1. Add Action Bar to your project.
2. Open the ActivityMain.java file and add the below imports to the imports section.
import android.app.ActionBar;
import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
3. Then, in the ActivityMain.java file add the below to the onCreate method.
ActionBar ab = getActionBar();
ColorDrawable colorDrawable = new ColorDrawable(Color.parseColor("#81a3d0"));
ab.setBackgroundDrawable(colorDrawable);
4. Determine the Hex color you would like and update the Color.parColor above to your specific color.
5. Compile and run!
Resources:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11770512/change-actionbar-background-color-in-code-from-navigation-list
