Setting a subtitle on my Toolbar from a fragment

Question

I am having some trouble setting the sub-title in my Toolbar from my fragment. I keep getting a Null Pointer Exception at the setSubTitle.

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

    getActivity().getActionBar().setSubtitle("About"); // NULL POINTER EXCEPTION here
}

Adding the toolbar to the host activity:

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

    toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
    if (toolbar != null) {
        Log.w("Rakshak", "Toolbar is not null");

        setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
    }
}

My style.xml

 <style name="AppTheme.Base" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">#1A7E99</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">#16657A</item>
    <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>        
</style>

Here is the Logcat:

11-12 11:24:15.580: E/AndroidRuntime(22183): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
11-12 11:24:15.580: E/AndroidRuntime(22183): java.lang.NullPointerException
11-12 11:24:15.580: E/AndroidRuntime(22183):    at com.driverdesignstudio.drvr.About.onActivityCreated(About.java:63)
11-12 11:24:15.580: E/AndroidRuntime(22183):    at android.app.Fragment.performActivityCreated(Fragment.java:1703)
11-12 11:24:15.580: E/AndroidRuntime(22183):    at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:903)
11-12 11:24:15.580: E/AndroidRuntime(22183):    at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1057)
11-12 11:24:15.580: E/AndroidRuntime(22183):    at android.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:694)
11-12 11:24:15.580: E/Androidenter code hereRuntime(22183):     at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1435)
11-12 11:24:15.580: E/AndroidRuntime(22183):    at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl$1.run(FragmentManager.java:441)
11-12 11:24:15.580: E/AndroidRuntime(22183):    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:800)
11-12 11:24:15.580: E/AndroidRuntime(22183):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:100)
11-12 11:24:15.580: E/AndroidRuntime(22183):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:194)
11-12 11:24:15.580: E/AndroidRuntime(22183):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5371)
11-12 11:24:15.580: E/AndroidRuntime(22183):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
11-12 11:24:15.580: E/AndroidRuntime(22183):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
11-12 11:24:15.580: E/AndroidRuntime(22183):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:833)
11-12 11:24:15.580: E/AndroidRuntime(22183):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:600)
11-12 11:24:15.580: E/AndroidRuntime(22183):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Do I have to make interface listeners and listen to the fragment start and stop in my Fragment Activity to set subtitles or is there an easier way to set subtitles in my toolbar from my fragments.

Let me know if you need to see any more of my code.

Cheers.

Added in the onActivityCreated method where I call that line. Not much to show. Let me know if you need to see any-more of the code. Cheers. — DrkStr, Nov 12 '14 at 06:29
I have imported the AppCompact v-21 library into my project and I have the Material theme implemented. I have added the Toolbar to the activity that hosts this fragment. If you would like to see my implementation of the toolbar pls check my code in this question. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26859339/trouble-implementing-material-theme — DrkStr, Nov 12 '14 at 06:39
Try this answer from another thread with the same topic: http://stackoverflow.com/a/32220854/1665562 — VladimirVip, Nov 27 '15 at 20:36

score 51 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 03 '15 at 13:52

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To use the Toolbar and the Appcompat 21, you have to use an AppCompatActivity and use:

((AppCompatActivity) getActivity()).getSupportActionBar().setSubtitle("About");

edited Sep 03 '15 at 13:52

Hugo Gresse

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answered Nov 12 '14 at 14:02

Gabriele Mariotti

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 12 '14 at 06:44

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instead of calling getActivity() get the activity reference from the onAttach() lifecycle method of Fragment.

if you are using sherlock actionbar then call getSherlock().getActionBar()

answered Nov 12 '14 at 06:44

Rathan Kumar

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Same error. Null Pointer Exception in the setTitle(). – DrkStr Nov 12 '14 at 06:49

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 10 '16 at 12:02

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You Can Create One Custom Layout For This And Then use in onCreateView method.

private ActionBar actionBar;

OnCreateView method:

actionBar = getActivity().getActionBar();
if (actionBar != null) {
    actionBar.setCustomView(R.layout.actionbar_inner_custom_view);
    actionBar.setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM);
}

edited Mar 10 '16 at 12:02

Ziem

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answered Nov 12 '14 at 14:02

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 21 '16 at 00:20

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Declare a variable ActionBar toolbar and use it this way:

toolbar=((AppCompatActivity) getActivity()).getSupportActionBar();

toolbar.setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.ic_arrow_left);
toolbar.setTitle("Detalhes");

edited Dec 21 '16 at 00:20

Guildencrantz

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answered Dec 20 '16 at 23:21

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 15 '21 at 17:00

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If you are using Kotlin language for developmen you can do it this way:

(activity as AppCompatActivity).supportActionBar?.setSubtitle(R.string.your_string)

answered Feb 15 '21 at 17:00

salmanwahed

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