Modify the activity's heading style and Actionbar code as follows
<!--application theme. - <stylename= "Apptheme"Parent= "Appbasetheme"> <!--All customizations, that is, specific to a particular api-level can go. - <!--<item name= "Android:windowbackground" > @color/darkblue</item> - <!--<item name= "Android:colorbackground" > @color/darkblue</item> - <Itemname= "Android:actionbarstyle">@style/myactionbarstyle</Item> </style> <stylename= "Myactionbarstyle"Parent= "Android:Widget.ActionBar"> <Itemname= "Android:background">@color/darkblue</Item> <Itemname= "Android:titletextstyle">@style/acbar_titlestyle</Item> </style> <stylename= "Acbar_titlestyle"> <Itemname= "Android:textsize">18sp</Item> <Itemname= "Android:textcolor">#FFFFFF</Item> </style>
Modify the project Values/styles.xml add the style you want to redefine in <style name= "Apptheme" parent= "Appbasetheme" >.