In android app Toolbar.setTitle method has no effect – application name is shown as title

Question

I'm trying to create simple application using android-support-v7:21 library.

Code snippets:
MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {

    Toolbar mActionBarToolbar;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        mActionBarToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar_actionbar);            
        mActionBarToolbar.setTitle("My title");
        setSupportActionBar(mActionBarToolbar);
}

activity_main.xml

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar            
        android:id="@+id/toolbar_actionbar"
        android:background="@null"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?actionBarSize"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true" />

</LinearLayout>

But instead of "My title" on Toolbar %application name% is shown.
Seems like setTitle method has no effect.
I would like to show "My title".

UPD: Before, styles.xml was:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat">
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
</style>

So, I thought that actionbar is not used. I add NoActionBar to style parent:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
</style>

But the problem is not resolved.

FWIW, I'm on api level 22, and I had the same issue if calling setTitle *after* calling setSupportActionBar, but it worked if calling setTitle *before*. As described in an answer below, after calling setSupportActionBar, the action bar takes ownership of the toolbar and calls directly on the toolbar might not work. I do realize that in your question you *did* in fact call setTitle before setSupportActionBar, so probably this is something that has changed recently. In any case, using getSupportActionBar().setTitle works just as well. — JHH, Oct 08 '15 at 07:28
The same query asked in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15560904/setting-custom-actionbar-title-from-fragment/51983004#51983004 — Ramapati Maurya, Aug 23 '18 at 12:51
Try it - “How set a title for Activity with ToolBar?” https://link.medium.com/cGVg3zVr0Z — Werder, Sep 15 '19 at 15:43

score 610 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 21 '18 at 21:34

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Found the solution:

Instead of:

mActionBarToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar_actionbar);            
mActionBarToolbar.setTitle("My title");
setSupportActionBar(mActionBarToolbar);

I used:

mActionBarToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar_actionbar);            
setSupportActionBar(mActionBarToolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setTitle("My title");

And it works.

edited Oct 21 '18 at 21:34

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answered Oct 22 '14 at 11:53

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nice one, but makes no sense to work this way and not the other....welcome to android 101 – DoruChidean Aug 17 '15 at 12:54
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`getSupportActionBar().setTitle("My title");` may produce 'java.lang.NullPointerException' – Pratik Butani Sep 15 '15 at 07:21
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@PratikButani So long as the Toolbar has been set as setSupportActionBar() before calling getSupportActionBar() why might it? – Leon Nov 19 '15 at 14:55
AndroidStudio giving warning if u use Inspect Code. – Pratik Butani Nov 19 '15 at 14:57
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Aha, easily resolved: assert getSupportActionBar() != null; – Leon Nov 19 '15 at 15:02
For me the first snippet you pasted works but the second doesn't! – AmeyaB May 04 '16 at 03:55
Would you please explain why? – guo Nov 27 '16 at 07:00
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Guys did you really upvoted @PratikButani comment so many times? If you use style theme without action bar but custom **support toolbar v7** and you forget to call `setSupportActionBar(mToolbar)` of course you will get null exeption, but if you called it then just ignore this message. Just read - https://developer.android.com/training/appbar/setting-up.html – user25 Mar 20 '18 at 12:21
Setting the title before `setSupportActionBar` now works for me. @user25 agree! – Micer Mar 20 '18 at 23:12

score 125 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 16 '16 at 10:53

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For anyone who needs to set up the title through the Toolbar some time after setting the SupportActionBar, read this.

The internal implementation of the support library just checks if the Toolbar has a title (not null) at the moment the SupportActionBar is set up. If there is, then this title will be used instead of the window title. You can then set a dummy title while you load the real title.

mActionBarToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar_actionbar);
mActionBarToolbar.setTitle("");
setSupportActionBar(mActionBarToolbar);

later...

