application name center alignment in android

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Can I center align the application name in android?

by default the application name is aligned in the left side.

so how to make it aligned center?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 07 '12 at 05:52

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please set your layout and textview gravity to center if it is not working then try textview layoutGravity to center

answered Jan 07 '12 at 05:52

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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you will have to create a custom theme and set the style of window title to suit your needs.
This has some guideline http://labs.makemachine.net/2010/03/custom-android-window-title/

You could also use FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE and set format accordingly. This approach is detailed here.
How to change the text on the action bar

edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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answered Jan 07 '12 at 05:37

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NagarjunaReddy · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-31T09:23:29.470

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you will try this in xml

android:layout_centerhorizontal="true"

edited Jan 31 '12 at 09:23

answered Jan 07 '12 at 05:41

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Can you say in which XML file i have to use above code. I am also struggling with same problem. – Yugandhar Babu Jan 31 '12 at 09:29
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My application title on title bar is left aligned by default, i want to make it center. Not any textview or other. – Yugandhar Babu Jan 31 '12 at 10:13
I am posting same thing as new question, i will make it clear there. – Yugandhar Babu Jan 31 '12 at 10:19
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I don't have the option of `centerhorizontal` in `android:layout_` .. how to proceed ? – McLan Sep 11 '13 at 11:27
Need to know where to apply this attribute. – Greg Jul 01 '17 at 04:21

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 17 '18 at 15:01

To use a custom title in your Toolbar all you need to do is remember is that Toolbar is just a fancy ViewGroup so you can add a custom title like so:

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    android:id="@+id/toolbar_top"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
    android:background="@color/action_bar_bkgnd"
    app:theme="@style/ToolBarTheme" >


     <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Toolbar Title"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:id="@+id/toolbar_title" />


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

This means that you can style the TextView however you would like because it's just a regular TextView. So in your activity you can access the title like so:

Toolbar toolbarTop = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar_top);
TextView mTitle = (TextView) toolbarTop.findViewById(R.id.toolbar_title);

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 31 '19 at 12:38

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you have to change the theme in manifests its actually explained well in android developer website ... review this link https://developer.android.com/training/appbar/setting-up#java

answered Dec 31 '19 at 12:38

ALAA ALDIN

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missing required code example and for which version this potential solution works. – ZF007 Dec 31 '19 at 13:00

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 31 '22 at 09:53

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout 
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
        android:id="@+id/topAppBar"
        style="@style/Widget.MaterialComponents.Toolbar.Primary"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:elevation="0dp"
        android:gravity="center"
        app:title="@string/app_name"
        app:titleCentered="true"
        android:contentDescription="@string/app_name"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"/>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Using ConstraintLayout to align the app name at the centre – Earl89 Jul 31 '22 at 09:54 — Earl89, Jul 31 '22 at 09:54

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