Setting a Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE creates AndroidRuntimeException

Question

I can't seem to get past this error:

android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: You cannot combine custom titles with other title features

I am running API > 14.

Manifest is as follows:

    <activity
        android:name=".activity.ActivityWelcome"
        android:label="@string/app_label_name"
        android:launchMode="singleTask"
        android:clearTaskOnLaunch="true"
        android:theme="@style/My.Theme">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

My activity is doing the following:

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
    setContentView(R.layout.welcome);
    getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.window_title_main);
    ...

Where R.layout.window_title_main is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/layout_title"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:paddingLeft="5dp" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textview_title"
        android:drawableLeft="@null"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:ellipsize="marquee"
        android:marqueeRepeatLimit="-1"/>

</LinearLayout>

Why is this not working when it seems to work for others?

Possible duplicate of [Try to use Window.FEATURE\_CUSTOM\_TITLE but got Exception:You cannot combine custom titles with other title feature..](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2686556/try-to-use-window-feature-custom-title-but-got-exceptionyou-cannot-combine-cust) — Code-Apprentice, Aug 27 '16 at 19:35

HGPB · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-10T18:05:39.057

This is the kind of error that will drive you to insanity and beyond.

So I happen to be using Theme.Holo as my parent theme. (The theme that my own theme extends)

The documentation says:

...the action bar is included in all activities that use the Theme.Holo theme (or one of its descendants), which is the default theme when either the targetSdkVersion or minSdkVersion attribute is set to "11" or greater.

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html#Adding (first paragraph)

Ok, so when I try to go through the process above (my question) I get the error:

You cannot combine custom titles with other title features

Well, that's because, by default action bar is setup already and it won't allow you to use a custom title bar as well.

Documentation reveals that "each activity includes the action bar":

This way, when the application runs on Android 3.0 or greater, the system applies the holographic theme to each activity, and thus, each activity includes the action bar.

So, I will now focus my time on altering the action bar and not the title bar!

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 10 '12 at 16:52

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FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE and

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

Are mutially exclusive. Remove

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

and it will work again.

answered Dec 10 '12 at 16:52

Bartosz Przybylski

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Yeah, I just changed it but no change. I have also updated my question to reflect this. – HGPB Dec 10 '12 at 16:54
Hows your Activity declaration looks like ? – Bartosz Przybylski Dec 10 '12 at 16:57
I meant Activity declaration in xml file ;) I'm asking because you cannot set title string when requesting custom title. – Bartosz Przybylski Dec 10 '12 at 17:13
Manifest added above. Thanks for taking a look. – HGPB Dec 10 '12 at 17:16
Remove android:label from Activity declaration. – Bartosz Przybylski Dec 10 '12 at 17:19
No didn't make a difference. – HGPB Dec 10 '12 at 17:25
Since I have action bar stuff setup in my theme I think its using an action bar setup. I added `false` to my theme and it no longer crashes. I will progress and see what happens next... – HGPB Dec 10 '12 at 17:27

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 20 '15 at 14:51

As a beginner most of the answers didn't help me for my case. So here is my answer.

Go to res/values folder in your android project and check for strings.xml (this file may vary in your case, something like themes.xml)

Inside the file under resource tag check whether you have style tags. If you don't find it, add the code below as mentioned below as a child to resources tag

something like below

<resources>
    <style name="SomeNameHere">
        <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
    </style>
</resources>

if you already have style tag, just add the code below to your style tag

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

Setting a Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE creates AndroidRuntimeException

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