How to disable action bar permanently

Question

I can hide the action bar in honeycomb using this code:

getActionBar().hide();

But when the keyboard opens, and user copy-pastes anything, the action bar shows again. How can I disable the action bar permanently?

that not an action bar when you try to copy, paste its default view. — Padma Kumar, Dec 10 '11 at 14:06

score 262 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 25 '12 at 15:25

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If you are using Theme.Holo.Light and want to use the Theme.Holo.Light.NoActionBar variant on pre 3.2 devices you can add this to your styles.xml:

<style name="NoActionBar" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
    <item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>

and then set it as your activity's theme:

<activity android:theme="@style/NoActionBar" ... />

answered Apr 25 '12 at 15:25

monchote

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This is the correct answer. Doesn't remove custom theming like @Biji's solution. – phreakhead Sep 05 '13 at 03:10
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Any idea what the additional flag would be to set hide the notifications bar ? – jesses.co.tt Apr 07 '14 at 00:18
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I also found it necessary to inherit from FragmentActivity instead of ActionBarActivity. – Meanman Dec 29 '14 at 10:51
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@jesses.co.tt The notification bar can be removed using `true` – Mike Baxter Sep 21 '15 at 08:46
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This didn't work for me. Used the following: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29790070/upgraded-to-appcompat-v22-1-0-and-now-getting-illegalargumentexception-appcompa – Christopher Smit Aug 14 '18 at 08:55

score 123 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 12 '11 at 06:57

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By setting activity theme in Manifest,

<activity
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"
....
>

answered Dec 12 '11 at 06:57

Biji

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this seems like the only proper way to do it. esp. if you happen to have a relativelayout at the bottom... – jcfrei Jun 23 '12 at 13:50
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This is the only way that I can get to work, unfortunately. It removes custom theming, but it is truly the only thing that fully removes the `ActionBar`, for me. – RileyE May 22 '13 at 18:15
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This doesn't work with the enforcement of AppCompat theme in the new ADT. I don't think fighting this - trying to do away completely from AppCompat is good solution either! I've try @monchote's approach and it works for me – ericn May 08 '14 at 02:11
this should be instead of – Amandeep Rohila May 20 '15 at 13:11
On Samsung Galaxy J2 it makes the app crash but no problems on Nexus 9 – Suici Doga Sep 03 '16 at 06:56
deprecated using this / not compatible with app compat – larsaars Jul 02 '20 at 17:20

score 37 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 18 '14 at 21:17

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I use the following code inside my onCreate function:

ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
actionBar.hide();

Source: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html

answered Apr 18 '14 at 21:17

rsc

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The source seems to be outdated as of 2019. Up to date source: https://developer.android.com/training/system-ui/status – B.Cakir Aug 20 '19 at 22:10

semih · Answer 4 · 2016-06-09T05:00:56.603

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<application
    .
    .
    android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.NoActionBar"
    . >

maybe this help you

edited Jun 09 '16 at 05:00

answered Apr 06 '13 at 11:43

semih

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Note that this method requires a mnimum of api level 13 – Olumide Jul 02 '14 at 01:09

score 23 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 18 '14 at 11:13

With the Android Studio default generated Activity superclass is ActionBarActivity and then, none of solution in other responses works. To solve just change superclass:

public class xxxActivity extends ActionBarActivity{

to:

public class xxxActivity extends Activity {

score 19 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 06 '15 at 14:02

If you want to get full screen without actionBar and Title.

Add it in style.xml

<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
      <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
      <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
      <item name="android:windowFullscreen">true</item>
</style>

and use the style at manifest.xml.

android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar"

score 14 · Answer 7 · edited Sep 20 '17 at 14:36

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Go to styles.xml Change this DarkActionBar to NoActionBar

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

edited Sep 20 '17 at 14:36

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answered Jun 26 '17 at 07:39

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score 13 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 03 '15 at 06:47

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protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_my);
    getSupportActionBar().hide();
}

answered Mar 03 '15 at 06:47

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score 12 · Answer 9 · answered Oct 22 '13 at 09:26

The best way I found which gives custom themes and no action bar, is to create a SuperClass for all activities in my project and in it's onCreate() call the following line of code -

this.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);

It always work for me. The only issue in this approach is, you'll see action bar for a fraction of second when starting the app (Not the activity, the complete app).

score 9 · Answer 10 · edited Jan 25 '21 at 06:28

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You can force hide the action bar simply:

ActionBar  actionbar = getSupportActionBar();
actionbar.hide();

Just use your default theme, it will work good if fullscreen is set

edited Jan 25 '21 at 06:28

Pradeep Kumar Kushwaha

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answered Aug 29 '17 at 14:40

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score 6 · Answer 11 · edited Aug 03 '14 at 03:25

Don't use Holo theme and the Actionbar will disappear. This code is working for me on API 8+, with support lib v7:

<style name="NoActionBar" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light">
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>

set that theme for your activity:

<activity android:theme="@style/NoActionBar" ... />

and in your activity class.

It works even when it extends ActionBarActivity.

score 6 · Answer 12 · answered Dec 01 '17 at 04:56

If you just want a theme with no action bar you can use 'NoActionBar' variant, for eg. if your base theme is as below

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

then you can use

<style name="AppThemeNoActionBar" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
</style>

But if you want to retain the properties of your main theme i.e. AppTheme you can do as below

<style name="AppThemeNoActionBar" parent="AppTheme">
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>

You can retain all the properties of your base theme this way and don't have to explicitly add them in your NoActionBar theme :)

score 6 · Answer 13 · edited Jun 14 '19 at 12:37

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Under res -> values ->styles.xml

Change

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

To

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

edited Jun 14 '19 at 12:37

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answered Mar 20 '18 at 08:43

score 5 · Answer 14 · answered Jun 10 '15 at 23:17

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Heres a quick solution.

