This code will work
styles.xml
<style name="AppTheme" parent="@android:Theme.Holo.Light">
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/ActionBar</item>
<item name="android:actionBarWidgetTheme">@style/ActionBar</item>
<item name="android:actionMenuTextAppearance">@style/ActionMenu</item>
<item name="android:itemTextAppearance">@style/ActionMenu</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">@color/blue</item>
<item name="android:textColorHint">@android:color/widget_edittext_dark</item>
<item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/ActionBarTitleText</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionMenu" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Menu">
<item name="android:textColor">@drawable/selector_action_bar_menu</item>
<item name="android:textSize">@dimen/text_label</item>
<item name="android:textStyle">normal</item>
<item name="android:textAllCaps">false</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBarTitleText" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Holo">
<item name="android:textSize">@dimen/text_action_bar_title</item>
<item name="android:textColor">@android:color/white</item>
</style>
drawable/selector_action_bar_menu
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:state_enabled="false" android:color="@android:color/darker_gray"/>
<item android:state_enabled="true" android:color="@android:color/white"/>
</selector>
It is important to override styles "android:actionMenuTextAppearance" and "android:titleTextStyle". I use a selector for change it.
I hope this will help you.