Custom ActionBar resulting in overlapping default ActionBar

Question

Hello I wanted to add custom ActionBar to my application in Android using this method:

   LinearLayout ll_q = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.qtitlebar);
   getSupportActionBar().setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM | ActionBar.DISPLAY_USE_LOGO);
   getSupportActionBar().setCustomView(R.layout.question_titlebar);

The result is:

How to get rid of the grey area in this ActionBar and the menu button?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '15 at 12:51

The solution is adding :

actionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);

The code should look something like:

actionBar = getSupportActionBar(); 
actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false); 
actionBar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true); 
actionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
actionBar.setCustomView(R.layout.actionbar);//set the custom view

in style file add below code :

<item name="toolbarStyle">@style/Widget.Toolbar</item>


<style name="Widget.Toolbar" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Toolbar">
<item name="contentInsetStart">0dp</item>
</style>

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '15 at 13:02

You should set Layout as well for Custom ActionBar i.e.

Inflate custom actionbar view

LayoutInflater inflator = (LayoutInflater) this.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View v =inflator.inflate(R.layout.actionbar_discard_done, null);

then set custom view with layout param

ActionBar.LayoutParams params = new ActionBar.LayoutParams(ActionBar.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, ActionBar.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
 getSupportActionBar().setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM | ActionBar.DISPLAY_USE_LOGO);
 getSupportActionBar().setCustomView(v,params);

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 08 '15 at 12:53

0

If You are using Android Studio do the following:

Extend your class with Activity instead of ActionBarActivity.

Open your app's Manifest File and change

    android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"

answered Jul 08 '15 at 12:53

Saurabh

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extanding my class with Activity does not support getSupportActionBar method, so I can't add my custom ActionBar this way – John Jul 08 '15 at 13:12
by what you are extending your class? – Saurabh Jul 08 '15 at 13:18
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29478494/android-studio-custom-action-bar-layout-isnt-filling-whole-action-bar – Saurabh Jul 08 '15 at 13:28
the above link might help you – Saurabh Jul 08 '15 at 13:28

Custom ActionBar resulting in overlapping default ActionBar

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