title: Can't change the text color with Android Action Bar drop-down navigation
body: <p>I'm using Drop-down Navigation with my Action bar, and I can't get a sensible color for the corresponding text when using a dark action bar.  The action bar itself is a dark grey, and the text color is black, so it's very hard to read.</p>
  
  <p>I followed the basic instructions on the <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html#Dropdown" rel="noreferrer">Action Bar developer's guide</a> so my code is simply </p>
  
  <pre><code>SpinnerAdapter mSpinnerAdapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this, R.array.action_list, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
  ActionBar.OnNavigationListener navigationListener = new OnNavigationListener() {
      @Override
      public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(int itemPosition, long itemId) {
          // TODO
          return false;
      }
  };
  ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
  actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_LIST);        
  actionBar.setListNavigationCallbacks(mSpinnerAdapter, navigationListener);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and my styles.xml was simply</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;resources&gt;
      &lt;style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar"&gt;
      &lt;/style&gt;
  &lt;/resources&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I <em>think</em> that should have given me something sensible, but as the following image shows, it comes out as black text on a dark grey background so it's no good.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HS9Zp.jpg" alt="Image of menu with black text on a dark grey background"></p>
  
  <p>I've tried playing around with the styles.xml file to try and solve the problem.  My best attempt was the following</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;resources&gt;
      &lt;style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar"&gt;
          &lt;item name="android:actionDropDownStyle"&gt;@style/myActionDropDownStyle&lt;/item&gt;
          &lt;item name="android:actionBarStyle"&gt;@style/myActionBar&lt;/item&gt;
      &lt;/style&gt;
  
      &lt;style name="myActionDropDownStyle" parent="android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.Spinner"&gt;
          &lt;item name="android:background"&gt;@color/LightCyan&lt;/item&gt;
      &lt;/style&gt;
  
      &lt;style name="myActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse"&gt;    
          &lt;item name="android:titleTextStyle"&gt;@style/myActionBar.titleTextStyle&lt;/item&gt;
      &lt;/style&gt;
  
      &lt;style name="myActionBar.titleTextStyle" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Title.Inverse"&gt;
          &lt;item name="android:textColor"&gt;@color/Orange&lt;/item&gt;
      &lt;/style&gt;
  &lt;/resources&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/as20U.jpg" alt="Best attempt at making the items readable in the navigation dropdown"></p>
  
  <p>which was (1) able to change the text color of the app title to Orange, (2) able to change the background color of the selected navigation item in the action bar to a light blue, (3) able to change the background color of the dropdown so that at least the black text is shown against a light background. However nothing I do changes the text color itself, either for the selected item shown in the action bar, or for the items shown in the dropdown.  My best attempt also looks horrible :-(!</p>
  
  <p>All I want is a dark action bar with a sensible text color for the selected item shown in the action bar, which should be the same text color used when an item is being selected, and with the background color for the dropdown when an item is being selected being the same color as the action bar.  But I can't work out how to do it, can anyone help?</p>
  
  <p>FYI, I'm using Eclipse with an adt-bundle that I downloaded very recently (adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130219).  When I search for solutions, I find a lot about the Sherlock action bar, however the styles for Sherlock weren't included in that adt-bundle.  In any case, surely what I want should be possible with the Holo.Light.DarkActionBar that I'm using?</p>