mActionBarToolbar.setTitle(title);

answered Feb 16 '16 at 10:53

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It works, but why this is the way it must be done makes no sense to me. Does anyone have an explanation for why this works? – Maxwell Jan 18 '17 at 20:31
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@Maxwell It makes sense considering the design of the actionbar/toolbar interaction. The Activity should display a title, if you provide a toolbar without that title, android assumes you want the traditional Activity title control. – Drew Feb 06 '17 at 20:14
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mActionBarToolbar.setTitle(getResources().getString(R.string.app_name)); will ensure there is a good default title while keeping the same magical effect of the answer – Eslam Sameh Ahmed May 03 '17 at 21:28
@Bevor it works, just see how many votes this answer has... you just did something wrong – user25 Mar 20 '18 at 11:53
@user25, it also worked bad for me, it removed a back arrow. Then I found another solution: https://stackoverflow.com/a/40571324/2914140. `this.setTitle("Title")`, where `this` - is a reference to an activity. – CoolMind Jan 27 '19 at 14:02
i enhanced this answer for those using a collapsing toolbar: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26486730/in-android-app-toolbar-settitle-method-has-no-effect-application-name-is-shown/57635712#57635712 – user1506104 Aug 24 '19 at 06:45

score 89 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 15 '15 at 09:43

The above answer is totally true but not working for me.

I solved my problem with the following things.

Actually My XML is like that:

<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/confirm_order_mail_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">

    <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
        android:id="@+id/confirm_order_appbar_layout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">

        <android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout
            android:id="@+id/confirm_order_list_collapsing_toolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
            app:contentScrim="?attr/colorPrimary"
            app:expandedTitleMarginEnd="64dp"
            app:expandedTitleMarginStart="48dp"
            app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways">

            <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
                android:id="@+id/confirm_order_toolbar_layout"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
                android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
                app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
                app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light">

            </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
        </android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout>
    </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

I have tried all the option and after all I just removed CollapsingToolbarLayout because of i do not need to use in that particular XML So My Final XML is like:

<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/confirm_order_mail_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">

    <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
        android:id="@+id/confirm_order_appbar_layout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">

        <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
            android:id="@+id/confirm_order_toolbar_layout"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
            app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
            app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light">

        </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
    </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

Now you have to use setTitle() like above answer:

mActionBarToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.confirm_order_toolbar_layout);            
setSupportActionBar(mActionBarToolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setTitle("My Title");

Now If you want to use CollapsingToolbarLayout and Toolbar together then you have to use setTitle() of CollapsingToolbarLayout

CollapsingToolbarLayout collapsingToolbarLayout = (CollapsingToolbarLayout) findViewById(R.id.confirm_order_mail_layout);
collapsingToolbarLayout.setTitle("My Title");

May it will helps you. Thank you.

That makes sense, removing the `CollapsingToolbarLayout` solved the problem — blueware, Feb 28 '17 at 09:37
For me the trick with setting title for CollapsingToolbarLayout works. Thanks a lot! — mysliwiec_tech, Mar 22 '17 at 07:01
Since you toolbar is nested under CollapsingToolbarLayout then it is overridden by collapsing toolbar layout. This works for me. — neilQ5, Apr 01 '18 at 23:48
Bro you save my life!!! You must both setSupportActionbar before you use collapsingToolbarLayout.seTitle("Title"); — Jacky Chong, Apr 21 '18 at 13:09
... collapsingToolbarLayout.setTitle("My Title"); worket for me perfectly without to remove the collapsingToolbarLayout — George Vrynios, Jul 05 '18 at 21:38

score 46 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 31 '20 at 22:05

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Simply you can change any activity name by using

Activityname.this.setTitle("Title Name");

edited Oct 31 '20 at 22:05

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answered Nov 13 '16 at 06:46

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Or simply `title = "Title"` in Kotlin or maybe `this.setTitle("Title")` in Java. – CoolMind Jan 27 '19 at 13:58

score 35 · Answer 5 · edited Mar 14 '18 at 13:48

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Try this, you can define title directly in XML:

 <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
        app:title="some title"
        app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay">

edited Mar 14 '18 at 13:48

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answered May 01 '16 at 07:01

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The easiest but still i need to custom titles dynamically, if you have any idea – aya salama Oct 04 '16 at 10:12

score 15 · Answer 6 · edited Aug 01 '16 at 13:00

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To set the title for each Navbar fragment title

public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) 
{
    myView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.second_layout, container, false);
    getActivity().setTitle("title");

    return myView;
}

edited Aug 01 '16 at 13:00

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answered Aug 01 '16 at 12:08

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score 12 · Answer 7 · edited Aug 12 '17 at 02:16

Try this .. this method works for me..!! hope it may help somebody..!!

