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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Rebuilding from Scratch Creating the Project and ListActivity

Fernando Tancini
Fernando Tancini
6,386 Points
Posted by Fernando Tancini
Fernando Tancini
6,386 Points

Hey, we changed the MainListActivity extends to "ListActivity" instead of "ActionBarActivity", right? But...

But i noticed that the actionbar disappeared when I ran the app. It doesn't happen in the video. why? And also, how can I still have actionbar when creating a ListActivity? (I'm using the newest Android Studio)

1 Answer

William Davis
William Davis
1,083 Points

The ActionBar visibility is controlled by the Theme, which is in the styles.xml file under your values folder.

Setting the style to something like this will make the action bar visible

   <style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">

You can use code completion (ctrl+space on windows) to look through the different themes.

Or, in Android Studio you can use the "AppTheme" button while in "Design" view of your activity's layout.