Change default actionbar popup menu background color

Question

I try to change the default color of the popup menu by using styles:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="android:popupMenuStyle">@style/PopUp</item>
</style>

<style name="PopUp" parent="@android:style/Widget.PopupMenu">
    <item name="android:popupBackground">@color/white</item>
</style>

I have hooked up this theme in app manifest.

<uses-sdk
    android:minSdkVersion="14"
    android:targetSdkVersion="19"/>

<application
    android:name=".MyApplication"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

However this does not change the default grey background of the popup. Any ideas whats wrong?

are you sure u used this theme on right activity in manifest? — Dejan, Mar 09 '14 at 07:58
did you see [This](http://jgilfelt.github.io/android-actionbarstylegenerator/)? — Shayan Pourvatan, Mar 09 '14 at 08:03
@Shayanpourvatan yes, does not work either for me, when I copy just the relevant parts — DarkLeafyGreen, Mar 09 '14 at 08:08
put theme on activity not on application, i remember i had similar problem. — Dejan, Mar 09 '14 at 08:17
please see [This](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19659637/how-to-change-the-background-color-of-action-bars-option-menu-in-android-4-2) — Shayan Pourvatan, Mar 09 '14 at 08:21

DarkLeafyGreen · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-10T07:51:23.783

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I changed

<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="android:popupMenuStyle">@style/PopUp</item>
</style>

to

<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light">
    <item name="android:popupMenuStyle">@style/PopUp</item>
</style>

now it works. However it seems that using android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar you cannot change the style of the popup through xml.

edited Mar 10 '14 at 07:51

answered Mar 09 '14 at 08:21

DarkLeafyGreen

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