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar  
 xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"  
 android:id="@+id/my_awesome_toolbar"  
 android:layout_width="match_parent"  
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
 android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"  
 android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"  
 app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" >  

<TextView  
   android:id="@+id/toolbar_title"  
   android:layout_width="wrap_content"  
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
   android:gravity="center"  
   android:singleLine="true"  
   android:text="Toolbar Title"  
   android:textColor="@android:color/white"  
   android:textSize="18sp"  
   android:textStyle="bold" />  

</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

To display logo in toolbar try the below snippet. // Set drawable

toolbar.setLogo(ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, R.drawable.logo));

Let me know the result.

Thank you Ragu Swaminathan.. I was trying to implement SupportActionBar from appcompact activity to give a title to my activity but unable to do it beacuse i need to extend BaseGameActivity. Then i go for toolbar but title not displayed while running. Your method using textbox inside toolbar is working. Recommend it to people in same situation — Sarun1001, Aug 29 '16 at 13:52
toolbar has a method to set the app logo. check my updated answer — Swaminathan V, Jul 13 '17 at 08:48

score 11 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 23 '18 at 12:10

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 getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Your Title");

answered Jun 23 '18 at 12:10

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This answer is a stub and should rather be a [comment](https://stackoverflow.com/help/privileges/comment), since short answers like this may be considered low quality. Once you have sufficient [reputation](https://stackoverflow.com/help/whats-reputation) you will be able to comment. If you don't have enough reputation, read [this post](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/214173/why-do-i-need-50-reputation-to-comment-what-can-i-do-instead) on how to contribute if you don't have enough reputation yet. – ascripter Jun 23 '18 at 12:30
@ascripter it is an answer – Jemshit Mar 24 '20 at 19:12

redDragonzz · Answer 9 · 2015-01-05T08:40:34.593

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Please see https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=77763. Apparently it is supposed to work like that. Once you call the setSupportActionBar() method call, it then is the responsibility of the ActionBar delegate to route the call to the correct view.

edited Jan 05 '15 at 08:40

answered Jan 05 '15 at 08:01

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What's that Actionbar delegate? Here setTitle() doesn't work for toolbar neither for the support actionbar. The native actionbar is disabled in the theme. What the hell is wrong? If only the source code attachment worked in Android Studio I could trace the problem myself! – WindRider Feb 17 '15 at 09:50

score 7 · Answer 10 · answered Mar 20 '18 at 12:15

It's not just about .setTitle

more methods of Support Toolbar (Appcompat v7) in onCreate works only with

getSupportActionBar().method()

and don't work with mToolbar.method()

examples:

getSupportActionBar().setTitle("toolbar title");
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);

though next methods works fine without getSupportActionBar() in onCreate

mToolbar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
mToolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        //
    }

Problem only with onCreate event, you still can use mToolbar.setTitle() later instead of annoying getSupportActionBar().setTitle(), for example if you add this in onCreate it will work (because it will be executed later, after onCreate)

mHandler.post(new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        mToolbar.setTitle("toolbar title");
    }
});

I prefer to use this solution https://stackoverflow.com/a/35430590/4548520 than https://stackoverflow.com/a/26506858/4548520 because if you change title many times (in different functions) it's more comfortable to use mToolbar.setTitle() than longer getSupportActionBar().setTitle() one and you don't see annoying notification about null exception like with getSupportActionBar().setTitle()

if you want to change the title many times and and using a collapsing toolbar, this will help: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26486730/in-android-app-toolbar-settitle-method-has-no-effect-application-name-is-shown/57635712#57635712 — user1506104, Aug 24 '19 at 06:49

user1506104 · Answer 11 · 2019-08-24T06:54:59.570

For anyone who needs to set up the title through the Toolbar some time after setting the SupportActionBar (@sorianiv) AND your Toolbar is inside a CollapsingToolbarLayout, read this:

mToolbarLayout = (CollapsingToolbarLayout) findViewById(R.id.toolbar_layout);
Toolbar toolbar = findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
//toolbar.setTitle(""); // no need to do this
//mToolbarLayout.setTitle("Title"); // if you need an initial title, do this instead
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

