Remove android default action bar

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How to hide the title bar for an Activity in XML with existing custom theme

i remove the action bar by requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); however, when the app starts, the action bar appears in a very short time before it executes the above statement. how can I make it totally disappear? thank

Try selecting a theme in the Manifest, see the second answer here: [How to hide the title bar for an Activity in XML with existing custom theme](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2591036/how-to-hide-the-title-bar-for-an-activity-in-xml-with-existing-custom-theme) — Sam, Nov 13 '12 at 23:34
On a side note: it's called an title bar, not an action bar. [Action bar](http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/actionbar.html) is a design pattern/window feature that's present in most newer Android apps. — LukaCiko, Nov 13 '12 at 23:48

score 75 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 14 '14 at 17:14

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I've noticed that if you set the theme in the AndroidManifest, it seems to get rid of that short time where you can see the action bar. So, try adding this to your manifest:

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

Just add it to your application tag to apply it app-wide.

edited Oct 14 '14 at 17:14

Eric Barr

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answered Nov 13 '12 at 23:44

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With so many answers, yours worked like a charm! Thanks. UPVOTED! – Si8 Aug 20 '13 at 13:06
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the bad thing is that it removes all theme styles – Bachask8 Oct 18 '13 at 20:55
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I getting an AndroidRunTimeException : Unable to start Activity – user1684140 Nov 16 '15 at 18:11

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 13 '12 at 23:43

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You can set it as a no title bar theme in the activity's xml in the AndroidManifest

    <activity 
        android:name=".AnActivity"
        android:label="@string/a_string"
        android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar">
    </activity>

answered Nov 13 '12 at 23:43

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to add Theme.NoTitleBar in application is remove all the page theme effects. If you want to remove the action on First screen add the android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar". Save the theme for remaining pages. – gnganapath Mar 04 '15 at 10:14

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