Change Action Bar Title color

Question

My code is as below and while it works ( when I change the parent Theme to Theme.Sherlock or Theme.Sherlock.Light the Theme it does changes) it does not changes the Title color.

The code is pretty much the same as here

Code :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources>  <style name="MyTheme" parent="@style/Theme.Sherlock">  <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/MyTheme.ActionBarStyle</item>  <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyTheme.ActionBarStyle</item> </style>  <style name="MyTheme.ActionBarStyle" parent="@style/Widget.Sherlock.ActionBar">      <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item> </style>  <style name="MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle" parent="@style/TextAppearance.Sherlock.Widget.ActionBar.Title" >      <item name="android:textColor">#FF0000</item> </style>  </resources> 

Answer 1

i have changed title color like this

actionBar.setTitle(Html.fromHtml("<font color='#ff0000'>ActionBarTitle </font>")); 

Answer 2

From Jake Wharton's ActionBarSherlock site :

Mirrored Attributes

Due to limitations in Android's theming system any theme customizations must be declared in two attributes. The normal android-prefixed attributes apply the theme to the native action bar and the unprefixed attributes are for the custom implementation.

Had to change MyTheme.ActionBarStyle to :

   <style name="MyTheme.ActionBarStyle" parent="@style/Widget.Sherlock.ActionBar">      <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item>      <item name="titleTextStyle">@style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item>    </style> 

Now the Title text color has changed.