How to change color of Selected Tab

Question

How to change color of tab when its selected, see below screen shot:

i am showing Orange color in ActionBar, in a same way i wanna show orange color in place of light blue.

To show Orange color in ActionBar background, i am using below code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <style name="Theme.MyAppTheme" parent="android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
         <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/Theme.MyAppTheme.ActionBar</item>
    </style>

   <style name="Theme.MyAppTheme.ActionBar" parent="android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
        <item name="android:background">#FF4444</item>
    </style>

</resources>

Answer 1

I really recommend you to use the Actionbar Style Generator.

With that tool you can easily theme your graphic elements in your toolbar.