Change the App name to some other text in the top bar

Question

Can please someone tell me how to change the App name in the top bar of my android App that gets displayed by default to some other text? I have seen this in a few Apps I used before. I'm building my first Android App and don't have that much experience with this stuff... thank you :)

In order for someone to answer you, you have to show what you researched, how you tried to implement and the issues you faced. — BogdanC, Aug 15 '17 at 14:04
Check Solution here : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3438276/how-to-change-the-text-on-the-action-bar — Akshay Prabhakar, Aug 15 '17 at 14:05
@BogdanC sorry I didn't know that I had to be that specific :/ — user8452856, Aug 15 '17 at 14:06

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 15 '17 at 14:07

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after setContentView(R.layout.layout_name); simply add

setTitle("title_name");

this will change the name of your current activity in top bar or toolbar and i think your activity should extend AppCompactActivity

answered Aug 15 '17 at 14:07

Anil Shrestha

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I did use the way the other guy told me so didn't try this one ;) – user8452856 Aug 15 '17 at 14:18
no worries. you may use it in another project or later ;) – Anil Shrestha Aug 15 '17 at 14:30
It worked in Kotlin too - `MainActivity.kt` in function `onCreate` – Vinay Verma May 20 '21 at 15:21

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 15 '17 at 14:01

it is easier if you convert the actionbar (which I think is the bar you mean) into a toolbar if you want to do further modifications to it (as I assume):

Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);    
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

to change the title then simply call actionbar.setTitle as shown here:

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

and if you want a subtitle add:

    actionBar.setSubtitle("Your Subtitle");

yes you need to put this in your onCreate method of your activity you want this to happen in — Lukas Schröder, Aug 15 '17 at 14:04

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 15 '17 at 14:20

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If you are using the new support library, you should use this:

Toolbar toolber = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(Toolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setTitle("App Title");

answered Aug 15 '17 at 14:20

Joshua

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Change the App name to some other text in the top bar

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