Here is a simple example that shows how you can change title and subtitle textcolor and its size in Android
Method 1
Changing the styles [For support Library]
Go to Values/styles.xml copy this code to change the textcolor and actionbar background color.
<style name="CustomActivityTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light"> <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item> <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item> <item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item> <!-- other activity and action bar styles here --> </style> <!-- style for the action bar backgrounds --> <style name="MyActionBar" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar"> <item name="android:background">@drawable/actionbar_background</item> <item name="background">@drawable/actionbar_background</item> <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item> <item name="android:subtitleTextStyle">@style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item> <item name="titleTextStyle">@style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item> <item name="subtitleTextStyle">@style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item> </style> <!-- Text --> <style name="MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance"> <item name="android:textColor">@color/color_title</item> <item name="android:textSize">12sp</item> </style> |
Note : For applying theme if you are not using the Support Library then change the AppCompat to Holo.
i.e make the Below changes in the parent
parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light" |
for ActionBar
parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar" |
for title
parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Title" |
Now Apply this theme in the AndroidManifest.xml, either for the entire application or a particular activity.
For example
<application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/CustomActivityTheme" > <activity android:name="com.example.actionbarcustomize.MainActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity></application> |
Make Sure you add the colors in the strings.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><resources> <string name="app_name">ActionBarCustomize</string> <string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string> <string name="menu_settings">Settings</string> <drawable name="actionbar_background">#FF0000</drawable> <color name="color_title">#00FF00</color> </resources> |
You can use a simple java code to so this.
getActionBar().setTitle(Html.fromHtml("<font color='#ff0000'>ActionBartitle </font>")); |
Note : Change getActionBar() to getSupportActionBar() if you are using the support library for ActionBar.
That’s all.. Now Run the application and see the changes.
Dude!!! It is 6AM and I have been up a all night trying to get my code to work. Ive been searching for like 2 hours alone just for the title text. All the official examples are from before AppCompacActivity. Or maybe Im just dumb.
Either way your code worked and I am super grateful!
Thankyou
Thank you for help , after 8 hours it have done using your code thank you
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