In android app Toolbar setTitle method has no effect application name is shown as title

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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   lt 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  gt        lt 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    gt    lt  LinearLayout gt    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    lt style name  AppTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat  gt       lt item name  windowActionBar  gt false lt  item gt   lt  style gt    So  I thought that actionbar is not used  I add NoActionBar to style parent    lt style name  AppTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat NoActionBar  gt       lt item name  windowActionBar  gt false lt  item gt   lt  style gt    But the problem is not resolved

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Try this    this method works for me     hope it may help somebody       lt 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   gt      lt 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    gt      lt  android support v7 widget Toolbar gt      To display logo in toolbar try the below snippet     Set drawable  toolbar setLogo ContextCompat getDrawable context  R drawable logo      Let me know the result

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The answer is in the documentation  which you can find here       To use the ActionBar utility methods  call the activity s   getSupportActionBar   method  This method returns a reference to an   appcompat ActionBar object  Once you have that reference  you can call   any of the ActionBar methods to adjust the app bar  For example  to   hide the app bar  call ActionBar hide      That is the solution you actually found  Just thought of giving a reference to the official documentation  which apparently few tend to read

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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

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This can be done by setting the android label attribute of your activity in the AndroidManifest xml file    lt activity android name  my activity   android label  The Title I d like to display    gt    And then add this line to the onCreate     getSupportActionBar   setDisplayShowTitleEnabled true

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This is happening because you are using Toolbar and ActionBar both  Now as you want to use Toolbar as an action bar  the first thing you need to do is disable the decor provided action bar    The easiest way is to have your theme extend from Theme AppCompat NoActionBar

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I made it work by using -   toolbar post new Runnable                  Override             public void run                     toolbar setTitle  My Title

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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

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The above answer is totally true but not working for me    I solved my problem with the following things   Actually My XML is like that    lt android support design widget CoordinatorLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns app  http   schemas android com apk res-auto      android id    id confirm order mail layout      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  fill parent  gt        lt android support design widget AppBarLayout         android id    id confirm order appbar layout          android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content          android theme   style ThemeOverlay AppCompat Dark ActionBar  gt            lt android support design widget CollapsingToolbarLayout             android id    id confirm order list collapsing toolbar              android layout width  match parent              android layout height  match parent              android fitsSystemWindows  true              app contentScrim   attr colorPrimary              app expandedTitleMarginEnd  64dp              app expandedTitleMarginStart  48dp              app layout scrollFlags  scroll enterAlways  gt                lt android support v7 widget Toolbar                 android id    id confirm order toolbar layout                  android layout width  match parent                  android layout height   attr actionBarSize                  android background   attr colorPrimary                  app layout scrollFlags  scroll enterAlways                  app popupTheme   style ThemeOverlay AppCompat Light  gt                lt  android support v7 widget Toolbar gt           lt  android support design widget CollapsingToolbarLayout gt       lt  android support design widget AppBarLayout gt   lt  android support design widget CoordinatorLayout gt    I have tried all the option and after all I just removed CollapsingToolbarLayout because of i do not need to use in that particular XML So My Final XML is like    lt android support design widget CoordinatorLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns app  http   schemas android com apk res-auto      android id    id confirm order mail layout      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  fill parent  gt        lt android support design widget AppBarLayout         android id    id confirm order appbar layout          android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content          android theme   style ThemeOverlay AppCompat Dark ActionBar  gt            lt android support v7 widget Toolbar             android id    id confirm order toolbar layout              android layout width  match parent              android layout height   attr actionBarSize              android background   attr colorPrimary              app layout scrollFlags  scroll enterAlways              app popupTheme   style ThemeOverlay AppCompat Light  gt            lt  android support v7 widget Toolbar gt       lt  android support design widget AppBarLayout gt   lt  android support design widget CoordinatorLayout gt    Now you have to use setTitle   like above answer   mActionBarToolbar    Toolbar  findViewById R id confirm order toolbar layout               setSupportActionBar mActionBarToolbar   getSupportActionBar   setTitle  My Title        Now If you want to use CollapsingToolbarLayout and Toolbar together then you have to use setTitle   of CollapsingToolbarLayout  CollapsingToolbarLayout collapsingToolbarLayout    CollapsingToolbarLayout  findViewById R id confirm order mail layout   collapsingToolbarLayout setTitle  My Title      May it will helps you  Thank you

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To change the title for each different activity   protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState       setContentView R layout activity pizza       setTitle getResources   getText R string title

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Though not immediately relevant to this particular setup  I found that removing  CollapsingToolbarLayout  from my XML that was wrapping my toolbar inside of an AppBarLayout made everything work   So  this          lt android support design widget AppBarLayout             android layout width  match parent              android layout height  wrap content  gt                lt android support v7 widget Toolbar                 android id    id toolbar                  android layout height   attr actionBarSize                  app layout scrollFlags  scroll enterAlways                  app navigationIcon   drawable ic arrow back white 24dp    gt            lt  android support design widget AppBarLayout gt    Instead of this             lt android support design widget AppBarLayout             android layout width  match parent              android layout height  wrap content  gt                lt android support design widget CollapsingToolbarLayout                 android layout width  match parent                  android layout height  wrap content                  android id    id collapsingToolbar                  android minHeight   attr actionBarSize                  app layout scrollFlags  enterAlways scroll snap  gt                    lt android support v7 widget Toolbar                     android id    id toolbar                      android layout height   attr actionBarSize                      app navigationIcon   drawable ic arrow back white 24dp    gt               lt  android support design widget CollapsingToolbarLayout gt            lt  android support design widget AppBarLayout gt    Then  I set the title in the activity s onCreate  before setSupportActionBar   is called

