How do I change the background color of the ActionBar of an ActionBarActivity using XML?

Question

Details:

I\'m extending ActionBarActivity.
Eclipse and SDK fully patched as of 2011-11-06.

Answer 1

When you are Extending Activity use following Code

ActionBar actionbar = getActionBar();
actionbar.setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable("color"));

When you are Extending AppCompatActivity use following Code

ActionBar actionbar = getSupportActionBar();
actionbar.setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable("color"));