Android ActionBar Tab Color

Question

I have added ActionBar tabs to my application. Default color for that underline is light blue. How do I change that color or style for selected tab ?

Answer 1

Here is a much easier way:

I've been struggling with this for days, but finally found the solution. I'm using AppCompat. You can set colorAccent in your theme and that will change the highlight color on your ActionBar. Like so:

@color/highlightcolor

Here it is in context:

Where I originally posted this answer: Android Tab underline color not changing