I don't realy understand your stuff, it looks strange.
Theme are for Activity or Application in the manifest. For widget you should use style.
When looking at your question, I think, you just don't know how to use theme and what themes are for.
So your theme should looks like a stuff like that:
<resources>
<style name="AppBlankTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Main theme colors -->
<!-- your app branding color for the app bar -->
<item name="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>
<!-- darker variant for the status bar and contextual app bars -->
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary_dark</item>
<!-- theme UI controls like checkboxes and text fields -->
<item name="colorAccent">@color/accent</item>
</style>
<!--Both themes below are those accepted to make the ToolBar works-->
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBlankTheme">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
</style>
<style name="MyAppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar"/>
<!--The Theme for the Actvity that have actionMode-->
<style name="ActionModeAppTheme" parent="AppTheme">
<item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>
<item name="actionModeBackground">@color/primary_dark</item>
<item name="actionBarPopupTheme">@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light</item>
</style>
</resources>
Then your manifest you looks like something like that:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.android2ee.formation.lollipop.toolbar" >
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".sample.ActivityWithItems"
android:label="@string/title_activity_activity_with_items"
android:parentActivityName=".MainActivity" >
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
android:value="com.android2ee.formation.lollipop.toolbar.MainActivity" />
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="com.android2ee.formation.lollipop.toolbar.EXAMPLE" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".sample.ActionModeActivity"
android:label="@string/title_activity_actionmode"
android:theme="@style/ActionModeAppTheme"
android:parentActivityName=".MainActivity" >
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
android:value="com.android2ee.formation.lollipop.toolbar.MainActivity" />
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="com.android2ee.formation.lollipop.toolbar.EXAMPLE" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
And your activity looks like something like that:
public class ActionModeActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
ActionMode mMode;
/**
* The action Bar
*/
private ActionBar actionBar;
private Toolbar toolbar;
Callback actionModeCallBack;
private boolean postICS,postLollipop;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
//You could also hide the action Bar
// getSupportActionBar().hide();
setContentView(R.layout.activity_action_mode);
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
toolbar.setNavigationIcon(R.drawable.ic_action_custom_up);
postICS =getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.postICS);
postLollipop =getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.postLollipop);
if(postLollipop){
toolbar.setElevation(15);
}
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
actionBar=getSupportActionBar();
actionBar.setDisplayUseLogoEnabled(false);
actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
// Show the Up button in the action bar.
findViewById(R.id.start_actionmode).setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
enableActionMode();
}
});
findViewById(R.id.stop_actionmode).setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if (mMode != null) {
//To quit the ActionMode
mMode.finish();
}
}
});
actionModeCallBack=new Callback() {
@Override
public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
return false;
}
@Override
public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode mode) {
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.action_mode, menu);
return true;
}
@Override
public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode mode, MenuItem item) {
Toast.makeText(ActionModeActivity.this, "Got click: " + item, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
mode.finish();
return true;
}
};
}
private void enableActionMode() {
mMode = startSupportActionMode(actionModeCallBack);
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_activity_with_items, menu);
return true;
}
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case android.R.id.home:
// This ID represents the Home or Up button. In the case of this
// activity, the Up button is shown. Use NavUtils to allow users
// to navigate up one level in the application structure. For
// more details, see the Navigation pattern on Android Design:
//
// http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/navigation.html#up-vs-back
//
NavUtils.navigateUpFromSameTask(this);
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
