Programmatically change Actionbar title color in Gingerbread

Question

I have a requirement to programmatically change the actionbar title text color.

I use the following code to set the color in slightly different ways, depending on SDK version

int textColor = getResources().getColor(android.R.color.white);
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 14) {
        // Version 4+
        int titleId = getResources().getIdentifier("action_bar_title", "id", "android");
        TextView abTitle = (TextView) findViewById(titleId);
        if (abTitle != null) {
            abTitle.setTextColor(textColor);
        }
    } else {
        // Other versions
        TextView abTitle = (TextView) getWindow().findViewById(android.R.id.title);
        if (abTitle != null) {
            abTitle.setTextColor(textColor);
        }
    }

It works fine on devices with SDK value 14 or greater. But, for Gingerbread devices, abTitle is always null so the color doesn't get set.

Does anyony have any suggestions?

Answer 1

your if/else is wrong, It should look like

 int titleId;
 if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {
      titleId = getResources().getIdentifier("action_bar_title", "id", "android");
  } else {
      titleId = R.id.action_bar_title;
  }

and then you should be able to get it directly through findViewById

Answer 2

Have you used the support library?? As Actionbar is not supported below api level 11.