<style name="BookTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo">
        <item name="android:colorBackground">@color/brown100</item>
        <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/BookActionBar</item>
    </style>
    <style name="BookActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionBar">
        <item name="android:background">@color/brownPrimary</item>
    </style>

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    pref = getPreferences(MODE_PRIVATE);
    try {
        if (pref.getInt(PREF_THEME, R.style.BasicTheme)==R.style.BookTheme){
            setTheme(R.style.BookTheme);
        }
    } catch (Exception e) {Notificator.showPrompt(e.getMessage());}
  ...
}

11-22 17:55:33.211 E/AndroidRuntime(32749): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{ua.leonidius.rtlnotepad/ua.leonidius.rtlnotepad.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #27: Error inflating class com.android.internal.widget.ActionBarContainer