How to change title of Activity in Android?

Question

I am using

Window w = getWindow();
w.setTitle(\"My title\");

to change title of my current Activity but it does not seem to work.

Answer 1

There's a faster way, just use

YourActivity.setTitle("New Title");

You can also find it inside the onCreate() with this, for example:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        this.setTitle("My Title");
    }

By the way, what you simply cannot do is call setTitle() in a static way without passing any Activity object.

Answer 2

I'm using Android Studio 3.0.1.

WIth an Activity:

setTitle("Title Text");

Inside a fragment:

getActivity().setTitle("Title Text");

Answer 3

If you want it one time & let system handle the rest (not dynamic) then do like this in your manifest file:

<application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name_full" > //This is my custom title name on activity. <- The question is about this one.
            <intent-filter android:label="@string/app_launcher_name" > //This is my custom Icon title name (launcher name that you see in android apps/homescreen)
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

Answer 4

If you want to set title in Java file, then write in your activity onCreate

setTitle("Your Title");

if you want to in Manifest then write

    <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:label="Your Title" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

Answer 5

The code helped me change the title.

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_name);
    ActivityName.this.setTitle("Your Activity Title");}

Answer 6

I have a Toolbar in my Activity and a Base Activity that overrides all Titles. So I had to use setTitle in onResume() in the Activity like so:

@Override
  protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    toolbar.setTitle(R.string.title);
  }