Android Light AppTheme with Dark ActionBar (AppCompat)

Question

I have Application Theme Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar which gives light theme to my App, so texts on Dialogs etc are dark. I want also my Toolbar have dark background and light foreground, so i write these to Toolbar:

app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"

Problem: This makes Toolbar dark and texts, back icon white on Lollipop, but does NOT work on KitKat:

Lollipop:

KitKat:

Question: How to make Dark Toolbar with Light content on KitKat with my current theme Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar ?

Have you found any solution to this? I am currently fighting the same issue with no success. — shelll, Nov 17 '16 at 15:51
@shelll i dont remember, try using `android:theme` and `app:popupTheme` — Jemshit, Nov 17 '16 at 15:55
@JemshitIskenderov I tried `android:theme` and `app:theme` and none of them wrok. The `app:popupTheme` works for the popup menu. Just the title and icons have wrong color. — shelll, Nov 17 '16 at 16:51
The issue was I was calling `super.onCreate(...)` after `setContentView(...)` in my `Activity`. This is a special need for a 3rd party library :( — shelll, Nov 18 '16 at 09:47

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

Try this:

<style name="MyToolbarStyle" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
    <!-- Used to for the title of the Toolbar -->
    <item name="android:textColorPrimary">#fff</item>
    <!-- Used to for the title of the Toolbar when parent is Theme.AppCompat.Light -->
    <item name="android:textColorPrimaryInverse">#fff</item>
    <!-- Used to color the text of the action menu icons -->
    <item name="android:textColorSecondary">#fff</item>
    <!-- Used to color the overflow menu icon -->
    <item name="actionMenuTextColor">#fff</item>
    <!-- Color of the Toolbar -->
    <item name="android:background">#455a64</item>
</style>

Check out this post:

Android Theme.AppCompat.Light with Dark Toolbar (for light text)

yeah i've read this before, this is for changing just text color, which didn't work for me don't know why) My aim is to change back icon color as well — Jemshit, Feb 11 '16 at 12:39

Android Light AppTheme with Dark ActionBar (AppCompat)

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