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Asked: 2026-06-14T20:03:16+00:00

I used Eclipse to create a new Project and set the navigation type of

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I used Eclipse to create a new Project and set the navigation type of my main activity to tabs and swipe. Everything works, but when I add these to hide the Icon and Title of the App

actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false);
actionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);

the two bars swap location. See screenshots below.

before
after

Can someone please explain this to me?

Thanks you for helping me

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  1. Editorial Team

    This was some behavior that if I remember right was introduced in ICS to support a specific design case we ended up not using. The idea was that in the absence of a home/up affordance or title, the tabs declare the title of the current content and guide the structure of the window even more than usual. This includes the actions/action overflow, so they show up beneath the tabs in the structural hierarchy of the window.

    I would recommend avoiding this case; consider using a split action bar if you’re using the actionbar tabs as the primary anchoring element for your window instead of home/up and/or a title. See the AOSP People and dialer apps as examples.

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