How to set the ActionBar title in middle instead of the default left aligned position?

Question

Trying to set the ActionBar title in middle instead of the default left aligned position. To do so, based on other answers this is what I\'ve done:

Answer 1

You don't need a Toolbar for this. Just use a theme like Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar with ActionBar in your activity and use the following code:

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    if (getSupportActionBar() != null) {
        getSupportActionBar().setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM);
        getSupportActionBar().setCustomView(R.layout.actionbar_layout);
    }
    //your code
}

Answer 2

try this use custom Toolbar

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    android:id="@+id/ar_toolbar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
    android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
    app:layout_scrollFlags="exitUntilCollapsed"
    app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light">


    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="Center"
        android:orientation="vertical">

        <TextView
             android:id="@+id/toolbar_title"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:gravity="center" />
    </LinearLayout>

</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

now in java file

private Toolbar toolbar;
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.ar_toolbar);
TextView mTitle = (TextView) toolbar.findViewById(R.id.toolbar_title);
 mTitle.setText("Nilesh Rathod");
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

Answer 3

Simple approach use android:layout_gravity="center" on your TextView and hide default title using below code after that initialize your TextView and set value

Inside your activity:

setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
toolbar_title = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.toolbar_title);
toolbar_title.setText("My Custom center title");

Custom toolbar XML Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:contentInsetEnd="0dp"
    app:contentInsetLeft="0dp"
    app:contentInsetRight="0dp"
    app:contentInsetStart="0dp"
    app:contentInsetStartWithNavigation="0dp">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/toolbar_title"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:text="Toolbar Title" />

</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

Answer 4

<?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="wrap_content"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@android:color/transparent"
        android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
        app:contentInsetStart="0dp">

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/back_txt"
            style="@android:style/TextAppearance.Medium"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_margin="10dp"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="Back" />


        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Downloads"
            android:layout_gravity="center|center_horizontal|center_vertical"
            android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
            android:layout_centerInParent="true"
            android:textColor="#000000"
            android:id="@+id/mytext"
            android:textSize="18sp" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/filter_btn"
            style="@style/Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Medium"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="right|center_vertical|center_horizontal"
            android:layout_margin="10dp"
            android:drawablePadding="5dp"

            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="Back"
            android:textColor="@android:color/black" />
    </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>


</LinearLayout>

Answer 5

You need to use Toolbar in your xml file and you can use TextView inside Toolbar. You can add custom view into Toolbar. Once you done with xml file then you can define Toolbar into Activity class.

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="58dp"
        android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
        android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:titleTextColor="#ffffff">

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/mytext"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="Downloads"
            android:textColor="#000000"
            android:textSize="18sp" />

    </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

   //Rest of your code

</LinearLayout>

In Activity class you can define as

Toolbar toolbar;
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.ar_toolbar);
toolbar.setTitle("");