Changing the Action bar icon

Question

I\'m currently implementing theme support for my application and a part of it is changing the action bar app icon. I want to use a dark icon when Holo Light is selected. Eve

Answer 1

Though its a bit late answer but i thought it might be useful.

From inside an activity: For API level 14 or higher:

getActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.my_icon);

For lower API level we have to extend ActionBarActivity and then:

getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.my_icon);

From inside a Fragment: For API level 14 or higher:

getActivity().getActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.my_icon);

For lower API level we can use (activity must extend ActionBarActivity):

((ActionBarActivity)getActivity()).getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.my_icon);

And in both cases we have to call setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true) before setting the icon or logo.

((ActionBarActivity)getActivity()).getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);

((ActionBarActivity)getActivity()).getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.my_icon);