Change action bar overflow icon

Question

I have applied the following code in values-v11 folder

styles.xml

 <style name="actionBarTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light">
    <item name="android:actionOverflowButtonStyle">@style/MyActionButtonOverflow</item>
 </style>

 <style name="MyActionButtonOverflow" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionButton.Overflow">
    <item name="android:src">@drawable/action_item_btn</item>
 </style>

But it not changing the overflow icon, all the other items in this theme is working fine but not this one, am i missing anything ?

Answer 1

 i want to apply these styles above 4.0 version 

But you have the styles in values-v11

Also note

parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light" // in your code

to

parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo" // mine

It should be in values-v14

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <style name="MyTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo">
        <item name="android:actionOverflowButtonStyle">@style/MyActionButtonOverflow</item>
    </style>
    <style name="MyActionButtonOverflow" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionButton.Overflow">
       <item name="android:src">@drawable/ic_launcher</item>    
    </style>
</resources>
Snap

Forget how the ui look's this is for testing. But you see the launcher icon as the overflow menu icon.

Edit:

This is my test sample

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <style name="MyTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
             <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
              <item name="android:actionBarDivider">@color/red</item>
              <item name="android:actionOverflowButtonStyle">@style/MyActionButtonOverflow</item>
    </style>

    <style name="MyActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
         <item name="android:background">#FF9D21</item>

         <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/MyActionBarTitleText</item>
    </style> 
    <style name="MyActionBarTitleText"
           parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
        <item name="android:textColor">@color/red</item>
        <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
    </style>
      <style name="MyActionButtonOverflow" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionButton.Overflow">
    <item name="android:src">@drawable/launcher</item>    
    </style>
    <style name="ActionButton" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionButton">
</style>
</resources>

Colors.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <color name="red">#FF0000</color>
</resources>

Snap

Answer 2

i think you should do the following :

<style name="MyCustomTheme" parent="style/Theme.Holo">
    <item name="android:actionOverflowButtonStyle">@style/MyCustomTheme.OverFlow</item>
</style>

<style name="MyCustomTheme.OverFlow">
    <item name="android:src">@drawable/my_overflow_image</item>
</style>