How to change colour of actionbar in different activities?

Question

My min api level is 8. I am using app combat themes. So doing extends activity in every .java file.

Does anyone know how to change the background color of the actionbar when opening a new activity?

Answer 1

Use this code in your activities:

ActionBar ab = getActionBar(); 
ColorDrawable colorDrawable = new ColorDrawable(Color.parseColor("#81a3d0"));     
ab.setBackgroundDrawable(colorDrawable);

see here and here.