CollapsingToolbarLayout setTitle() does not update unless collapsed

Question

With the new Design Library, we\'re supposed to set the toolbar title on the CollapsingToolbarLayout, not the Toolbar itself(at least when using th

Answer 1

Okay I have a workaround while we wait for Google:

1. Grab the gist from https://gist.githubusercontent.com/blipinsk/3f8fb37209de6d3eea99/raw/b13bd20ebb319d94399f0e2a0bedbff4c044356a/ControllableAppBarLayout.java (I'm not the original creator but kudos to original author). This adds a few methods to the AppBarLayout, namely expand and collapse

2. In your method that calls setTitle():

collapsingToolbar.setTitle("All Recent");
getSupportActionBar().setTitle("All Recent");
collapseThenExpand();

3. Now create a collapseThenExpand() method:

private void collapseThenExpand() {
  appbar.collapseToolbar();

  Handler h = new Handler();
  h.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
      appbar.expandToolbar(true);
    }
  }, 800);
}

Note you can turn off the expand animation by setting it to false.