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public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View OnClickListener        Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState           super onCreate savedInstanceState             custom toolbaar        getSupportActionBar   setTitle  Abhijeet

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It s not just about  setTitle  more methods of Support Toolbar  Appcompat v7  in onCreate works only with   getSupportActionBar   method    and don t work with mToolbar method    examples    getSupportActionBar   setTitle  toolbar title    getSupportActionBar   setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled true     though next methods works fine without getSupportActionBar   in onCreate  mToolbar setVisibility View VISIBLE   mToolbar setNavigationOnClickListener new View OnClickListener          Override     public void onClick View v                       Problem only with onCreate event  you still can use mToolbar setTitle   later instead of annoying getSupportActionBar   setTitle    for example if you add this in onCreate it will work  because it will be executed later  after onCreate   mHandler post new Runnable          Override     public void run             mToolbar setTitle  toolbar title                I prefer to use this solution https   stackoverflow com a 35430590 4548520 than https   stackoverflow com a 26506858 4548520 because if you change title many times  in different functions  it s more comfortable to use mToolbar setTitle   than longer getSupportActionBar   setTitle   one and you don t see annoying notification about null exception like with getSupportActionBar   setTitle

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Simply you can change any activity name by using Activityname this setTitle  quot Title Name quot

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If your goal is to set a static string in the toolbar  the easiest way to do it is to simply set the activity label in AndroidManifest xml    lt activity android name   xxxxActivity            android label   string string id    gt    The toolbar will get this string without any code   works for me with v27 libraries

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Try this  you can define title directly in XML     lt android support v7 widget Toolbar         android id    id toolbar          android layout width  match parent          android layout height   attr actionBarSize          android background   attr colorPrimary          app title  some title          app popupTheme   style AppTheme PopupOverlay  gt

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getSupportActionBar   setTitle  Your Title

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I have a strange behaviour that may can help you  This is working but it has no effect in onCreate only   toolbar setTitle  title      Try to use this in onCreate    yourActivityName this setTitle  title

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I tried to rename the toolbar from the fragment  It helped me  I hope to help someone else  Activity activity   this getActivity    Toolbar toolbar    Toolbar  activity findViewById R id detail toolbar           if  toolbar    null                activity setTitle  Title                 toolbar setTitle  Title    did not give the same results   Screenshot

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Make sure you add this option   getSupportActionBar   setDisplayOptions ActionBar DISPLAY SHOW TITLE

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To set the title for each Navbar fragment title   public View onCreateView LayoutInflater inflater  ViewGroup container  Bundle savedInstanceState         myView   inflater inflate R layout second layout  container  false       getActivity   setTitle  title         return myView

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Try this    Xml Code   lt android support v7 widget Toolbar     android layout width  match parent      android layout height  120dp      android id    id tool bar      android background   color tablayout      android theme   style ToolBarStyle      app popupTheme   style ThemeOverlay AppCompat Light  gt       lt TextView         android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android text   string app name          android layout gravity  center          android id    id toolbar title          android textSize  18sp          android textColor   color white   gt       lt  android support v7 widget Toolbar gt    Java Code  protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState       setContentView R layout activity main       toolbar    Toolbar  findViewById R id tool bar       toolbar text    TextView findViewById R id toolbar title       setSupportActionBar toolbar       getSupportActionBar   setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled true       getSupportActionBar   setDisplayShowTitleEnabled false       toolbar setLogo R drawable ic toolbar

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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

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Found the solution   Instead of   mActionBarToolbar    Toolbar  findViewById R id toolbar actionbar               mActionBarToolbar setTitle  My title    setSupportActionBar mActionBarToolbar     I used   mActionBarToolbar    Toolbar  findViewById R id toolbar actionbar               setSupportActionBar mActionBarToolbar   getSupportActionBar   setTitle  My title      And it works

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Simply use this in your adapter  Where MainActivity is your AppCompactActivity  Call it from anywhere     MainActivity  context  getSupportActionBar   setTitle titles get position

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For anyone who needs to set up the title through the Toolbar some time after setting the SupportActionBar  read this   The internal implementation of the support library just checks if the Toolbar has a title  not null  at the moment the SupportActionBar is set up  If there is  then this title will be used instead of the window title  You can then set a dummy title while you load the real title   mActionBarToolbar    Toolbar  findViewById R id toolbar actionbar   mActionBarToolbar setTitle      setSupportActionBar mActionBarToolbar     later     mActionBarToolbar setTitle title

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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

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In Kotlin you can do this   import android os Bundle import androidx appcompat app AppCompatActivity import androidx appcompat widget Toolbar  class SettingsActivity   AppCompatActivity          override fun onCreate savedInstanceState  Bundle             super onCreate savedInstanceState          setContentView R layout activity settings           val toolbar   findViewById lt Toolbar gt  R id toolbar          setSupportActionBar toolbar          supportActionBar  setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled true          supportActionBar  setTitle R string title              override fun onSupportNavigateUp     true also   onBackPressed

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