Toolbar not showing in other activities

Question

Idk why but my custom toolbar is not showing in different activities! In my main activity

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:background="#fff"
        app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"
        app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">

While in my main_class:

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

getSupportActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.back);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);

...

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

        int id = item.getItemId();
        if (id == android.R.id.home)
        {
            onBackPressed();
            return true;
        }
        else
        {
            return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
        }
    }

and in my manifest:

 <activity
            android:name=".Main"
            android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
            <meta-data
                android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
                android:value="com.example.dell.x.Main" />
        </activity>

My Styles:

<style name="MyMaterialTheme.Base"  parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
      <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
      <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
</style>

However my toolbar is not showing in any other activity except the main!I want to show the back button with a custom title.

try this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28545804/toolbar-and-actionbar-not-shown-in-activity — nimi0112, Apr 16 '18 at 14:49
I have done this in my other activities `code getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Kompania"); ` — ora, Apr 16 '18 at 14:52
try this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38435138/set-toolbar-for-all-activities?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa — Navneet Krishna, Apr 16 '18 at 14:54

nimi0112 · Answer 1 · 2018-04-16T15:15:14.980

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You have made false in your windowActionBar

Try this

<style name="MyMaterialTheme.Base"  parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="windowActionBar">true</item>

and

<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.ActionBar"
        tools:ignore="MissingConstraints">
        <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
            android:id="@+id/toolbar_news"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
            android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
            app:titleTextColor="@android:color/white"
            app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"/>
    </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

Hope this helps.

edited Apr 16 '18 at 15:15

answered Apr 16 '18 at 14:55

nimi0112

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id android.support.v7.app.ActionBar.setTitle(java.lang.CharSequence)' on a null object reference – ora Apr 16 '18 at 15:00
sorry this didnt fix it – ora Apr 16 '18 at 15:02
this improved the layout but still nothing is showing in other activities – ora Apr 16 '18 at 15:23
By "other activities " do you mean fragments ? – nimi0112 Apr 16 '18 at 15:35

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 17 '18 at 18:16

Basically the thing is that the toolbar_layout if you don't want to use Coordinated Layout with the default toolbar! You create this:

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

    <ImageView />
    <TextView/>

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

And then you extend it to whatever layout you want! If want to add a back button you simply do this:

toolbar.setNavigationIcon(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.back));

and in your main layout you add

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

        int id = item.getItemId();
        if (id == android.R.id.home)
        {
            onBackPressed();
            return true;
        }
        else
        {
            return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
        }
    }

I think that works perfectly fine!

CodeChimp · Answer 3 · 2018-04-16T15:15:01.397

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Within the XML layout file for your Main Activity you will have something like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
...
    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?android:actionBarSize"
        android:background="@color/colorPrimary"
        app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />
    ...
    other controls
    ...
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

You need that Toolbar xml element in your other activities layout XML files.

edited Apr 16 '18 at 15:15

answered Apr 16 '18 at 15:12

CodeChimp

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you mean to add this to all other layouts ? – ora Apr 16 '18 at 15:13
Yes, or whatever is in your main activity xml, it may just be an – CodeChimp Apr 16 '18 at 15:23

Toolbar not showing in other activities

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