title: How to get ActionBar view?
body: <p>I'm using the <code>Showcase</code> library to explain my application feature to
  the user. In some point I need to dim the whole <code>ActionBar</code> to present 
  another feature to the user.</p>
  
  <p>For that I'm using the <code>setAlpha(float num)</code> of the <code>View</code> class. And so for doing that I need to get the actual view instance of my <code>ActionBar</code></p>
  
  <p>By the way, I'm using the <code>support-7-appcompat</code> library that gives ActionBar support for older systems.</p>
  
  <h2>Update</h2>
  
  <p>In the meantime I found this option, if you configure a custom view and add it to you <code>ActionBar</code> using: </p>
  
  <pre><code>getSupportActionBar().setCustomView(v);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then to get the <code>View</code> of the <code>ActionBar</code> you could do:</p>
  
  <pre><code>(View) activity.getSupportActionBar().getCustomView().getParent().getParent()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there a simpler or easier way to do that?</p>