Action bar not showing in custom title

Question

I have set up a custom title layout and cannot see the three bars for the action bar. I am using this app on a Samsung note 10.1 that does not have a hardware menu button. My parent is android:theme so I am not sure why the action bar is hidden. target version "16 minversion is "14"

Here is the manifest file setup with custom theme.

       <application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/logo_icon" 
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/CustomTheme">

This is the custom_title.xml to add items.

   <resources>
<style name="CustomWindowTitleBackground">
    <item name="android:background">#323331</item>
</style>

<style name="CustomTheme" parent="android:Theme">

    <item name="android:windowTitleSize">45dip</item>
    <item name="android:windowTitleBackgroundStyle">@style/CustomWindowTitleBackground</item>
</style>

This is the title.xml that makes up the custom title

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal" >

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/image_icon"
    android:layout_width="30dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
    android:layout_marginLeft="7dp"
    android:src="@drawable/logo_icon" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/Application"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
    android:text="   ColorMaker Simple RGB   "
    android:textSize="20dp" />

<!-- Bluetooth info -->

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textbluetooth"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
    android:text="BlueTooth: "
    android:textSize="20dp" />

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/image_bt_on_off"
    android:layout_width="15dp"
    android:layout_height="15dp"
    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
    android:background="@drawable/circle" />

<!-- Network  info -->

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textspacer"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
    android:text=" | "
    android:textSize="20dp" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textnetwork"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
    android:text="Network : "
    android:textSize="20dp" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textspacer1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
    android:text=" | "
    android:textSize="20dp" />

<!-- Fade  info -->

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textfade_on_off"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
    android:text="Fade : "
    android:textSize="20dp" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textspacer2"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
    android:text=" | "
    android:textSize="20dp" />

Menu item

        @Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.simple_rgb__main, menu);
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    switch (item.getItemId()) {
    case R.id.title:
        startActivity(new Intent(this, Prefrences.class));
        // Activity2.this.startActivity(myIntent);

        break;

    }

    return true;
}

Log error

11-24 17:47:54.593: D/AndroidRuntime(6607): Shutting down VM
11-24 17:47:54.593: W/dalvikvm(6607): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40d0f2a0)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.simplergb/com.example.simplergb.SimpleRGB_Main}: android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: You cannot combine custom titles with other title features
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2129)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2154)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$700(ActivityThread.java:146)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1260)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4949)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1043)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:810)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607): Caused by: android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: You cannot combine custom titles with other title features
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.requestFeature(PhoneWindow.java:289)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.generateLayout(PhoneWindow.java:3118)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.installDecor(PhoneWindow.java:3358)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:314)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1920)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at com.example.simplergb.SimpleRGB_Main.onCreate(SimpleRGB_Main.java:169)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5185)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1094)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2093)
11-24 17:47:54.601: E/AndroidRuntime(6607):     ... 11 more

To clarify, is the whole Action Bar missing, or just your custom styling? — Jonik
The custom style is applied but the 3 dot action bar is missing. All the information in the title.xml are fine as well. — Bobby

Jonik Jonik · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-24T22:11:03

Not sure if this is the culprit, but in

<style name="CustomTheme" parent="android:Theme">

try replacing android:Theme with android:Theme.Holo (or android:Theme.Holo.Light or some other descendant, if you prefer).

As the docs state,

The action bar is included in all activities that use the Theme.Holo theme (or one of its descendants)

In my current app, that was required to get Action Bar to show up in the first place.

Hmm, when you mention "the 3 dot action bar", do you actually mean the Action Bar overflow? See Adding Action Items in the documentation. What does your menu resource file look like?

Action bar not showing in custom title

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