndroidManifest.xml, if yes how? Thanks!

AFAIK, you can declare a custom style for your ActionBar and define that in your manifest. Or you could create a base Activity class, from which all your other Activities will derive..and define the ActionBar background there. — Jade Byfield, Jul 13 '13 at 19:31
Please,can you explain widely?How I can understand declare a custom style for your ActionBar? — user2579806, Jul 13 '13 at 19:39
Are you using the native ActionBar or the ActionBarSherlock library? — Jade Byfield, Jul 13 '13 at 19:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

To make global variables...

Make a new class and add your variables (Add whatever value you need in this class)

package com.srr.yourpackage;

public class GlobalVariables extends Application{

    private int someVar;

    public int getSomeVar(){
        return someVar;
    }
    public void setSomeVar(int a){
        someVar = a;
    }

}

Add the reference of this file to your Manifest inside the application tag.

<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:debuggable="true"
android:icon="@drawable/icon"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:name =".GlobalVariables">
<activity.....
</application>

Use it inside any of your classes.

public class yourNewClass extends Activity
{
     GlobalVariables globalVar;

     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
     // TODO Auto-generated method stub
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
     setContentView(R.layout.yourLayout);
     globalVar = (GlobalVariables) getApplication();
     int yourInt = globalVar.getSomeVar(); //Call upon anything you need in the activity of your choice.
     }
 }

Or if you only need just Action Bar, use this topic

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 13 '13 at 20:28

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I'd rather prefer to make a theme and customize each activity, or the application in the manifest file. When I develop apps, I use this tool to generate the UI:

Android Action Bar Style Generator

answered Jul 13 '13 at 20:28

Tobias Moe Thorstensen

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