In android app Toolbar.setTitle method has no effect – application name is shown as title
AndroidToolbarAndroid Support-LibraryAndroid Problem Overview
I'm trying to create simple application using android-support-v7:21 library.
Code snippets:
MainActivity.java
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
Toolbar mActionBarToolbar;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
mActionBarToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar_actionbar);
mActionBarToolbar.setTitle("My title");
setSupportActionBar(mActionBarToolbar);
}
activity_main.xml
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:orientation="vertical">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar_actionbar"
android:background="@null"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?actionBarSize"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true" />
</LinearLayout>
But instead of "My title" on Toolbar %application name% is shown.
Seems like setTitle
method has no effect.
I would like to show "My title".
UPD:
Before, styles.xml
was:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
</style>
So, I thought that actionbar is not used.
I add NoActionBar
to style parent:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
</style>
But the problem is not resolved.
Android Solutions
Solution 1 - Android
Found the solution:
Instead of:
mActionBarToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar_actionbar);
mActionBarToolbar.setTitle("My title");
setSupportActionBar(mActionBarToolbar);
I used:
mActionBarToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar_actionbar);
setSupportActionBar(mActionBarToolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setTitle("My title");
And it works.
Solution 2 - Android
For anyone who needs to set up the title through the Toolbar some time after setting the SupportActionBar, read this.
The internal implementation of the support library just checks if the Toolbar has a title (not null) at the moment the SupportActionBar is set up. If there is, then this title will be used instead of the window title. You can then set a dummy title while you load the real title.
mActionBarToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar_actionbar);
mActionBarToolbar.setTitle("");
setSupportActionBar(mActionBarToolbar);
later...
mActionBarToolbar.setTitle(title);
Solution 3 - Android
The above answer is totally true but not working for me.
I solved my problem with the following things.
Actually My XML is like that:
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/confirm_order_mail_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:id="@+id/confirm_order_appbar_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">
<android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout
android:id="@+id/confirm_order_list_collapsing_toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:contentScrim="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:expandedTitleMarginEnd="64dp"
app:expandedTitleMarginStart="48dp"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/confirm_order_toolbar_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light">
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
</android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
I have tried all the option and after all I just removed CollapsingToolbarLayout
because of i do not need to use in that particular XML
So My Final XML is like:
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/confirm_order_mail_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:id="@+id/confirm_order_appbar_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/confirm_order_toolbar_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light">
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
Now you have to use setTitle()
like above answer:
mActionBarToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.confirm_order_toolbar_layout);
setSupportActionBar(mActionBarToolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setTitle("My Title");
Now If you want to use CollapsingToolbarLayout
and Toolbar
together then you have to use setTitle()
of CollapsingToolbarLayout
CollapsingToolbarLayout collapsingToolbarLayout = (CollapsingToolbarLayout) findViewById(R.id.confirm_order_mail_layout);
collapsingToolbarLayout.setTitle("My Title");
May it will helps you. Thank you.
Solution 4 - Android
Simply you can change any activity name by using
Activityname.this.setTitle("Title Name");
Solution 5 - Android
Try this, you can define title directly in XML:
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:title="some title"
app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay">
Solution 6 - Android
To set the title for each Navbar fragment title
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
myView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.second_layout, container, false);
getActivity().setTitle("title");
return myView;
}
Solution 7 - Android
Try this .. this method works for me..!! hope it may help somebody..!!
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/my_awesome_toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/toolbar_title"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="Toolbar Title"
android:textColor="@android:color/white"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
To display logo in toolbar try the below snippet. // Set drawable
toolbar.setLogo(ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, R.drawable.logo));
Let me know the result.
Solution 8 - Android
getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Your Title");
Solution 9 - Android
Please see https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=77763. Apparently it is supposed to work like that. Once you call the setSupportActionBar()
method call, it then is the responsibility of the ActionBar delegate to route the call to the correct view.
Solution 10 - Android
It's not just about .setTitle
more methods of Support Toolbar (Appcompat v7) in onCreate
works only with
getSupportActionBar().method()
and don't work with mToolbar.method()
examples:
getSupportActionBar().setTitle("toolbar title");
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
though next methods works fine without getSupportActionBar()
in onCreate
mToolbar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
mToolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//
}
Problem only with onCreate
event, you still can use mToolbar.setTitle()
later instead of annoying getSupportActionBar().setTitle()
, for example if you add this in onCreate
it will work (because it will be executed later, after onCreate
)
mHandler.post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
mToolbar.setTitle("toolbar title");
}
});
I prefer to use this solution https://stackoverflow.com/a/35430590/4548520 than https://stackoverflow.com/a/26506858/4548520 because if you change title many times (in different functions) it's more comfortable to use mToolbar.setTitle()
than longer getSupportActionBar().setTitle()
one and you don't see annoying notification about null exception like with getSupportActionBar().setTitle()
Solution 11 - Android
For anyone who needs to set up the title through the Toolbar some time after setting the SupportActionBar (@sorianiv) AND your Toolbar
is inside a CollapsingToolbarLayout
, read this:
mToolbarLayout = (CollapsingToolbarLayout) findViewById(R.id.toolbar_layout);
Toolbar toolbar = findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
//toolbar.setTitle(""); // no need to do this
//mToolbarLayout.setTitle("Title"); // if you need an initial title, do this instead
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
Then later,
mToolbarLayout.setTitle("New Title");
Solution 12 - Android
I tried to rename the toolbar from the fragment
It helped me, I hope to help someone else
Activity activity = this.getActivity();
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) activity.findViewById(R.id.detail_toolbar);
if (toolbar != null) {
activity.setTitle("Title");
}
//toolbar.setTitle("Title"); did not give the same results
Solution 13 - Android
Application title will not show as default title on every activity, you can insert different title on every activity. On your activity file bellow the onCreate just paste a single line to set title,
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
setTitle("Your Title Here");
Just change the text "Your Title Here" to your text.
