{"id":10140,"date":"2024-03-14T11:37:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T11:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-change-the-color-of-the-top-bar-in-android\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T19:43:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T19:43:03","slug":"how-to-change-the-color-of-the-top-bar-in-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-change-the-color-of-the-top-bar-in-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Android Action Bar Color: Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are two ways to change the color of the Android top bar: by modifying the theme or dynamically changing it in the code.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Define a new theme in the res\/values\/styles.xml file as shown below:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">style<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">name<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"AppTheme\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">parent<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span><span class=\"language-xml\">\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">item<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">name<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"colorPrimary\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span>@color\/colorPrimary<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">item<\/span>&gt;<\/span> \/\/ \u4fee\u6539\u9876\u90e8\u680f\u7684\u989c\u8272\r\n<\/span><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">style<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Then define the color values in the res\/values\/colors.xml file as shown below:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">color<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">name<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"colorPrimary\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span>#ff0000<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">color<\/span>&gt;<\/span> \/\/ \u8bbe\u7f6e\u9876\u90e8\u680f\u989c\u8272\u4e3a\u7ea2\u8272\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Finally, apply the theme to the corresponding Activity in the AndroidManifest.xml file, as shown below:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">activity<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:name<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\".MainActivity\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:theme<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"@style\/AppTheme\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">activity<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>You can dynamically modify the color of the top bar in an Activity by using the following code.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>getSupportActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">ColorDrawable<\/span>(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorPrimary)));\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>colorPrimary is a color value defined in colors.xml.<\/p>\n<p>The color of the Android top bar can be changed by using either of the above methods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two ways to change the color of the Android top bar: by modifying the theme or dynamically changing it in the code. 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