titlebar

In my android application I want the standard/basic title bar to change color. To change the text color you have setTitleColor(int color) , is there a way to change the background color of the bar? This thread will get you started with building your own title bar in a xml file and using it in your activities Edit Here is a brief summary of the content of the link above - This is just to set the color of the text and the background of the title bar - no resizing, no buttons, just the simpliest sample res/layout/mytitle.xml - This is the view that will represent the title bar <?xml version="1.0"