Remove application icon and title from Honeycomb action bar

Question

How can I remove the application icon & title which comes by default in an action bar?

There is a similar question here: Can i hide the App Icon from the Action Bar in Honeycomb?, but it doesn't talk about how to do it?

Answer 1

Call setDisplayShowHomeEnabled() and setDisplayShowTitleEnabled() on ActionBar, which you get via a call to getActionBar().

Answer 2

If you want to do it the XML way, then define a style (XML file) in the /res/values-v11/ folder with the following contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources>     <style name="MyTheme" parent="android:style/Theme.Holo">         <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBarStyle</item>     </style>      <style name="MyActionBarStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionBar">         <item name="android:displayOptions"></item>     </style> </resources> 

In your AndroidManifest.xml set the theme defined above for your activity:

<activity     ...     android:theme="@style/MyTheme">     ... </activity> 

This will remove the icon and the title and only display the action items. If you just want the title to be displayed, the use:

<item name="android:displayOptions">showTitle</item> 

Or just the application logo:

<item name="android:displayOptions">showHome</item> 

Or both (default)

<item name="android:displayOptions">showHome|showTitle</item> 

Other options are available too, like: showCustom, useLogo, homeAsUp