Is there a way to set actionbar backgound by image in android?

I need to change background of the action bar to a customized image, but every time I try to use this code it does not change a thing. ``` Bitmap b = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.navbarbg); BitmapDrawable bd = new BitmapDrawable(getResources(), b); bar.setBackgroundDrawable(bd); ``` Also I tried this code but it didn't work. ``` Resources res = getResources(); xpp =res.getXml(R.drawable.actionbar_background); bitmapDrawable = (BitmapDrawable) BitmapDrawable.createFromXml (res, xpp); ``` The contents of actionbar_background.xml are ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <bitmap xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:src="@drawable/navbarbg" android:tileMode="repeat" /> ``` Edited: I used this code which worked fine: ``` Bitmap bMap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res, R.drawable.action_bar_bg); BitmapDrawable actionBarBackground = new BitmapDrawable(res, bMap); ActionBar bar = getActionBar(); bar.setBackgroundDrawable(actionBarBackground); ```