Is it possible to center the title on an AnctionBar android using style.xml?

Question

I would like to focus my application name displayed in an ActionBar. So far, I have adjusted my background color using only the style.xml file, for example:

<!-- Application theme. --> <style name="AppTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light"> <!-- All customizations that are NOT specific to a particular API-level can go here. --> <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item> </style> <style name="MyActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar"> <item name="android:background">@drawable/action_bg</item> <item name="android:layout_gravity">center</item> </style> 

But it will not center the title if I try to add:

 <item name="android:layout_gravity">center</item> 

I found a hack where ( here ) we can create and load a separate "actionbar.xml" for additional settings in the onCreate method, and it works, but when you start the application it takes 1-2 seconds to load this xml while the original action panel is displayed .

Is there no other solution to costumize the action bar (adding an image logo, center text, etc.) in style.xml? Does this need to be done programmatically?

Thank!!