Custom title bar without padding (Android)

Question

So I am using the techniques in this thread to use a custom background for my titlebar. Unfortunately the framework places my layout inside a FrameLayout (

Answer 1

I added the following padding item the AppTheme in styles.xml

<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">
...
<item name="android:padding">0dp</item>
...
</style>

The Application manifest uses that theme:

<application 
...
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
...

This resolved it for me.