Setting header color of app in overview (recent apps) screen

android, android-5.0-lollipop, android-styles, material-design

Solution

You can change this via `ActivityManager.TaskDescription`:

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ActivityManager.TaskDescription.html

From an Activity context, call:

TaskDescription taskDescription = new TaskDescription(label, icon, colorPrimary);
((Activity)this).setTaskDescription(taskDescription);

Problem

I'm adding some Lollipop-only styling to an app. I want to change color of header in overview screeen like Gmail here: I have figured out I can do ``` <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar"> <item name="android:colorPrimary">@color/my_favorite_color</item> </style> ``` to achieve it, but I would want to specify only the color for this case, just like I can do: ``` <item name="android:statusBarColor">@color/my_favorite_color<item> ``` Is there a specific attribute to set header's color? Side question: can icon and title be also changed?

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