How do I prevent the application label and icon from appearing in the action bar on startup?

Question

I'm using a logo in my application's action bar in my main activity.

When I launch my app, the app's icon and title label appear in place of the logo for a split second.

If I remove the label and icon attribute from the manifest, I lose the launcher icon from the app drawer and home screen, and the app's name is replaced with the package name.

If I add the logo attribute alongside the icon and label attribute, the app title flashes alongside the logo for a split second instead.

How do I get my app to startup with just the logo in the action bar but leave everything else like it should be?

Here is the relevant manifest snippet:

<application
    android:name=".activities.MyApplication"
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/Theme.hello" >

    <activity
        android:name=".activities.MainActivity"
        android:launchMode="singleTop"
        android:logo="@drawable/ic_leanpocket_logo" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

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

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

Maybe this answer can help you. It helped me.

<quote>
Best method is to set the display options to useLogo in your theme. E.g.

<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light">
    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/AppTheme.ActionBar</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme.ActionBar" parent="android:Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.Solid">
    <item name="android:displayOptions">useLogo</item>
</style>

This won't actually show the logo (if set) because showHome is not included.
</quote>

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

-1

use Theme of No Title

Example

 <activity
        android:name=".activities.MainActivity"
        android:launchMode="singleTop"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar" > // Like this
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

Edit 1: For Activity Title only (not for Application Title)

this.setTitle("");

By setting title to empty string you can achieve what you want

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Sep 25 '13 at 01:47

Trikaldarshiii

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No this is different see it states about the theme about which i am talking about @prijupaul – Trikaldarshiii Sep 25 '13 at 01:58
Yes it will remove action bar – Trikaldarshiii Sep 25 '13 at 04:12
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I see. The question is not how to remove the action bar. I wish to show my logo (which requires the action bar to be shown inside). – joepetrakovich Sep 25 '13 at 16:16
I am Updating but I don't know if it exactly concern with your problem – Trikaldarshiii Sep 25 '13 at 16:21
Unfortunately this does not work still. The main activity doesn't have a title to begin with. The title and icon that flashes I believe is coming from the attributes. – joepetrakovich Sep 25 '13 at 19:51
@some_developer and You can not set application attributes dynamically – Trikaldarshiii Sep 26 '13 at 02:46
I don't know. I can't imagine you are allowed to modify the manifest in code. – joepetrakovich Sep 26 '13 at 20:31
@some_developer you are not modifying manifest but you are dynamically setting TITLE or ICON of ACTIVITY at runtime – Trikaldarshiii Sep 27 '13 at 01:00
The ACTIVITY does not have a title or icon. It only has a logo defined. The title and icon that is being flashed is coming from the definition in the node in the manifest. – joepetrakovich Sep 27 '13 at 16:04

How do I prevent the application label and icon from appearing in the action bar on startup?

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