Right now the title of my activity shows to the left as < Title
and then the other menu item shows to the right. I want to center my title and leave out the <
. How do I do that? I am using typical menu which I call using
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item)
and
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.yesterday, menu);
return true;
}
EDIT:
I managed to get it to show using
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_yesterday);
getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.yesterday_title_bar);
where yesterday_title_bar
is a relativeLayout
But it's showing half the height of the views. So I created the following style. But when I apply the style in the manifest. The manifest says it cannot find the resource.
<style name="CustomWindowTitleBackground">
<item name="android:background">#323331</item>
</style>
<style name="CustomTheme" parent="android:Theme">
<item name="android:windowTitleSize">65dip</item>
<item name="android:windowTitleBackgroundStyle">@style/CustomWindowTitleBackground</item>
</style>
Manifest:
<activity
android:name="com.company.YesterdayActivity"
android:theme="@android:style/CustomTheme" >
</activity>
I also used actionbar sherlock and i set header position by this method. you can set a custom textview and can set its gravity to center. use the below method and tell me.
private void setHeader(){
LayoutInflater linflater = (LayoutInflater)MainAccountActivity.context.getSystemService(MainAccountActivity.context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View GalleryTitleView = linflater.inflate(R.layout.layout_header, null);
galleryTitleTv = (TextView) GalleryTitleView
.findViewById(R.id.GalleryTitleTv);
galleryTitleTv.setText(ITWAppUIConstants.TAB_AGENDA);
ActionBar.LayoutParams lp = new ActionBar.LayoutParams(
ActionBar.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
ActionBar.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
lp.gravity = Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL | Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL;
GalleryTitleView.setLayoutParams(lp);
getSupportActionBar().setCustomView(GalleryTitleView);
}
and here is the layout i used:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="@color/transparent"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/GalleryTitleTv"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:paddingLeft="10dip"
android:textColor="@color/white"
android:textSize="20dip"
android:textStyle="bold" />
The theme is not in android: style but in style. Change your manifest to this..
<activity
android:name="com.company.YesterdayActivity"
android:theme="@style/CustomTheme" >
</activity>
EDIT:
Maybe it's your parent theme. What was your theme before? Try changing your parent theme like this:
<style name="CustomWindowTitleBackground">
<item name="android:background">#323331</item>
</style>
<style name="CustomTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
<item name="android:windowTitleSize">65dip</item>
<item name="android:windowTitleBackgroundStyle">@style/CustomWindowTitleBackground</item>
</style>
Just use a custom view for your actionbar in your activity...
ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
actionBar.setCustomView(R.layout.actionbar_layout);
actionBar.setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM, ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM);
actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(false); // Remove '<' next to home icon.
The view could probably be something like this:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/LinearLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textViewActionBarTitle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Your Title" />
</LinearLayout>