Solution 14 - Android
Simply use this in your adapter, Where MainActivity is your AppCompactActivity. Call it from anywhere.
((MainActivity) context).getSupportActionBar().setTitle(titles.get(position));
Solution 15 - Android
I made it work by using -
toolbar.post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
toolbar.setTitle("My Title");
}
});
Solution 16 - Android
If you are using CollapsibleToolbarLayout
along with Toolbar
then you will need to set title in both the layouts
set your Toolbar as action bar in onCreate
method
protected void setUpToolBar() {
if (mToolbar != null) {
((HomeActivity) getActivity()).setSupportActionBar(mToolbar);
mToolbar.setTitleTextColor(Color.WHITE);
mToolbar.setTitle("List Detail");
mToolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
getActivity()
.getSupportFragmentManager().popBackStack();
}
});
((HomeActivity) getActivity()).getSupportActionBar()
.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
}
}
Later simply update title of toolbar using setTitle
method
> mToolbar .setTitle(productFromShoppingList.getProductName()); > mCollapsingToolbar.setTitle(productFromShoppingList.getProductName());
Solution 17 - Android
I have a strange behaviour that may can help you.
This is working but it has no effect in onCreate only:
toolbar.setTitle("title");
Try to use this in onCreate:
yourActivityName.this.setTitle("title")
Solution 18 - Android
This can be done by setting the android:label
attribute of your activity in the AndroidManifest.xml
file:
<activity android:name="my activity"
android:label="The Title I'd like to display" />
And then add this line to the onCreate():
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(true);
Solution 19 - Android
To change the title for each different activity
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_pizza);
setTitle(getResources().getText(R.string.title));
}
Solution 20 - Android
Try this:
Xml Code
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="120dp"
android:id="@+id/tool_bar"
android:background="@color/tablayout"
android:theme="@style/ToolBarStyle"
app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/app_name"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:id="@+id/toolbar_title"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:textColor="@color/white"/>
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
Java Code
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.tool_bar);
toolbar_text = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.toolbar_title);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
toolbar.setLogo(R.drawable.ic_toolbar);
}
Solution 21 - Android
If your goal is to set a static string in the toolbar, the easiest way to do it is to simply set the activity label in AndroidManifest.xml:
<activity android:name=".xxxxActivity"
android:label="@string/string_id" />
The toolbar will get this string without any code. (works for me with v27 libraries.)
Solution 22 - Android
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnClickListener {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
//custom toolbaar
getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Abhijeet");
}
}
Solution 23 - Android
Though not immediately relevant to this particular setup, I found that removing "CollapsingToolbarLayout" from my XML that was wrapping my toolbar inside of an AppBarLayout made everything work.
So, this:
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
app:navigationIcon="@drawable/ic_arrow_back_white_24dp" />
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
Instead of this:
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/collapsingToolbar"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
app:layout_scrollFlags="enterAlways|scroll|snap">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
app:navigationIcon="@drawable/ic_arrow_back_white_24dp" />
</android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
Then, I set the title in the activity's onCreate, before setSupportActionBar() is called.
Solution 24 - Android
Make sure you add this option:
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_TITLE);
Solution 25 - Android
The answer is in the documentation (which you can find here):
> To use the ActionBar utility methods, call the activity's > getSupportActionBar() method. This method returns a reference to an > appcompat ActionBar object. Once you have that reference, you can call > any of the ActionBar methods to adjust the app bar. For example, to > hide the app bar, call ActionBar.hide().
That is the solution you actually found. Just thought of giving a reference to the official documentation (which apparently few tend to read).
Solution 26 - Android
In Kotlin you can do this:
import android.os.Bundle
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
class SettingsActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_settings)
val toolbar = findViewById<Toolbar>(R.id.toolbar)
setSupportActionBar(toolbar)
supportActionBar?.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true)
supportActionBar?.setTitle(R.string.title)
}
override fun onSupportNavigateUp() = true.also { onBackPressed() }
}
Solution 27 - Android
This is happening because you are using Toolbar and ActionBar both. Now as you want to use Toolbar as an action bar, the first thing you need to do is disable the decor provided action bar.
The easiest way is to have your theme extend from Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar
.