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Argent
Argent

Reputation: 945

Android Studio: Remove default header

I am just beginning to learn Android Studio (version 2.0, running on Windows 7). When I create a new project (Empty Activity template) Android Studio places a header at the top of the project. How can I remove the header?

Here's a picture of the problem. I want to get rid of the 'My Greeting Card' header.

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Upvotes: 5

Views: 15125

Answers (5)

Naishar Shah
Naishar Shah

Reputation: 35

For Newer Version

app -> res -> values -> themes -> themes.xml

In that it also depends whether the phone is in night mode or not.

Then You have to modify both the files:

  1. themes.xml
  2. themes.xml (night)

with parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.DayNight.NoActionBar"

Upvotes: 1

Maulik Dodia
Maulik Dodia

Reputation: 1659

You have to simply navigate like below....

app -> res -> values -> styles.xml

Find <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"> line.

Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar line shows, how your activity will look like.

There are lots of Themes available. Just remove DarkActionBar it and press Cntrl+Space to explore another themes. In your case, you do not want Header which is called ActionBar in Android Terminology.

So, Just change theme to Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar and you are done.

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Upvotes: 7

Muhammad Natiq
Muhammad Natiq

Reputation: 217

just Remove AppCompatActivity and extend it with only Activity

Upvotes: 0

vikas kumar
vikas kumar

Reputation: 11018

Well the answer is already given, but still i would like to add if you don't want any kind of actionbar on top of the activity simply do this. go to your res->values->styles.xml and add these xml code

<resources>
    <!-- Base application theme. -->
    <style name="AppTheme.Base" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
        <item name="colorPrimary">#3F51B5</item>
        <!-- Light Indigo -->
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">#3949AB</item>
        <!-- Dark Indigo -->
        <item name="colorAccent">#00B0FF</item>
        <!-- Blue -->
    </style>
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="AppTheme.Base"></style>
</resources>

and reference the theme in the style on any activity you want, like below in the manifest using android:theme=@style/AppTheme.

<application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity
            android:name=".DetailActivity"
            android:parentActivityName=".MainActivity">
            <meta-data
                android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
                android:value=".MainActivity" />
        </activity>
    </application>

Upvotes: 3

David Hackro
David Hackro

Reputation: 3712

you can hide Toolbar using 

getActionBar().hide();

or 

getSupportActionBar().hide();

Upvotes: 2

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