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tigerjack
tigerjack

Reputation: 1178

Action bar icon doesn't show icon

I'm trying to display a custom icon in the ActionBar, but it doesn't work. I've tried it both programmatically with

 getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.forum_logo);

and

getSupportActionBar().setLogo(R.drawable.forum_logo);

and in AndroidManifest.xml with

android:logo="@drawable/forum_logo"

However, none of the two works. forum_logo.png is an image file of 24x24.

Other methods such as 

 getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
 getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
 getSupportActionBar().setTitle((currentSubforum.getTitle()));

works as intended.

I'm using android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity and each Activity extends ActionBarActivity. The android:icon attribute in AndroidManifest is already linked at a different drawable and the android:theme is "Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2670

Answers (4)

Simas
Simas

Reputation: 44118

The answer with the Toolbar was correct, however was missing one crucial detail.

If you use a Toolbar, your theme must have the ActionBar disabled. There's a specific theme for that:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
</style>

Now in your onCreate set the Toolbar like this:

Toolbar toolbar = (android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
toolbar.setLogo(R.drawable.ic_launcher);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

Note that you should use the support Toolbar: import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;

The Toolbar in your layout would look like this:

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="65dp"
    android:background="#40ffffff"/>

That being said, I found it really weird not being able to display the app icon with ActionBarActivity. Hopefully there's another way around this.

Upvotes: 1

user4432008
user4432008

Reputation: 

ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar(); 
actionBar.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_action_video);
actionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(true);

Only use 3 things..

Upvotes: 0

spaceMonkey
spaceMonkey

Reputation: 4615

in the manifest use your costume theme. 

<application
        android:name="com.example.ifis.MyApplication"
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ifis_logo"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/MyTheme" >

customize your theme in the style folder as below and add your icon to the icon 

<style name="MyTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
        <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
    </style>
    <style name="MyActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
        <item name="android:background">@color/ifisGreen</item>
        <item name="android:icon">@drawable/your_logo</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">@color/ifisGreen</item>
        <item name="android:height">30dp</item>        
    </style>

Upvotes: 0

Chichi Dinoy
Chichi Dinoy

Reputation: 1

After Fragment.onActivityCreated(...) you'll have a valid activity accessible through getActivity(). You'll need to cast it to an ActionBarActivity then make the call to getSupportActionBar().

((ActionBarActivity)getActivity()).getSupportActionBar().setSubtitle(R.string.subtitle); You do need the cast. It's not poor design it's backwards compatibility.

Upvotes: 0

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