Android- hide actionbar during startup and then show it again?

Question

My android app has tab navigation using an action bar. It works well, but it bothers me that during the first boot of the app, a small default action bar briefly shows up before being replaced by the real, tab-navigation action bar. My onCreate starts like this:

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    this.getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_ACTION_BAR);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    //Set up the actionbar
    final ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
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What do I have to do so that the real actionbar will be initialized without a small default one briefly showing before it does on startup?

Thanks

Is this something you are looking for: [How to hide action bar before activity is created, and then show it again?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8500283/how-to-hide-action-bar-before-activity-is-created-and-then-show-it-again) — Paresh Mayani, May 22 '13 at 04:55

MBMJ · Answer 1 · 2012-09-18T09:53:03.250

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Hide during startup

 getSupportActionBar().hide();

After you can show it again with ...

 getSupportActionBar().show();

It should be the same with native ActionBar of Android.

you should use this line in manifest and don't use getActionBar()

<item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>

and once it's finished in the main Activity use below or nothing

<item name="android:windowActionBar">true</item>

edited Sep 18 '12 at 09:53

answered Sep 18 '12 at 09:47

MBMJ

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How do I add the XML you specified so that the app boots with false But then switches to true After the main activity starts? – LoneDuck Sep 18 '12 at 10:25
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I've tried assigning the application itself a theme with no actionbar, but assign the activity with a theme with one (using android:windowActionBar). It still boots with a default actionbar, and only then initializes itself as the real navigation actionbar. – LoneDuck Sep 18 '12 at 14:35
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8500283/how-to-hide-action-bar-before-activity-is-created-and-then-show-it-again?rq=1 watch this link – MBMJ Sep 19 '12 at 03:18

j2emanue · Answer 2 · 2014-02-07T01:12:15.303

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put this for your activity manifest definition:

 <activity
            android:name=".MyActivity"
             android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"
            >

then inside your oncreate do this to show the actual theme you want used:

setTheme(R.style.AppTheme);

edited Feb 07 '14 at 01:12

answered Oct 05 '13 at 19:53

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 22 '13 at 04:49

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if you're using action bar sherlock and you want to toggle this from a FragmentActivity, then you call

getSherlockActivity().getSupportActionBar().hide();

edited May 22 '13 at 04:49

Dhaval Parmar

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answered Jan 18 '13 at 16:59

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Android- hide actionbar during startup and then show it again?

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