How can I remove the application icon & title which comes by default in an action bar?
There is a similar question here: Can i hide the App Icon from the Action Bar in Honeycomb?, but it doesn't talk about how to do it?
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8 Answers
Call setDisplayShowHomeEnabled() and setDisplayShowTitleEnabled() on ActionBar, which you get via a call to getActionBar().
answered Apr 19, 2011 at 18:15
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8Just figured it out... you use abDisplayOptions and set your desired combination of useLogo, showHome, homeAsUp, showTitle, and showCustom. I wanted just the title with no icon, so I did
<item name="abDisplayOptions">showTitle</item>– JamesCommented Oct 28, 2011 at 6:20 -
7@James tried your xml letter for letter and that did not work (obviously), so to save others finding the correct thing it's e.g.
<item name="android:displayOptions">useLogo|showHome|showTitle</item>– CelCommented Mar 18, 2012 at 17:27 -
1@Cel I'm pretty sure it's because I used Action Bar Sherlock and you did not. That's why the names are different, but otherwise the code is basically the same. I should've used the standard action bar to cover the more general case. Sorry!– JamesCommented Mar 24, 2012 at 16:50
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2yes it works perfectly but it also removes homeUpIndicatior from actionbar so if need HomeUpIcon and no need of logo icon then you can just set getActionBar.setIcon(R.color.transparent); Commented Sep 8, 2013 at 5:45
If you want to do it the XML way, then define a style (XML file) in the /res/values-v11/ folder with the following contents:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="MyTheme" parent="android:style/Theme.Holo">
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBarStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="MyActionBarStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionBar">
<item name="android:displayOptions"></item>
</style>
</resources>
In your AndroidManifest.xml set the theme defined above for your activity:
<activity
...
android:theme="@style/MyTheme">
...
</activity>
This will remove the icon and the title and only display the action items. If you just want the title to be displayed, the use:
<item name="android:displayOptions">showTitle</item>
Or just the application logo:
<item name="android:displayOptions">showHome</item>
Or both (default)
<item name="android:displayOptions">showHome|showTitle</item>
Other options are available too, like: showCustom, useLogo, homeAsUp
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does this work with Action Bar sherlock? I am trying it but I cant get it to work. Commented Aug 4, 2013 at 17:27
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this isnt working with me, it needs API 11 and I want to support earlier versions Commented Oct 12, 2013 at 9:21
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1To get it to work for API < 11 (AppCompat) simply repeat the repeat the
itementries in thestyleblocks without "android:" in thename. This accesses the AppCompat attributes which need to be overridden for the new styles to work. Commented Nov 27, 2013 at 5:38 -
if you are displaying a logo instead of an icon (in the action bar), you want to use showHome|useLogo, if you only use "useLogo", it is not going to work. This is just an apart :)– yat0Commented Oct 17, 2014 at 1:36
Try
getActionBar.setIcon(R.color.transparent);
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But is that the same as "removing it"? Typically, non-visible elements still take up space. But removed elements do not. So does the above actually achieve the same effect as the accepted answer.– LeighCommented Jul 31, 2013 at 17:35
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UPDATE: You can also add a transparent PNG in the dimensions of the ActionBarSherlock Icons, that would make sure you have enough space to tap on the default Back button on top left.– AdíCommented Sep 12, 2013 at 13:03
This will help you:
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false);
actionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
//the rest of your code...
}
answered Apr 9, 2014 at 17:48
actionBar.setIcon(R.color.transparent);
actionBar.setTitle("");
Try this in onCreate()
ActionBar actionbar=getSupportActionBar();
actionbar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(false);
actionbar.setIcon(android.R.color.transparent);
user android.R.color.transparent
Try this combination
getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(false);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false);
getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.color.transparent);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(true)
If you are looking to simply remove the entire actiobar, you can try the hide method for actionBars:
getActionbar().hide();
