Unable to hide action bar

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I tried to create a new Android application and I tried to hide the action bar in the constructor of MainActivity, using the line requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);

I've done this previously many times and there wasn't any problem in this. But when I try the same now it throws a error mentioning that "request feature must be called before adding the content"

Even I've tried adding this line in various positions but there wasn't any change in result. Can anyone help me solving this issue.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16939814/android-util-androidruntimeexception-requestfeature-must-be-called-before-add — A B, Apr 23 '15 at 11:44
Theme.AppCompat.Light this is one which is showing in my manifest, also I dont remember the one which I selected when I created the project — Parthiban M, Apr 23 '15 at 11:46
Yes, I've tried calling this line everywhere like before and after setContentView, super.onCreate... But there wasn't any change — Parthiban M, Apr 23 '15 at 11:52

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 23 '15 at 11:50

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There are two ways to hide actionbar. I am assuming you are using Theme.AppCompat.Light style and your activity extends ActionBarActivity.

Set below lines to your styles.xml

 <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>

Or

Set below lines in your java file.

getSupportActionBar().hide();

answered Apr 23 '15 at 11:50

Pooja

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Thank you very much. this worked for me. getSupportActionBar().hide(); – Parthiban M Apr 23 '15 at 11:58

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 23 '15 at 11:45

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You can try like this:

getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_ACTION_BAR);
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

It should be called before setContentView() method in onCreate() method of Activity.

answered Apr 23 '15 at 11:45

Rajan Bhavsar

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 23 '15 at 11:45

You should add requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); before super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

@Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 23 '15 at 11:52

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This should work.Put this after super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

All the best.

answered Apr 23 '15 at 11:52

Prakhar

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