Implement custom title
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| App with custom title |
Create /res/layout/custom_title.xml, to define the layout of your custom title bar.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:orientation="horizontal" > <ImageView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"/> <TextView android:id="@+id/titletext" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textColor="@android:color/white" android:textStyle="italic|bold" <ImageView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"/></LinearLayout> |
MainActivity.java
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 | package com.example.androidcustomtitle;import android.os.Bundle;import android.app.Activity;import android.view.Window;import android.widget.TextView;import android.widget.Toast;public class MainActivity extends Activity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); boolean customTitleSupported = requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); if(customTitleSupported){ getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.custom_title); Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Custom Title Applied", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); //Set title text programmatically TextView titleText = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.titletext); titleText.setText("Android-Coding"); }else{ Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE not supported!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } }} |
Also modify AndroidManifest.xml to use style without title features on android:theme; otherwise "android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: You cannot combine custom titles with other title features" will be thrown. "@android:style/Theme.Light" and "@android:style/Theme.Black" have been tested work ok.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> package="com.example.androidcustomtitle" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" > <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="17" /> <application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Light" > <activity android:name="com.example.androidcustomtitle.MainActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> </application></manifest> |
Android Coding: Implement custom title
