<style name="Theme.App" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <!-- Main theme colors -->
    <!--   your app branding color for the app bar -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/theme_primary</item>
    <!--   darker variant for the status bar and contextual app bars -->
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/theme_primary_dark</item>
    <!--   theme UI controls like checkboxes and text fields -->
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/theme_color_accent</item>
</style>

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.example.android.supportv7.app;
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.preference.PreferenceActivity;
import android.support.annotation.LayoutRes;
import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegate;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
/**
 * A {@link android.preference.PreferenceActivity} which implements and proxies the necessary calls
 * to be used with AppCompat.
 *
 * This technique can be used with an {@link android.app.Activity} class, not just
 * {@link android.preference.PreferenceActivity}.
 */
public abstract class AppCompatPreferenceActivity extends PreferenceActivity {
    private AppCompatDelegate mDelegate;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        getDelegate().installViewFactory();
        getDelegate().onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    }
    @Override
    protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
        getDelegate().onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
    }
    public ActionBar getSupportActionBar() {
        return getDelegate().getSupportActionBar();
    }
    public void setSupportActionBar(@Nullable Toolbar toolbar) {
        getDelegate().setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
    }
    @Override
    public MenuInflater getMenuInflater() {
        return getDelegate().getMenuInflater();
    }
    @Override
    public void setContentView(@LayoutRes int layoutResID) {
        getDelegate().setContentView(layoutResID);
    }
    @Override
    public void setContentView(View view) {
        getDelegate().setContentView(view);
    }
    @Override
    public void setContentView(View view, ViewGroup.LayoutParams params) {
        getDelegate().setContentView(view, params);
    }
    @Override
    public void addContentView(View view, ViewGroup.LayoutParams params) {
        getDelegate().addContentView(view, params);
    }
    @Override
    protected void onPostResume() {
        super.onPostResume();
        getDelegate().onPostResume();
    }
    @Override
    protected void onTitleChanged(CharSequence title, int color) {
        super.onTitleChanged(title, color);
        getDelegate().setTitle(title);
    }
    @Override
    public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
        super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
        getDelegate().onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
    }
    @Override
    protected void onStop() {
        super.onStop();
        getDelegate().onStop();
    }
    @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        getDelegate().onDestroy();
    }
    public void invalidateOptionsMenu() {
        getDelegate().invalidateOptionsMenu();
    }
    private AppCompatDelegate getDelegate() {
        if (mDelegate == null) {
            mDelegate = AppCompatDelegate.create(this, null);
        }
        return mDelegate;
    }
}

<!-- A green ripple drawn atop a black rectangle. -->
<ripple android:color="#ff00ff00">
    <item android:drawable="@android:color/black" />
</ripple>

<!-- A blue ripple drawn atop a drawable resource. -->
<ripple android:color="#ff0000ff">
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/my_drawable" />
</ripple>