how to set Text in actionBar Sherlock programmatically

Question

Below is my application header and I want to set current date-time in "DD/MM" place. How can I do this programmatically ? I am using actionBarSherlock

This is how I have set the background:

<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="Theme.Sherlock.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/Widget.MyTheme.ActionBar</item>
        <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/Widget.MyTheme.ActionBar</item>
    </style>

    <style name="Widget.MyTheme.ActionBar" parent="Widget.Sherlock.ActionBar">
        <item name="android:background">@drawable/abs_bg</item>
        <item name="background">#ffffff</item>
</style>

Answer 1

If you don't need to use any option menu or any other actionBarSherlock functionality, then there is no need to this library. You can use any theme with NoTitleBar and create a custom RelativeLayout t create the header.

styles.xml:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Light.NoTitleBar">
 <!--Anything -->
</style>

Your layout.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <RelativeLayout android:id="@+id/header"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="50dip"
        android:background="#6ccff6">

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/logo"
            android:adjustViewBounds="true"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:src="@drawable/abs_bg" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/date"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:text="July 25"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />

    </RelativeLayout>
    <!-- Put any other layout/view here -->

</LinearLayout>