How to give space between an icon and title inside an action bar?

Question

The icon and title in the action bar of my app are very close together and don't look nice. I want to give space between the two. I searched and got an answer from an older question number 21578528 answer being 'actionBar.setTitle...'

I applied it, but got no result.

public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
Button mButton;
public static String glossary=null;
public static String txid=null;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    ActionBarActivity actionBar=new ActionBarActivity();
    getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
    getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.purseicon4848);
    actionBar.setTitle("  "+"myTitle");

Answer 1

On using the following line it helped me: getSupportActionBar().setTitle(" "+"myTitle");