ActionBar with AppCompat actionBarItemBackground not working

Question

I am trying to change the color of an item when I click it. I used the actionBarItemBackground element in the style of the action bar, but nothing happens. Color has not changed ...

Here is my code:

 <style name="ActionBarStyle" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar.Solid"> <item name="android:background">@color/actionbar_background</item> <item name="titleTextStyle">@style/ActionBarStyle.Title</item> <item name="actionBarItemBackground">@drawable/action_bar_item_selector</item> <item name="android:actionBarItemBackground" tools:ignore="NewApi">@drawable/action_bar_item_selector</item> </style> 

And the selector:

 <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <item android:drawable="@drawable/pressed_item" android:state_focused="true"/> <item android:drawable="@drawable/pressed_item" android:state_pressed="true"/> <item android:drawable="@android:color/transparent"/> </selector> 

And stretchable:

 <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" > <solid android:color="#FF0000"/> </shape> 

What is worng? Somebody?

Answer 1

actionBarItemBackground not inherited by Widget.ActionBar . You should put it in your root theme, wherever you apply your ActionBarStyle , but not in your ActionBarStyle . So something like:

 <style name="Your.Theme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat"> <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/ActionBarStyle</item> <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/ActionBarStyle</item> <item name="actionBarItemBackground">@drawable/action_bar_item_selector</item> <item name="android:actionBarItemBackground" tools:ignore="NewApi">@drawable/action_bar_item_selector</item> </style>