Remove Android App Title Bar

Question

I understand that these properties in the manifest:

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"     
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"

can remove the title bar. However, I constantly check the Graphical Layout when I am modifying my app. When I look at the Graphical Layout I still see the title bar. I want to remove the title bar in a way that I don't have to see it during the development of the game.

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try this in ur mainfest file: – Shiv Jan 23 '13 at 08:22

score 113 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 10 '21 at 10:10

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Simple way is to put this in your onCreate():

// Java
getSupportActionBar().hide();

// Kotlin
supportActionBar?.hide()

edited Aug 10 '21 at 10:10

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answered May 29 '17 at 11:52

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I tried all the other answers for this question, but this is the ONLY ANSWER that worked right away!!! Thanks. – ThN Mar 21 '22 at 18:41

Alex Gittemeier · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-23T12:33:12.967

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In the Design Tab, click on the AppTheme Button
Choose the option "AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar"
Click OK.

edited Jul 23 '19 at 12:33

answered Jan 23 '13 at 08:19

Alex Gittemeier

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Which version is "current" in your answer? Can't you just specify the name of the button instead of describing the position of it? In my "current" version I can't this mysterious button you are talking about... – winklerrr Dec 14 '16 at 18:03
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really strange answer... just tell me the name of the button to look for. because things have changed, this answer is pretty useless now – nhouser9 May 21 '17 at 17:18
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FTR: this answer is over 4 years old and I do not do Android development with Eclipse anymore. If readers know where to find the name of the button (as it changes from version to version), then do not hesitate to edit it in. – Alex Gittemeier May 28 '17 at 07:05
want hide only bottom navigation bar not the status bar. Is it possible to do? – PvDev Sep 05 '18 at 05:22

Muhammad Zahid · Answer 3 · 2015-05-15T11:09:33.470

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for Title Bar

requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);

for fullscreen

getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

Place this after

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

but before

setContentView(R.layout.xml);

This worked for me.try this

edited May 15 '15 at 11:09

answered Apr 15 '14 at 18:19

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Putting this after super.onCreate leads to this crash: requestFeature() must be called before adding content – JPS Jan 26 '15 at 20:35
add that before setcontent(xml) after super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); – Muhammad Zahid Jan 27 '15 at 09:41
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Does this still work in Marshmallow? Doesn't seem to. – hBrent May 15 '16 at 18:34

alexy · Answer 4 · 2015-07-05T19:24:07.480

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I was able to do this for Android 2.1 devices and above using an App Compatibility library theme applied to the app element in the manifest:

<application
    ...
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" />

<style name="AppTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    ...
   <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
   <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>

Note: You will need to include the com.android.support:appcompat-v7library in your build.gradle file

edited Jul 05 '15 at 19:24

answered Jul 03 '15 at 12:44

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`windowNoTitle` is critical item to make it works in my case. – 林果皞 Dec 19 '18 at 20:28

bedawi · Answer 5 · 2016-12-30T11:38:36.717

There are two options I'd like to present:

Change the visibility of the SupportActionBar in JAVA code
Choose another Style in your project's style.xml

1: Add getSupportActionBar().hide(); to your onCreate method.

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    getSupportActionBar().hide();
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}

2: Another option is to change the style of your Application. Check out the styles.xml in "app->res->values" and change

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
</style>

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
</style>

score 10 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 15 '17 at 18:39

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Just use this

getSupportActionBar().hide();

answered Nov 15 '17 at 18:39

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score 9 · Answer 7 · edited Dec 05 '15 at 10:24

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If you use AppCompat v7, v21

getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);

edited Dec 05 '15 at 10:24

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answered Nov 14 '15 at 17:14

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Aneh Thakur · Answer 8 · 2014-12-21T04:56:19.217

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Use this to remove title from android app in your Androidmainfest.xml

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"

or you can use this in your activity

requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); 
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

edited Dec 21 '14 at 04:56

answered Mar 10 '14 at 12:23

Aneh Thakur

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want hide only bottom navigation bar not the status bar. Is it possible to do? – PvDev Sep 05 '18 at 05:22

score 7 · Answer 9 · edited Apr 21 '17 at 20:13

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If you have import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity; and your class extends ActionBarActivity then use this in your OnCreate:

android.support.v7.app.ActionBar AB=getSupportActionBar();
AB.hide();

edited Apr 21 '17 at 20:13

Hidden Hobbes

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answered Mar 27 '15 at 11:23

Kzaf

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Out of all the answers here, this is the only one that worked for me! – supersan Aug 31 '20 at 16:15

score 6 · Answer 10 · answered Jan 23 '13 at 08:19

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In the graphical editor, make sure you have chosen your theme at the top.

answered Jan 23 '13 at 08:19

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Paulo Buchsbaum · Answer 11 · 2019-06-07T13:55:13.507

It's obvious, but the App Theme selection in design is just for display a draft during layout edition, is not related to real app looking in cell phone.

Just change the manifest file (AndroidManifest.xml) is not enough because the style need to be predefined is styles.xml. Also is useless change the layout files.

All proposed solution in Java or Kotlin has failed for me. Some of them crash the app. And if one never (like me) uses the title bar in app, the static solution is cleaner.

For me the only solution that works in 2019 (Android Studio 3.4.1) is:

in styles.xml (under app/res/values) add the lines:

   <style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
        <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
        <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
    </style>

After in AndroidManifest.xml (under app/manifests)

Replace

android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

by

android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">

score 5 · Answer 12 · edited Sep 02 '20 at 21:27

Title bar in android is called Action bar. So if you want to remove it from any specific activity, go to AndroidManifest.xml and add the theme type. Such as android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar".

Example:

<activity
    android:name=".SplashActivity"
    android:noHistory="true"
    android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
</activity>

score 4 · Answer 13 · answered Jan 24 '20 at 11:38

In your res/values/styles.xml of modern Android Studio projects (2019/2020) you should be able to change the default parent theme

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">

I went one step further and had it look like this

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
    <item name="android:windowFullscreen">true</item>
</style>

This is based on the code generated from the Microsoft PWA builder https://www.pwabuilder.com/

score 2 · Answer 14 · answered Jan 23 '13 at 08:20

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in the graphical layout, you can choose the theme on the toolbar. (the one that looks like a star).

choose the NoTitleBar and have fun.

answered Jan 23 '13 at 08:20

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score 1 · Answer 15 · edited Nov 03 '19 at 20:05

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Use this Remove title and image from top.

Before:

setContentView(R.layout.actii);

Write this code:

requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);

edited Nov 03 '19 at 20:05

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answered Aug 05 '14 at 05:40

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score 1 · Answer 16 · answered Jul 02 '16 at 10:56

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Just change the theme in the design view of your activity to NoActionBar like the one here

answered Jul 02 '16 at 10:56

Ashwin

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score 1 · Answer 17 · answered Mar 19 '21 at 23:08

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To open the Design window: res->layouts->activity_manifest.xml then click on the "Design" button, next to "Code" and "Split". On the TOP LEFT Corner.

answered Mar 19 '21 at 23:08

norms

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score 0 · Answer 18 · answered Feb 21 '23 at 16:27

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Go to res/values/themes and change the third line to .NoActionBar like this in both.

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="Theme.yourApp" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.DayNight.NoActionBar">

answered Feb 21 '23 at 16:27

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