How do I style appcompat-v7 Toolbar like Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar?

Question

I\'m trying to recreate the look of Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar with the new support library Toolbar.

If I choose Theme.AppCompat.Light

Answer 1

Edit: After updating to appcompat-v7:22.1.1 and using AppCompatActivity instead of ActionBarActivity my styles.xml looks like:

Note: This means I am using a Toolbar provided by the framework (NOT included in an XML file).

This worked for me:
styles.xml file:

Update: A quote from Gabriele Mariotti's blog.

With the new Toolbar you can apply a style and a theme. They are different! The style is local to the Toolbar view, for example the background color. The app:theme is instead global to all ui elements inflated in the Toolbar, for example the color of the title and icons.