How to align action bar title to centre without using custom view

Question

I want to align the action bar title to centre without the help of custom view . I would appreciate any help.

Without using the custom view, modifying only default action bar title

Answer 1

You can align the title to the center when you use ActionBar, but you can use Toolbar to do this.

Toolbar is more useful and easier than ActionBar, you can use this layout to define the center title TextView for you activity:

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="40dip">

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            android:text="@string/app_name" />

</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

And use this code for a back button:

protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    super.setContentView(R.layout.activity_toolbar);

    Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.single_toolbar);
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
    ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
    if(actionBar != null)
        getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    switch (item.getItemId()) {
        case android.R.id.home:
            onBackPressed();
            return true;
    }
    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

You also need to override onCreateOptionsMenu method for the menu, and you can refer to this project : chrisbanes/cheesesquare.