I have an xml that I use with so many activities with fragments file but my problem is that I can't display the text I want in the toolbar, I use that xml that way because I have a navigation drawer and I needed to handle somethings so I had to do it that way.
my xml:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/frame_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".StatusActivity"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
style="@style/ToolBarStyle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:minHeight="@dimen/abc_action_bar_default_height_material" />
</RelativeLayout>
One of my activities:
public class GroupChatActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_base_layout);
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
actionBar.setTitle("Groups history");
Aniways.init(this);
if(savedInstanceState == null)
{
FragmentManager manager = getSupportFragmentManager();
Fragment fragment = GroupChatFragment.newInstance(getIntent().getIntExtra("uid", 0));
manager.beginTransaction().add(R.id.frame_container, fragment).commit();
}
}
}
as you can see I try to set title to the action bar but it doesn't work.
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(true);
Setting,
app:title="@string/my_title"
within the declaration of the the android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar, hard codes the title in the toolbar.
To set the title programatically,
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.my_toolbar);
toolbar.setTitle("my title");
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
in your activity class.
Try this .. this method works for me..!! hope it may help somebody..!!
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/my_awesome_toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/toolbar_title"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="Toolbar Title"
android:textColor="@android:color/white"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
EDIT
You can also use this.
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
if (getSupportActionBar() != null)
getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Toolbar title");
Try toolbar.setTitle('Groups history');
getActionBar().setTitle("Groups History");
or if you are using AppCompat
libraries;
getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Groups History");
I did a custom action bar.
Layout iguepardos_action_bar.xml with this code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:local="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="@color/blanco"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/toolbar_title"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="Toolbar Title"
android:textColor="@color/naranja"
android:textSize="18sp" />
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
In my Class extended AppCompatActivity I had this:
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
....
....
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true); // is for specify use custom bar
getSupportActionBar().setCustomView(R.layout.iguepardos_action_bar); // my custom layout
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true); // Button for come back
View mCustomView = getSupportActionBar().getCustomView(); // Set the view
TextView TitleToolBar = (TextView) mCustomView.findViewById(R.id.toolbar_title); // find title control
TitleToolBar.setText("The Title Show"); // Set the Title
}