This Activity already has an action bar supplied by the window decor

Question

Trying to move over my stuff to use Toolbar instead of action bar but I keep getting an error saying

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start         


        

Answer 1

To use Toolbar as an Action Bar, first disable the decor-provided Action Bar.

The easiest way is to have your theme extend from

Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar

(or its light variant).

Second, create a Toolbar instance, usually via your layout XML:

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    android:id=”@+id/my_awesome_toolbar”
    android:layout_height=”wrap_content”
    android:layout_width=”match_parent”
    android:minHeight=”?attr/actionBarSize”
    android:background=”?attr/colorPrimary” />

Then in your Activity or Fragment, set the Toolbar to act as your Action Bar:

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.blah);

    Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.my_awesome_toolbar);
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
}

This code worked for me.

Answer 2

Another easy way is to make your theme a child of Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar like so:

<style name="NoActionBarTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
     ...
</style>

Answer 3

I solved it by removing this line:

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

from activity properties in the Manifest file