In android app Toolbar.setTitle method has no effe

Question

I'm trying to create simple application using android-support-v7:21 library.

Code snippets:
MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {

    Toolbar mActionBarToolbar;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        mActionBarToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar_actionbar);            
        mActionBarToolbar.setTitle("My title");
        setSupportActionBar(mActionBarToolbar);
}

activity_main.xml

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar            
        android:id="@+id/toolbar_actionbar"
        android:background="@null"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?actionBarSize"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true" />

</LinearLayout>

But instead of "My title" on Toolbar %application name% is shown.
Seems like setTitle method has no effect.
I would like to show "My title".

UPD: Before, styles.xml was:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat">
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
</style>

So, I thought that actionbar is not used. I add NoActionBar to style parent:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
</style>

But the problem is not resolved.

Answer 1

For anyone who needs to set up the title through the Toolbar some time after setting the SupportActionBar (@sorianiv) AND your Toolbar is inside a CollapsingToolbarLayout, read this:

mToolbarLayout = (CollapsingToolbarLayout) findViewById(R.id.toolbar_layout);
Toolbar toolbar = findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
//toolbar.setTitle(""); // no need to do this
//mToolbarLayout.setTitle("Title"); // if you need an initial title, do this instead
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

Then later,

mToolbarLayout.setTitle("New Title");

Answer 2

If you are using CollapsibleToolbarLayout along with Toolbar then you will need to set title in both the layouts

set your Toolbar as action bar in onCreate method

protected void setUpToolBar() {

    if (mToolbar != null) {
        ((HomeActivity) getActivity()).setSupportActionBar(mToolbar);
        mToolbar.setTitleTextColor(Color.WHITE);
        mToolbar.setTitle("List Detail");
        mToolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                getActivity()
                        .getSupportFragmentManager().popBackStack();
            }
        });
        ((HomeActivity) getActivity()).getSupportActionBar()
                .setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
    }
}

Later simply update title of toolbar using setTitle method

 mToolbar .setTitle(productFromShoppingList.getProductName()); 
 mCollapsingToolbar.setTitle(productFromShoppingList.getProductName());

Answer 3

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: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>  

To display logo in toolbar try the below snippet. // Set drawable

toolbar.setLogo(ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, R.drawable.logo));

Let me know the result.

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

Please see https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=77763. Apparently it is supposed to work like that. Once you call the setSupportActionBar() method call, it then is the responsibility of the ActionBar delegate to route the call to the correct view.

Answer 6

Application title will not show as default title on every activity, you can insert different title on every activity. On your activity file bellow the onCreate just paste a single line to set title,

@Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        setTitle("Your Title Here");

Just change the text "Your Title Here" to your text.