android change actionbar color code example

Example 1: how to change actionbar color in android programmatically

getSherlockActivity().getSupportActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(0xff00ACED));
mActionBar.setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(0xff00DDED));
mActionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
mActionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(true);

Example 2: actionbar content color in android

getActionBar()/* or getSupportActionBar() */.setTitle(Html.fromHtml("<font color=\"red\">" + getString(R.string.app_name) + "</font>"));