Android: Hide ActionBar, keep Tabs

Question

To keep this simple: I have tabs in my actionbar, but the action bar take up too much space. I want that extra space. I need a way to hide the action bar, yet keep my tabs. Is there anyway to do this? Or is there a way I can get the tabs built into the action bar like it is in landscape mode? Thanks!

Answer 1

You can have an empty Actionbar, then the tabs will occupy the space:

getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false);               getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false); 

Answer 2

Try the below code:

    final ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();     actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);     actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false);     actionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false); 

Also remove the below in code which is added default when project is created:

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {       getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);       return true; } 

Answer 3

This did the trick for me

    actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(false);
    actionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
    actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false);

I also commented the line

    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);

Answer 4

Ahmad's answer is correct but it requires API 11. For supporting lower APIs, use this code -

setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_STANDARD);

To enable it, use -

setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS)