Compose TopAppBar has no background color

Question

I want to add a TopAppBar to my Compose app, so I did the following:

@OptIn(ExperimentalMaterial3Api::class)
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContent {
            AlternoTubeTheme {
                // A surface container using the 'background' color from the theme
                Surface(
                    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
                    color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.background
                ) {
                    Scaffold(
                        topBar = {
                            TopAppBar(
                                title = {
                                    Text(
                                        stringResource(id = R.string.app_name),
                                        maxLines = 1,
                                        overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis
                                    )
                                },
                            )
                        },
                        content = { innerPadding ->
                            MyAppTheme(modifier = Modifier.padding(innerPadding))
                        }
                    )
                }
            }
        }
    }

The issue is, when I run the app, there is no color to my TopAppBar :

Whereas on the preview images, the app bar does have colors:

What can I try next to get the right colors?

Answer 1

With M3 the default value of the background color in the TopAppBar is defined in the TopAppBarDefaults.smallTopAppBarColors() with the containerColor attribute. The default value is the surface color defined in your theme.

Check your theme or you can override it using something like:

TopAppBar(
    title = {
        Text(
            stringResource(id = R.string.app_name),
            maxLines = 1,
            overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis
        )
    },
    colors = TopAppBarDefaults.smallTopAppBarColors(containerColor = Yellow)
)