How to hide the title bar for of android app?

Question

A have a problem
I want to hide title bar from activity from activity (without xml editing), but always get an error

I tried to use advices in few articles:
Android title bar removal
How to hide app title in android
Make full screen activity

But it isn't led me to expected result. What i'm doing wrong?

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12-19 14:09:21.679      848-848/com.example.switchoff.test_app E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.switchoff.test_app/com.example.switchoff.test_app.MainActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException
            at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2059)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2084)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:130)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1195)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4745)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:786)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
     Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
            at android.support.v7.internal.app.WindowDecorActionBar.getDecorToolbar(WindowDecorActionBar.java:248)
            at android.support.v7.internal.app.WindowDecorActionBar.init(WindowDecorActionBar.java:201)
            at android.support.v7.internal.app.WindowDecorActionBar.<init>(WindowDecorActionBar.java:176)
            at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivityDelegateBase.createSupportActionBar(ActionBarActivityDelegateBase.java:156)
            at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivityDelegate.getSupportActionBar(ActionBarActivityDelegate.java:123)
            at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivityDelegateBase.onTitleChanged(ActionBarActivityDelegateBase.java:467)
            at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity.onTitleChanged(ActionBarActivity.java:176)
            at android.app.Activity.onPostCreate(Activity.java:1000)
            at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnPostCreate(Instrumentation.java:1142)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2042)
                at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2084)
                at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:130)
                at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1195)
                at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
                at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
                at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4745)
                at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
                at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
                at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:786)
                at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
                at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 19 '14 at 17:19

you need not add :

requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);

I have just added :

  getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,                                
                                               WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

Then in my style.xml, I have below :

....
<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Light">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowFullscreen">true</item>
    <item name="android:screenOrientation">portrait</item>
    <item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/logo</item>
</style>

this is working for me, hopes this helps you too...

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 19 '14 at 17:14

In Activity Use this.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); before setContentView(R.layout.yourlayout); or

 requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

or For ACTIONBAR Use getActionBar().hide();

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 19 '14 at 17:12

1

You can use

getActionBar().hide();

or getSupportActionBar().hide();

answered Dec 19 '14 at 17:12

Kostas Drak

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 20 '14 at 14:20

0

ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
actionBar.hide()

answered Dec 20 '14 at 14:20

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This answer was flagged as low-quality because of its length and content. Please add a plain-English explanation. – jub0bs Dec 20 '14 at 14:43

How to hide the title bar for of android app?

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