Top Navigation bar Title replace in Android Studio

Question

I know this is a common question to ask but I tried different ways to replace the title of the navigation bar but it didn't work for me. I just want to replace the title of the navbar whenever I use toolbar. Since the default title of my app_name is OldTitle.

What I've been tried but it's not working

android:label="new title"

I tried also this but it crashes my app

getSupportActionBar().setTitle("New Title");

error :

Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void androidx.appcompat.app.ActionBar.setTitle(java.lang.CharSequence)' on a null object reference

I used menu folder and display in Tool Bar layout

my main_menu

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
    android:id="@+id/app_bar_search"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_search_black_24dp"
    android:title="Search"
    android:label="My new title"
    app:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
    app:showAsAction="always" />
</menu>

activitymain.xml

<com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/mainToolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
        android:backgroundTint="@android:color/white"
        app:liftOnScroll="true"/>

</com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

My Activity class

    Toolbar mToolbars = findViewById(R.id.mainToolbar);
    setSupportActionBar(mToolbars);

@Sniffer Thanks for the response but I already Tried that but it crashes my app it says `Attempt to invoke virtual method on a null object reference` — Henry, Sep 27 '21 at 04:46
you have to `getSupportActionBar().setTitle("New Title");` add this line after `setSupportActionBar(mToolbars);` else check [this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/58961071/5978440). And Share your Theme Style code and Manifest code — Sniffer, Sep 27 '21 at 04:52
@Sniffer Yes you're right Thanks it works fine now! I should put that after the toolbars — Henry, Sep 27 '21 at 04:54
Can i post it in answer and please accept it , it would be helpful for others — Sniffer, Sep 27 '21 at 04:55

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 01 '21 at 06:19

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Try below code

Java:

Toolbar mToolbars = findViewById(R.id.mainToolbar);
setSupportActionBar(mToolbars);
getSupportActionBar().setTitle("New Title");

Kotlin:

  val mToolbars: Toolbar = findViewById(R.id.mainToolbar)
  setSupportActionBar(mToolbars)
  supportActionBar!!.setTitle("New Title")

edited Oct 01 '21 at 06:19

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score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 27 '21 at 05:14

getSupportActionBar().setTitle("New Title");

This line will give null error as you have to use setSupportActionBar() first, then you can use getSupportActionBar() for getting the toolbar. As for changing toolbar title on every navigation menu item click, you have to impelement NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener like this.

 Toolbar mToolbars = findViewById(R.id.mainToolbar);
 setSupportActionBar(mToolbars);
    
    NavigationView navigationView = findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
    navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(new NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(@NonNull MenuItem item) {
            switch (item.getItemId()){
                case R.id.nav_dashboard:
                    getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Dashboard");
                    break;
            }

            // to close the drawer layout on every click
            DrawerLayout drawer = findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout); 
            drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START); 

            return true;
        }
    });

Top Navigation bar Title replace in Android Studio

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