How to hide toolbar in android?

Question

I'm really new on android and working on a small project using one of the google templates; the tabbed activity with tabs...is there a way to hide the title section (tabbedExample) and keep only the tabs?

styles.xml

  <resources>

    <!-- Base application theme. -->
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
    </style>

    <style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
        <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
        <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
    </style>

    <style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />

    <style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

</resources>

Manifiest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="c.example.jinzunza.tabstoolbars">

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

score 28 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 11 '22 at 16:26

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You can simply hide the toolbar putting this in your activity, into the oncreate method:

getSupportActionBar().hide();

edited Feb 11 '22 at 16:26

Tomerikoo

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answered Nov 16 '18 at 17:45

Gabriele Puia

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weird that `actionBar.hide()` doesn't work even though it's a method – lasec0203 May 31 '20 at 20:49
that's because actionBar is not the same as supportActionBar, they are two different implementations inside Android SDK. the old one is actionBar, and the support library added supportActionBar besides all the other compatibility implementations for older Android Versions. – Jonathan Aste Jun 12 '20 at 15:22

score 15 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 11 '22 at 16:28

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For Activity:

getSupportActionBar().hide();

For Fragment in Java:

((MainActivity) requireActivity()).getSupportActionBar().hide();

For Fragment in kotlin:

(requireActivity() as MainActivity).supportActionBar!!.hide()

edited Feb 11 '22 at 16:28

Tomerikoo

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answered Mar 02 '20 at 10:13

Biplob Das

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score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 11 '22 at 16:28

Instead of this:

<resources>

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />

<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

</resources>

Write like this:

<resources>

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />

<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

</resources>

score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 16 '18 at 17:50

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set this theme in your styles.xml file:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">

edited Nov 16 '18 at 17:50

Ümañg ßürmån

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answered Nov 16 '18 at 17:32

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Sk83r1l4m4 · Answer 5 · 2018-11-16T17:37:17.347

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You should try this.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); in your onCreate()

Or even simpler, set your theme to: @android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar

The very similar question was answered here

You should find more answers there.

edited Nov 16 '18 at 17:37

answered Nov 16 '18 at 17:30

Sk83r1l4m4

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score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Feb 11 '22 at 16:29

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Use this on create method:

getActionBar().hide();

edited Feb 11 '22 at 16:29

Tomerikoo

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answered Jan 03 '21 at 20:59

Monirul Islam Prince

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 04 '22 at 14:04

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this helped me

supportActionBar?.hide();

answered Feb 04 '22 at 14:04

Naveed AppsWala

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Please explain how your answer differs from the others with an [edit]. – General Grievance Feb 05 '22 at 06:16

How to hide toolbar in android?

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