最简单的解决方案，如果你想改变布局xml文件的颜色，使用下面的代码和使用indeterminateTint属性为您想要的颜色。

    <ProgressBar
      android:id="@+id/progressBar"
      style="?android:attr/progressBarStyle"
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:indeterminate="true"
      android:indeterminateTintMode="src_atop"
      android:indeterminateTint="#ddbd4e"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
      android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
      android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

很抱歉，这不是答案，但是是什么驱使需求从代码中设置它呢? 如果定义正确。setprogressdrawable应该工作

<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

<item android:id="@android:id/background">
    <shape>
        <corners android:radius="5dip" />
        <gradient
                android:startColor="#ff9d9e9d"
                android:centerColor="#ff5a5d5a"
                android:centerY="0.75"
                android:endColor="#ff747674"
                android:angle="270"
        />
    </shape>
</item>

<item android:id="@android:id/secondaryProgress">
    <clip>
        <shape>
            <corners android:radius="5dip" />
            <gradient
                    android:startColor="#80ffd300"
                    android:centerColor="#80ffb600"
                    android:centerY="0.75"
                    android:endColor="#a0ffcb00"
                    android:angle="270"
            />
        </shape>
    </clip>
</item>

<item android:id="@android:id/progress">
    <clip>
        <shape>
            <corners
                android:radius="5dip" />
            <gradient
                android:startColor="@color/progress_start"
                android:endColor="@color/progress_end"
                android:angle="270" 
            />
        </shape>
    </clip>
</item>

</layer-list>

ProgressBar bar;

private Handler progressBarHandler = new Handler();

GradientDrawable progressGradientDrawable = new GradientDrawable(
        GradientDrawable.Orientation.LEFT_RIGHT, new int[]{
                0xff1e90ff,0xff006ab6,0xff367ba8});
ClipDrawable progressClipDrawable = new ClipDrawable(
        progressGradientDrawable, Gravity.LEFT, ClipDrawable.HORIZONTAL);
Drawable[] progressDrawables = {
        new ColorDrawable(0xffffffff),
        progressClipDrawable, progressClipDrawable};
LayerDrawable progressLayerDrawable = new LayerDrawable(progressDrawables);


int status = 0;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    setContentView(R.layout.startup);

    bar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.start_page_progressBar);
    bar.setProgress(0);
    bar.setMax(100);

    progressLayerDrawable.setId(0, android.R.id.background);
    progressLayerDrawable.setId(1, android.R.id.secondaryProgress);
    progressLayerDrawable.setId(2, android.R.id.progress);

    bar.setProgressDrawable(progressLayerDrawable);
}

这帮助我通过代码设置自定义颜色为progressbar。希望能有所帮助

所有接口

如果使用所有的API只创建主题的样式

style.xml

<resources>

    //...

    <style name="progressBarBlue" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat">
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/blue</item>
    </style>

</resources>

在进行中使用

<ProgressBar
    ...
    android:theme="@style/progressBarBlue" />

空气污染指数21或以上

如果在API级别21及以上使用，请使用以下代码:

<ProgressBar
   //...
   android:indeterminate="true"
   android:indeterminateTintMode="src_atop"
   android:indeterminateTint="@color/secondary"/>

使用android.support.v4.graphics.drawable.DrawableCompat:

            Drawable progressDrawable = progressBar.getIndeterminateDrawable();
            if (progressDrawable  != null) {
                Drawable mutateDrawable = progressDrawable.mutate();
                DrawableCompat.setTint(mutateDrawable, primaryColor);
                progressBar.setProgressDrawable(mutateDrawable);
            }

水平ProgressBar使用矩形形状绘制背景，ClipDrawable从矩形形状构建的进展(主要和次要)。着色将颜色改变为某种色调。如果你想分别为这三种颜色设置目标颜色，你可以使用ProgressBar.setProgressDrawable()，如下所示:

    LayerDrawable progressBarDrawable = new LayerDrawable(
        new Drawable[]{
                new GradientDrawable(GradientDrawable.Orientation.TOP_BOTTOM,
                            new int[]{Color.parseColor("#ff0000ff"),Color.parseColor("#ff0000ff")}),

                new ClipDrawable(
                            new GradientDrawable(GradientDrawable.Orientation.TOP_BOTTOM,
                                    new int[]{Color.parseColor("#ff00ff00"),Color.parseColor("#ff00ff00")}),
                            Gravity.START,
                            ClipDrawable.HORIZONTAL),

                new ClipDrawable(
                        new GradientDrawable(GradientDrawable.Orientation.TOP_BOTTOM,
                                new int[]{Color.parseColor("#ffff0000"),Color.parseColor("#ffff0000")}),
                        Gravity.START,
                        ClipDrawable.HORIZONTAL)
            });

    progressBarDrawable.setId(0,android.R.id.background);
    progressBarDrawable.setId(1,android.R.id.secondaryProgress);
    progressBarDrawable.setId(2,android.R.id.progress);
    ((ProgressBar)findViewById(R.id.progressBar)).setProgressDrawable(progressBarDrawable);

注意，在初始化LayerDrawable时，可绘制层的顺序很重要。首先绘制的应该是背景。根据我的实验，切换id是行不通的。如果你将填充设置为progressbar，那么这种方法将不起作用。如果你需要填充，那么你可以使用一个容器的进度条，如线性布局。