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Android Build a Weather App (2015) Building the Weather UI Starting at the Center

Vikzilla III
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Posted by Vikzilla III
Vikzilla III
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App Themes

I don't understand how Ben's layout editor shows no action bar, but when he runs it the emulator shows an action bar.

When I set my app theme in the layout editor, it does not rid the action bar for me when I run the app. I need to go into res > styles.xml and type it in manually, for example:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">

Is this the correct way of accomplishing no action bar? Can it only be done with code in styles.xml?

1 Answer

Jacob Bergdahl
Jacob Bergdahl
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Jacob Bergdahl
Jacob Bergdahl
29,119 Points

Yes, this is the correct way of doing it. If you set no ActionBar in the layout editor, you're only doing so for the layout preview, not the actual app itself.