You find styles.xml and you change the base application theme to "Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar" as shown below.

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
</style>

answered Jun 10 '15 at 23:17

odlh

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score 4 · Answer 15 · edited Mar 28 '17 at 07:11

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Type this code to your onCreate method before setContentView:

requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, 0);

edited Mar 28 '17 at 07:11

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answered Aug 17 '14 at 05:40

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score 3 · Answer 16 · answered Aug 30 '16 at 12:26

Below are the steps for hiding the action bar permanently:

Open app/res/values/styles.xml.
Look for the style element that is named "apptheme". Should look similar to <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">.
Now replace the parent with any other theme that contains "NoActionBar" in its name.

a. You can also check how a theme looks by switching to the design tab of activity_main.xml and then trying out each theme provided in the theme drop-down list of the UI.
If your MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity, make sure you use an AppCompat theme.

score 3 · Answer 17 · answered Jun 26 '17 at 07:30

I would like to post rather a Designer approach to this, this will keep design separate from your business logic:

Step 1. Create new style in (res->values->styles.xml) : Basically it is copy of your overall scheme with different parent - parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar"

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

        <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
    </style>

Step 2: In your AndroidManifest.xml, add this theme to the activity you want in: e.g. I want my main activity without action-bar so add this like below:

<activity android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:theme="@style/MarkitTheme">

This is the best solution for me after trying a lot of things.

score 2 · Answer 18 · answered May 26 '15 at 04:15

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in the onCreate function add the following code

ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
actionBar.hide();

and just import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar

answered May 26 '15 at 04:15

Rahul

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score 2 · Answer 19 · answered Jan 09 '16 at 23:20

Make sure you create a new theme by changing the name of the default theme in the styles.xml file to:

 <style name="MyTheme" parent="android:Theme.Material.Light.NoActionBar">

and than change the theme from the drop-down under your main_activity.xml to whatever you called your theme.

score 2 · Answer 20 · answered Dec 28 '19 at 13:30

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Use this in styles.xml file:


<style name="MyTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
        <item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
        <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>

answered Dec 28 '19 at 13:30

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score 1 · Answer 21 · answered Feb 12 '14 at 12:48

Another interesting solution where you want to retain the ViewPager while removing the action bar is to have a style as show

<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">
    <item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/NoActionBarStyle</item>
    <item name="android:windowContentOverlay">@null</item>
</style>
<style name="NoActionBarStyle" parent="android:Widget.Holo.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:backgroundSplit">@null</item>
    <item name="android:displayOptions"></item>
</style>

This is the way most of the Dialer applications in android is showing the ViewPager without the action bar.

Ref: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_Dialer

This worked for me on Android 2.3 with the Theme.AppCompat.Light if I changed the NoActionBarStyle parent to @style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar.TabBar (I'm using a ViewPager) — TouchBoarder, Jul 03 '14 at 08:45

score 1 · Answer 22 · edited May 24 '17 at 06:12

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There are two ways to disable ActionBar in Android.

requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); 
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

edited May 24 '17 at 06:12

IntelliJ Amiya

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answered Apr 17 '15 at 18:48

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score 1 · Answer 23 · answered Jun 14 '15 at 10:33

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try this in your manifist

 <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.NoActionBar"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >

answered Jun 14 '15 at 10:33

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score 1 · Answer 24 · answered Nov 23 '16 at 05:57

  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
   super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
   android.support.v7.app.ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
    if (actionBar != null) {
        actionBar.hide();
    }
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

score 0 · Answer 25 · answered Dec 15 '14 at 13:44

I use this solution:

in the manifest, inside your activity tag:

android:label="@string/empty_string"

and in strings.xml:

<string name="empty_string">""</string>

This way you keep ActionBar (or Toolbar) with the title, but when Activity if created the title is automatically empty.

score 0 · Answer 26 · answered Jun 08 '15 at 21:11

Strangely enough, none of these worked for me when building on a Nexus 7 running 4.4.2 (API 19). For the most part, at least with the latest version of Android Studio (1.2.1.1) after creating a blank activity app, the:

android:theme="@style/AppTheme"

is in the application element, not the activity element. If I removed the above code or tried to change it to:

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.NoActionBar"

the app won't run...if this is happening to you, just go into your styles.xml file (res > values > styles.xml) and add the .NoTitleBar to the end of the parent like this block:

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

No changes to the AndroidManifest file are needed.

score 0 · Answer 27 · answered Oct 08 '19 at 06:16

In your activity_main.xml, you can adjust from there in the line:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
.......
    android:theme="@style/Theme.Design.Light.NoActionBar"
.......    
">

Sometimes when you can see things like this Click here, You can select from here the "noActionBar" theme.

Hope me helped you.

score -1 · Answer 28 · answered Apr 03 '21 at 07:50

Some answers already been written and if you didn't find styles.xml file in res>values then you can do this go to res>values>themes>themes.xml here you need to add these two lines inside the style

 <item name="android:windowFullscreen">true</item>
 <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>

score -1 · Answer 29 · answered Feb 04 '22 at 13:07

Theme.xml file

 <style name="Theme.FurnitureApp.NoActionBar">
        <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
        <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
        <item name="android:windowFullscreen">true</item>
    </style>

write the below code before setContent{ } method

requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        window.setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, 0)

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