How to change options menu background color in Android?

Android:How to change the background color of the options menu when selected?

• I have created an an options menu in my application. I want to change the background color of the menu item selected. Please help me doing this.

• Answer:

  You must try this code which will change your menu color with the menu text. private void setMenuBackground() { // TODO Auto-generated method stub getLayoutInflater().setFactory(new Factory() { @Override public View onCreateView (String name, Context context, AttributeSet attrs) { if (name.equalsIgnoreCase("com.android.internal.view.menu.IconMenuItemView")) { try { LayoutInflater f = getLayoutInflater(); final View view = f.createView(name, null, attrs); new Handler().post( new Runnable() { public void run () { view.setBackgroundColor(Color.GRAY); } }); return view; } catch (InflateException e) { } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { } } return null; } }); }