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How to change action bar size

I would like to change the action bar size. I have tried the following coding.

<style name="MyTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">     <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/CustomActionBar</item> </style> <style name="CustomActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">     <!--  <item name="android:background">@drawable/action_bar_style</item> -->     <item name="android:actionBarSize">15dp</item>     <item name="android:background">@drawable/header_bar</item> </style> 

But the action bar size didn't change. Is there another way? I am using api level 11.

Thanks.

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user1156041 Avatar asked Jul 03 '13 04:07

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2 Answers

Use height attribute, actionBarSize if for something else.

<item name="android:height">@dimen/bar_height</item> 

Explanantion:

From source code of ActionBar:

mContentHeight = a.getLayoutDimension(R.styleable.ActionBar_height, 0); 

We can see that R.styleable.ActionBar_height is being used for height. Stylable property names are generated as component_attribute (If you have ever used a custom stylable view, you'd have notice this). Hence, Actionbar is the name of component and height is the name of the attribute to use. Since this is a system attribute, hence defined under android namespace.

Update Dec-2014:

AppCompat library is now provided to extend support for latest ActionBar (or Toolbar) and theme support to old android versions. Below is an example of such an application theme /res/values/styles.xml:

<resources>      <!-- Application theme. -->     <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">          <!-- Main theme colors -->         <!--   your app branding color for the app bar -->         <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>          <!--   darker variant for the status bar and contextual app bars -->         <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary_dark</item>          <!--   theme UI controls like checkboxes and text fields -->         <!--   native widgets will now be "tinted" with accent color -->         <item name="colorAccent">@color/accent</item>          <!--Action bar style-->         <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/AppTheme.ActionBar</item>         <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/AppTheme.ActionBar</item>      </style>      <style name="AppTheme.ActionBar" parent="Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar">         <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/AppTheme.ActionBar.TitleText</item>         <item name="titleTextStyle">@style/AppTheme.ActionBar.TitleText</item>         <item name="android:height">@dimen/bar_height</item>         <item name="height">@dimen/bar_height</item>     </style>      <style name="AppTheme.ActionBar.TitleText" parent="TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Title">         <item name="android:textSize">@dimen/bar_text_size</item>         <item name="android:textColor">@color/bar_text_color</item>     </style> </resources> 

This style can now be set as app theme by using android:theme="@style/AppTheme" in <application> tag of the AndroidManifest.xml.

Note the use of duplicate entries

<item name="android:actionBarStyle"> <item name="actionBarStyle"> 

The ones without android namespace are there for supporting both compatibility library and native attributes.Some of these attributes didn't exist under android namespace on older versions and belong to support library.

In some other places, you'll need to use app namespace (xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"), for example app:showAsAction="always" in menu xml files.

Update Apr 2015

AppCompat Library v22 is also available. Read through the article to know what's new.

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S.D. Avatar answered Oct 19 '22 05:10

S.D.


Simply put actionBarSize item under MyTheme style, like this:

<style name="MyTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">     <item name="android:actionBarSize">15dp</item>     <item name="actionBarSize">15dp</item>     ... </style> 

Explanation:

In R.styleable we see that R.styleable.Theme_actionBarSize is a styleable attribute defined at Theme level.

Also, from source code res/values/styles.xml we see how actionBarSize is used to set height:

<style name="Widget.ActionBar">     ...     <item name="android:height">?android:attr/actionBarSize</item> 
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Paolo Legnani Avatar answered Oct 19 '22 03:10

Paolo Legnani