Custom Action Bar - above v21

style.xml

<resources>

    <!-- Base application theme. -->
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
        <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
        <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
    </style>

    <!-- My Action Bar Style -->
    <style name="MyActionBar" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
        <item name="background">@color/red_forte</item>
        <item name="android:background">@color/red_forte</item>
        <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/MyActionBarTitleText</item>
    </style>
    <!-- My ActionBar title text -->
    <style name="MyActionBarTitleText"
        parent="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
        <item name="android:textColor">@color/white</item>
    </style>

</resources>