android:popupBackground not working for context menus

Question

Why does my styles.xml code successfully change the background colour of my actionbar overflow menu, but fail to change the background colour of the context menu in my app?

<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
    <!--<item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/DarkActionBar</item> -->

</style>

<!-- Application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">

    <!-- All customizations that are NOT specific to a particular API-level can go here. -->
    <item name="android:popupMenuStyle">@style/MyPopupMenu</item>
    <item name="android:itemTextAppearance">@style/MyCustomMenuTextAppearance</item>

</style>

<!-- Popup Menu Background Color styles -->
<!-- <style name="MyPopupMenu"  parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.ListPopupWindow"> -->
<!-- <style name="MyPopupMenu"  parent="@android:style/Widget.PopupMenu"> -->
<style name="MyPopupMenu"  parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.PopupMenu">
    <item name="android:popupBackground">@color/dark_gray</item> 
</style>
<!-- Popup Menu Text Color styles -->
<style name="MyCustomMenuTextAppearance">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/white</item>
</style>

I've been stuck on this for a couple of hours and none of the solutions on SO for similar questions have worked for me.

If it helps, here is my Java code where the context menu is created:

@Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
    super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);

    AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo info =
            (AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo) menuInfo;
    String selectedWord = ((TextView) info.targetView).getText().toString();
    menu.setHeaderTitle(selectedWord);

    MenuInflater inflater = getActivity().getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.shopping_list_name_context, menu);
}

And, for completeness, here is my context menu xml, shopping_list_name_context.xml:

<item android:id="@+id/rename_shopping_list"
      android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_edit"
      android:title="@string/rename_shopping_list" />

<item android:id="@+id/empty_shopping_list"
      android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_discard"
      android:title="@string/empty_shopping_list" />

<item android:id="@+id/delete_shopping_list"
      android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_discard"
      android:title="@string/delete_shopping_list" />

And, as requested, here is an excerpt of my AndroidManifest.xml:

<uses-sdk
    android:minSdkVersion="14"
    android:targetSdkVersion="21" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />    
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" />

<supports-screens       
    android:smallScreens="true" 
    android:normalScreens="true" 
    android:largeScreens="true" 
    android:xlargeScreens="true" />

<permission
    android:name="com.example.myapp.permission.C2D_MESSAGE"
    android:protectionLevel="signature" />

<uses-permission android:name="com.example.myapp.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.android.vending.BILLING" />

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

Check this stackoverflow [Post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30526667/appcompat-toolbar-popuptheme-not-used-when-multi-selection-active/30633124#30633124) . — Elltz, Aug 28 '15 at 05:09
I had to resort to changing the foreground colour instead, but I've had a lot of new answers since then, so I'll check them out now... — ban-geoengineering, Aug 29 '15 at 13:28
@Heyyou I've tried all the suggestions, but none of them worked. I think a few of the answerers thought it is the overflow menu I am trying to change, when I'm actually trying to change the contextual menu that shows after long-pressing on a view (in this case, a custom text view). — ban-geoengineering, Aug 31 '15 at 00:33

Darshan Mistry · Answer 1 · 2015-08-31T06:14:11.587

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Below is code for set background in context menu and it works like charm.

In styles.xml file put below code:

<!-- Application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">

  <item name="android:itemBackground">@android:color/holo_green_dark</item>

</style>

edited Aug 31 '15 at 06:14

answered Aug 28 '15 at 05:06

Darshan Mistry

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Thanks for this, but it only changes the overflow menu bg colour - not the context menu bg colour. – ban-geoengineering Aug 29 '15 at 13:39
Hey bro, you put only one single line itemBackground in style that i have to update in my answer and remove all other lines and it works like a charm, i have tested it – Darshan Mistry Aug 31 '15 at 06:15
Can you tell me when you have updated the code in your answer and I will try again. – ban-geoengineering Aug 31 '15 at 09:46
as shown above i have add android:itemBackground in appliaction style.Just put one line and check it.It works i have testd in my app. – Darshan Mistry Aug 31 '15 at 12:55

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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You need to overwrite the actionModeBackground like this:

<item name="android:actionModeBackground">@drawable/context_menu</item>

possible duplicate question: Override context menu colors in Android

edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

Community

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answered Aug 25 '15 at 13:43

Niki van Stein

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I've added that to my `` element (and created **drawable-nodpi/context_menu.xml**) but I'm afraid it hasn't worked. – ban-geoengineering Aug 27 '15 at 11:46

Rajesh Jadav · Answer 3 · 2015-08-31T09:45:57.727

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Try adding this:

<item name="android:popupBackground">@android:color/white</item>

I hope it helps!

edited Aug 31 '15 at 09:45

answered Aug 28 '15 at 05:15

Rajesh Jadav

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Cheers, but I get this error for the second line: `error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'popupBackground'.` – ban-geoengineering Aug 29 '15 at 13:41
what is your taargetSdkVersion? – Rajesh Jadav Aug 31 '15 at 04:42
Target sdk version is 14. – ban-geoengineering Aug 31 '15 at 09:42
remove this line: @android:color/white – Rajesh Jadav Aug 31 '15 at 09:45

Ivan V · Answer 4 · 2015-08-29T15:35:25.390

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In your app bar XML:

app:popupTheme="@style/MyCustomOverflowTheme"

Then in your styles.xml:

<style name="MyCustomOverflowTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
    <item name="android:textColorPrimary">@color/primaryColor</item>
    <item name="android:textColorSecondary">@color/accentColor</item>
    <item name="android:background">@color/accentColor</item>
</style>

EDIT

app:popupTheme="@style/MyCustomOverflowTheme"

Should go as your Toolbar or ActionBar property, e.g:

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@color/primaryColor"
    app:theme="@style/MyCustomToolBarTheme"
    app:popupTheme="@style/MyCustomOverflowTheme"
    >
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

edited Aug 29 '15 at 15:35

answered Aug 28 '15 at 16:16

Ivan V

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Thanks for this. Can you clarify where the `app:popupTheme="@style/MyCustomOverflowTheme"` line should go? – ban-geoengineering Aug 29 '15 at 13:46
Just noticed your edit. The context menu is not being shown from a Toolbar or ActionBar, but by long-pressing on a custom TextView. I have tried adding `xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"` and `app:popupTheme="@style/MyCustomOverflowTheme"` to the custom TextView in the xml, but I just get `error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'popupTheme' in package 'com.example.myapp'`. – ban-geoengineering Aug 31 '15 at 00:23
You got an error because TextView can't use this attribute. – Ivan V Aug 31 '15 at 08:35
Thank you, yes. Result is that it is not a solution for me. – ban-geoengineering Aug 31 '15 at 09:44

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 29 '15 at 23:20

Did you try to put "android:actionModeBackground" in your ActionBar theme ?

<style name="AppTheme.Base" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <!-- main theme -->
    .....
    <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/AppTheme.ActionBar</item>

    <!-- if you're using Toolbar you have to put this -->
    <item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>

</style>

<style name="AppTheme.ActionBar" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
         .....
    <item name="android:actionModeBackground">@color/theme_ambiance_dark</item>
        .....
</style>

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 19 '19 at 04:36

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I got it working by using "contextPopupMenuStyle" instead of "popupMenuStyle".

answered Jul 19 '19 at 04:36

Suresh

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