Custom title with image

Question

Hi all, i'm creating custom title for activity by disabling standard one and managing everything myself. I wonder if it's possible to replace/theme standart title to my needs.

I can customize size, background image, and text via themes by changing windowXYZStyle items.

The only thing i couldn't find - how i can add image instead of text. I've tried requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE) and assign custom layout - but it doesn't seems to work.

EDIT : Here is a report of testing suggestions, code is below - result - image view is not showing up.

Activity

public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity  {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
        getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.custom_title);
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.settings);

    }
}

XML :

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/title"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="26dip"
    android:paddingLeft="5dip"
    android:background="@drawable/titlebar_bg"
    android:layout_gravity="left|center"
>
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/logo"
        android:src="@drawable/title_logo"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

You could always use:

requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);

And then create your own title bar inside your Activity's View.

Answer 2

It's possible to set your own custom title layout, however the order of execution matters. You must do things in this order:

requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
setContentView(R.layout.my_layout);
getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.my_custom_title);

Additionally, you may need to increase the size of the title; if you don't, then the bottom of your custom layout may just be covered up by your Activity. You can change the size by adding a theme that specifies the title's size. This would go into a values XML file:

<resources>
    <style name="LargeTitleTheme">
        <item name="android:windowTitleSize">40dip</item>
    </style>
</resources>

Then you'd need to set the theme for your Activity (or Application, if you want the entire application to have this custom title bar) in AndroidManifest.xml:

<activity android:name=".MyCustomTitleActivity" android:theme="@style/LargeTitleTheme" />

Answer 3

That exactly worked Christopher Orr.Thanks

Answer 4

Are you sure that you need to use an image in the title rather than just combining it as part of your background image and leaving the title blank? Using a NinePatch image I would expect that you would be able to achieve a result that would look good on regardless of the device?

Answer 5

suppose such icon, or image has been added, how can we get it by ID. during runtime? findviewbyid is not working for Title bar's elements