Yes, you cannot do that without having to pick up the value from the manifest and setting it to the title. Once you mention that you are using a custom title, the default things don't work. It thinks that you will set a custom title yourself, so it doesn't do it.
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 1:54 AM, Dimitris <[email protected]> wrote: > That should work so you are saying there is no way for me to use > android:label from the manifest...correct? > > On Oct 12, 1:09 pm, Kumar Bibek <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, the problem with this approach is that it is not FOOL PROOF. I dont > > think it's mentioned anywhere in the Docs that the title bar would always > > contain a texview with this id. > > > > So, the best bet I would suggest is go for a theme with no default title, > > and add a custom view which looks like a title. You will then have full > > control over it. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Dimitris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I use in onCreate(): > > > > > requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE); > > > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > > > > > setContentView(getContentView()); > > > > > getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, > > > R.layout.title_bar_1); > > > > > And then I have an XML layout for the title. I know it works cause I > > > also have an imageview in it and I can see it. However my TextView > > > does not get the value from android:label, how can I do that? > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > On Oct 12, 12:16 pm, Kumar Bibek <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > How are you setting the title bar then? You set your own layout to > it? > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Dimitris <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I have a custom title bar that I would like to apply to all my > > > > > activities. I have searched online and found a few ways of doing > that > > > > > however I have ran into a problem. > > > > > > > It seems that despite the fact I have a TextView in my titlebar > with > > > > > id @android:id/title, Android will not use the value defined in the > > > > > manifest in android:label for each activity. > > > > > > > I tried also calling setTitle(R.string.myTitle) but it still will > not > > > > > render it! If I manually put some text in my TextView in the xml it > > > > > shows up fine. > > > > > > > How can I have a custom title bar that is linked and makes Android > use > > > > > my manifest values for labels? I do not want to lose the setTitle() > or > > > > > the XML attributes functionality. > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > p.s I would like to avoid embedding the title as a view in my > layout > > > > > and use FEATURE_NO_TITLE. I do not want to do that. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected] > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > [email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > [email protected]> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > > -- > > > > Kumar Bibekhttp://techdroid.kbeanie.comhttp://www.kbeanie.com > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > [email protected]> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > -- > > Kumar Bibekhttp://techdroid.kbeanie.comhttp://www.kbeanie.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com http://www.kbeanie.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
