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copied!<p>This <a href="http://www.anddev.org/my_own_titlebar_backbutton_like_on_the_iphone-t4591.html" rel="noreferrer">thread</a> will get you started with building your own title bar in a xml file and using it in your activities</p> <p><strong>Edit</strong></p> <p>Here is a brief summary of the content of the link above - This is <strong>just</strong> to set the color of the text and the background of the title bar - no resizing, no buttons, just the simpliest sample </p> <p><em>res/layout/mytitle.xml</em> - This is the view that will represent the title bar</p> <pre><code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/myTitle" android:text="This is my new title" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:textColor="@color/titletextcolor" /> </code></pre> <p><em>res/values/themes.xml</em> - We want to keep the default android theme and just need to change the background color of the title background. So we create a theme that inherits the default theme and set the background style to our own style.</p> <pre><code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <style name="customTheme" parent="android:Theme"> <item name="android:windowTitleBackgroundStyle">@style/WindowTitleBackground</item> </style> </resources> </code></pre> <p><em>res/values/styles.xml</em> - This is where we set the theme to use the color we want for the title background</p> <pre><code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <style name="WindowTitleBackground"> <item name="android:background">@color/titlebackgroundcolor</item> </style> </resources> </code></pre> <p><em>res/values/colors.xml</em> - Set here the color you want</p> <pre><code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <color name="titlebackgroundcolor">#3232CD</color> <color name="titletextcolor">#FFFF00</color> </resources> </code></pre> <p>In the <em>AndroidMANIFEST.xml</em>, set the theme attribute either in the application (for the whole application) or in the activity (only this activity) tags</p> <pre><code><activity android:name=".CustomTitleBar" android:theme="@style/customTheme" ... </code></pre> <p><em>From the Activity (called CustomTitleBar) :</em></p> <pre><code>@Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE); setContentView(R.layout.main); getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.mytitle); } </code></pre>

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