Then later,

mToolbarLayout.setTitle("New Title");

score 6 · Answer 12 · edited Jan 30 '16 at 05:50

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I tried to rename the toolbar from the fragment

It helped me, I hope to help someone else

Activity activity = this.getActivity();
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) activity.findViewById(R.id.detail_toolbar);
        if (toolbar != null) {
            activity.setTitle("Title");
        }

//toolbar.setTitle("Title"); did not give the same results

Screenshot:

edited Jan 30 '16 at 05:50

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score 5 · Answer 13 · answered Sep 24 '19 at 12:22

Application title will not show as default title on every activity, you can insert different title on every activity. On your activity file bellow the onCreate just paste a single line to set title,

@Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        setTitle("Your Title Here");

Just change the text "Your Title Here" to your text.

score 4 · Answer 14 · answered Apr 14 '16 at 05:31

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Simply use this in your adapter, Where MainActivity is your AppCompactActivity. Call it from anywhere.

((MainActivity) context).getSupportActionBar().setTitle(titles.get(position));

answered Apr 14 '16 at 05:31

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score 4 · Answer 15 · answered Feb 01 '17 at 16:07

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I made it work by using -

toolbar.post(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                toolbar.setTitle("My Title");
            }
        });

answered Feb 01 '17 at 16:07

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You don't need to use `post` if you're changing title in UI thread, which I think is 90% of cases. – Vadim Kotov Mar 14 '18 at 13:46

score 4 · Answer 16 · answered Sep 08 '17 at 13:58

If you are using CollapsibleToolbarLayout along with Toolbar then you will need to set title in both the layouts

set your Toolbar as action bar in onCreate method

protected void setUpToolBar() {

    if (mToolbar != null) {
        ((HomeActivity) getActivity()).setSupportActionBar(mToolbar);
        mToolbar.setTitleTextColor(Color.WHITE);
        mToolbar.setTitle("List Detail");
        mToolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                getActivity()
                        .getSupportFragmentManager().popBackStack();
            }
        });
        ((HomeActivity) getActivity()).getSupportActionBar()
                .setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
    }
}

Later simply update title of toolbar using setTitle method

 mToolbar .setTitle(productFromShoppingList.getProductName()); 
 mCollapsingToolbar.setTitle(productFromShoppingList.getProductName());

This solution works if you're finding that you can set the title once, but can't change it after that. Make sure you're setting the title of the Collapsing Toolbar. — Hylianpuffball, Nov 27 '18 at 16:13
if you want to change the title after some time with collapsing toolbar, you can do this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26486730/in-android-app-toolbar-settitle-method-has-no-effect-application-name-is-shown/57635712#57635712 — user1506104, Aug 24 '19 at 06:44

score 3 · Answer 17 · edited Mar 14 '18 at 13:32

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I have a strange behaviour that may can help you.
This is working but it has no effect in onCreate only:

toolbar.setTitle("title");

Try to use this in onCreate:

yourActivityName.this.setTitle("title")

edited Mar 14 '18 at 13:32

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score 3 · Answer 18 · answered Mar 18 '18 at 06:54

This can be done by setting the android:label attribute of your activity in the AndroidManifest.xml file:

<activity android:name="my activity"
 android:label="The Title I'd like to display" />

And then add this line to the onCreate():

getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(true);

score 2 · Answer 19 · edited Mar 14 '18 at 13:47

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To change the title for each different activity

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_pizza);
    setTitle(getResources().getText(R.string.title));
}

edited Mar 14 '18 at 13:47

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answered Aug 01 '16 at 12:00

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setTitle(R.string.title); Event easier, but doesn't work – loshkin Oct 31 '17 at 12:30

score 2 · Answer 20 · edited Aug 01 '16 at 12:52

Try this:

