How can I change the touch effect color of the ActionBar in Android 3.0 and higher

Question

I am trying to change the color of the rollover effect when you touch an ActionBar Item. On my Galaxy Nexus with 4.0.2 it\'s kind of a turquoise color shading which I want t

Answer 1

The native action bar uses the theme attribute selectableItemBackground for action item background drawing. This should be a state-list drawable.

Here's the declaration in Theme.Holo:

And its drawable XML: