Nevermind. I see now that actionbar Views can be obtained with Activity.findViewById(id), where the id comes from MenuItem.getItemId() for the corresponding MenuItem.
Thanks for the help. On Feb 7, 7:18 am, Ab <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, so I can use this to define a color for selected state, etc. But > I still need to get a reference to the individual action item so that > I can call View.setSelected(boolean). > > I don't see anyway to get this reference from the ActionBar class, any > ideas? > > On Feb 7, 6:06šam, Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > >http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/04/customizing-action-bar... > > > The individual action items inherit the default blue background when > > selected. We can customise this behaviour by overriding > > android:selectableItemBackground<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.styleable.html#Theme...> > > and > > setting a shape drawable with our desired colouring > > << > > > -- K > > > 7 ÆÅ×ÒÁÌÑ 2012 Ç. 14:27 ÐÏÌØÚÏ×ÁÔÅÌØ Ab <[email protected]> ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌ: > > > > I would like to programmatically set the background of an ActionBar > > > item to draw as a specific color. > > > > For a View I would accomplish this by setting the background of the > > > View to a custom selector, which uses my specific color for the > > > "selected" state; then I would call View.setSelected(boolean) to > > > toggle the specific color on and off. > > > > Is there a way to accomplish the same effect for items in the > > > ActionBar? > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected] > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
