how to Customize the Contextual Action Bar using appCompat in material design
You can change the ActionMode background through attribute actionModeStyle: <style name=”AppTheme.Base” parent=”Theme.AppCompat.Light”> …. …. <item name=”actionModeStyle”>@style/LStyled.ActionMode</item> </style> <style name=”LStyled.ActionMode” parent=”@style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionMode”> <item name=”background”>@color/color_action_mode_bg</item> </style> You will of course need to define a color named color_action_mode_bg: <color name=”color_action_mode_bg”>#009688</color> There are other things you can change as well. Example: <item name=”titleTextStyle”>…</item> <item name=”subtitleTextStyle”>…</item> <item name=”height”>…</item> To change text … Read more