How to show a custom actionbar view from one fragment only

Question

I have a requirement for my app that a custom action bar view be shown from one fragment only (the landing page fragment). The problem is that this action bar is appearing when

Answer 1

Well, I'm just trying to suggest. Why not removing the action bar to all the fragments and just creating a single fragment (the landing page) with a custom action bar thru layout?

To remove ActionBar to all fragments, add this code to tag:

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Light.NoTitleBar"

Create a Layout with action bar for your landing page through xml:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/rlMain"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:clickable="true" >

<RelativeLayout
    android:id="@+id/rlHeaderMain"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="50dp"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:background="#000000"
    android:clipChildren="false"
    android:clipToPadding="false"
    android:padding="5dp" >


</RelativeLayout>

Answer 2

For this issue, only show actionbar for one fragment without show on all other fragments, solution could be very easy:

In your activity that hosts your fragments:

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    ... ...

    // for API >= 11
    getActionBar.hide();
    // for API < 11
    getSupportActionBar().hide();

    ... ...
}

Then in the fragment that you want to show actionbar:

@Override
public void  onAttach(Activity activity){
    activity.getActionBar().show(); //getSupportActionBar() for API<11

}

@Override
public void onHiddenChanged(boolean hidden) {
    super.onHiddenChanged(hidden);
    if (hidden) {
       getActivity().getActionBar().hide(); //getSupportActionBar() for API<11
    } else {
       getActivity().getActionBar().show(); //getSupportActionBar() for API<11
}

}