Xml Code

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="120dp"
    android:id="@+id/tool_bar"
    android:background="@color/tablayout"
    android:theme="@style/ToolBarStyle"
    app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light">
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/app_name"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:id="@+id/toolbar_title"
        android:textSize="18sp"
        android:textColor="@color/white"/>
    </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

Java Code

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.tool_bar);
    toolbar_text = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.toolbar_title);
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
    getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
    getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
    toolbar.setLogo(R.drawable.ic_toolbar);
}

score 2 · Answer 21 · answered Feb 19 '18 at 17:20

If your goal is to set a static string in the toolbar, the easiest way to do it is to simply set the activity label in AndroidManifest.xml:

<activity android:name=".xxxxActivity"
          android:label="@string/string_id" />

The toolbar will get this string without any code. (works for me with v27 libraries.)

score 2 · Answer 22 · edited Feb 29 '20 at 07:30

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 public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnClickListener {
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

       //custom toolbaar
       getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Abhijeet");

    }
}

edited Feb 29 '20 at 07:30

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score 1 · Answer 23 · answered Oct 11 '17 at 18:11

Though not immediately relevant to this particular setup, I found that removing "CollapsingToolbarLayout" from my XML that was wrapping my toolbar inside of an AppBarLayout made everything work.

So, this:

      <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">

            <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
                android:id="@+id/toolbar"
                android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
                app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
                app:navigationIcon="@drawable/ic_arrow_back_white_24dp" />

        </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

Instead of this:

        <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">

            <android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:id="@+id/collapsingToolbar"
                android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
                app:layout_scrollFlags="enterAlways|scroll|snap">

                <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
                    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
                    android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
                    app:navigationIcon="@drawable/ic_arrow_back_white_24dp" />
            </android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout>

        </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

Then, I set the title in the activity's onCreate, before setSupportActionBar() is called.

you could do that. if you really need the collapsing toolbar layout, check this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26486730/in-android-app-toolbar-settitle-method-has-no-effect-application-name-is-shown/57635712#57635712 — user1506104, Aug 25 '19 at 04:40
@Chantell Osejo this worked for me too, even I was using the same layout. Thanks — Paramjit Singh Rana, Jun 15 '20 at 04:24

score 0 · Answer 24 · answered Jan 27 '17 at 00:58

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Make sure you add this option:

getSupportActionBar().setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_TITLE);

answered Jan 27 '17 at 00:58

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score 0 · Answer 25 · answered May 05 '18 at 18:07

The answer is in the documentation (which you can find here):

To use the ActionBar utility methods, call the activity's getSupportActionBar() method. This method returns a reference to an appcompat ActionBar object. Once you have that reference, you can call any of the ActionBar methods to adjust the app bar. For example, to hide the app bar, call ActionBar.hide().

That is the solution you actually found. Just thought of giving a reference to the official documentation (which apparently few tend to read).

score 0 · Answer 26 · answered Jan 20 '20 at 12:13

In Kotlin you can do this:

import android.os.Bundle
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar

class SettingsActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_settings)

        val toolbar = findViewById<Toolbar>(R.id.toolbar)
        setSupportActionBar(toolbar)
        supportActionBar?.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true)
        supportActionBar?.setTitle(R.string.title)

    }

    override fun onSupportNavigateUp() = true.also { onBackPressed() }

}

score -2 · Answer 27 · answered Oct 21 '14 at 12:34

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This is happening because you are using Toolbar and ActionBar both. Now as you want to use Toolbar as an action bar, the first thing you need to do is disable the decor provided action bar.

The easiest way is to have your theme extend from Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar.

answered Oct 21 '14 at 12:34

Paresh Mayani

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Sorry i misunderstood question. – Haresh Chhelana Oct 21 '14 at 12:39
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@HareshChhelana You posted answer but do you know what is the issue exactly? – Paresh Mayani Oct 21 '14 at 12:40
I think which is related action bar set tile issue that y i given such ans and when you realize me this i deleted my ans so now you dont worried about my misunderstood brother. – Haresh Chhelana Oct 21 '14 at 12:42
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@PareshMayani thank you for your answer, but it doesn't resolve my problem. Please, check updated question – krossovochkin Oct 21 '14 at 12:57

In android app Toolbar.setTitle method has no effect – application name is shown as title

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