Android activity as dialog, but without a title bar

Question

I have an activity that has the following set as theme:

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Dialog"

However, there is a title bar in the activity-dialog that appears, that uses up the little available space that I have. How can I remove it?

Raeleneraf

I'm not sure what you mean. Can you post a Screenshot of it? – Handbreadth

Answer 1

Try doing requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); in onCreate. It'll need to be done immediately after calling super.onCreate and just before setContentView.

Gem

Have you tried this with 2.2? I am getting a Caused by: android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: You cannot combine custom titles with other title features Exception, but maybe I am doing something else wrong. – Encaenia

You're probably using another window title feature in code, or using a theme that does other things to the title. – Gem

this wll not work in AppCompactActivity. You sholud add the @Broadwater answer so that the user who are using the AppCompatActivity will get the proper information. – Convolve

@Convolve so how would it work for 'AppCompactActivity'? – Mandle

Answer 2

For those who are using AppCompatActivity, above answers may not work.

Try this

supportRequestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);

immediately before setContentView(R.layout.MyDialogActivity);

Broadwater

Or add <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item> to your style i.e. without the android prefix – Ar

Just one more thing: Do not use ConstraintLayout at the root of your layout or your activity will not appear on screen. – Sidonnie

Answer 3

You can define your own theme:

<style name="NoTitleDialog" parent="@android:style/Theme.Dialog">
    <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>

(Tip of the hat to @Rehan) If you're using the compatibility library, you should pick an AppCompat parent theme and leave off the android: prefix. For example:

<style name="NoTitleDialog" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Dialog">
    <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>

Tinworks

Thanks for this. It's probably a better approach, but I ended up using requestWindowFeature. Thanks anyway :) – Raeleneraf

Just adding: Use it without android prefix for AppCompatActivity i.e. add <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item> to your style. – Ar

I've found good concept on many sources but none of them talking about AppCompat and none-Appcompat, thanks – Commissary

Answer 4

If you are using AppCompatActivity in which you are forced to use Theme.AppCompat.xxx for everything, you can remove the dialog title or actionbar in styles.xml using this:

<style name="Theme.MyDialog" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.Dialog">
    <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
</style>

Notice the use of name="windowActionBar", instead of name="android:windowActionBar".

Franko

I was trying helplessly using AppCompat AND using android namespace in the windowNoTitle declaration. THANKS! – Albaugh

Answer 5

This one worked for me.

I was able to disable the title

style.xml

<style name="AppDialogScreenTheme" parent="Base.Theme.MaterialComponents.Light.Dialog">
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>

AndroidManifest.xml

  <activity
        android:name=".MyActivity"
        android:theme="@style/AppDialogScreenTheme">

  </activity>

Urano

Answer 6

This one worked for me for appcompat.

<style name="DialogTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.Dialog">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>

Habitual

Answer 7

If you are using AppCompatActivity requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE) is not working.

for this you can create custom theme in values/style.xml as below:

   <style name="NoTitleDialog" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Dialog.Alert">
        <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
    </style>

please note that item name:"windowNoTitle" not item name:"android:windowNoTitle"

In menifest.xml apply this custom theme as

<activity android:name=".activity.YourActivity"
            android:theme="@style/NoTitleDialog"/>

or you can use getSupportActionBar().hide() to programmatically hide action bar.

Ellen

Answer 8

This works for me, may it helps someone too :

style.xml

<style name="NoTitleActivityDialog" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.Dialog.Alert">
    <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>

AndroidManifest.xml

   <activity
        android:name=".DialogActivity"
        android:theme="@style/NoTitleActivityDialog"/>

Lawson

Answer 9

I try requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); but not working for me, if you are like me so do this : first Add the following code in your res/values/styles.xml:

<style name="NoTitleDialog" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Dialog">
   <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item></style>

Pass the theme to your dialog:

Dialog dialog = new Dialog(this, R.style.NoTitleDialog);

that's it very simple

Kazmirci