In an Android app, the toolbar title present at the upper part of the application. Below is a sample image that shows you where the toolbar title is present.
In the above image, you may see that the color of the Toolbar Title is white which is by default. So in this article, you will learn how to change the text color of the Toolbar Title in an Android App. There are two ways to change the color of the Toolbar Title.
Method 1: By Adding Child TextView in the activity_main.xml file
In method 1 Just go to the activity_main.xml file and add a TextView in the toolbar widget with the text color attribute. The complete code for the activity_main.xml file is given below.
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><RelativeLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" tools:context=".MainActivity"> <androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar android:id="@+id/toolbar" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize" android:background="#0F9D58"> <TextView android:id="@+id/custom_title" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="GeeksForGeeks" android:textColor="#D61010" android:textSize="20sp" android:textStyle="bold" /> </androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar> </RelativeLayout> |
Output UI:
Method 2: By Setting TextColor Programmatically
Step 1: Working with the activity_main.xml file
Go to the activity_main.xml file and refer to the following code. Below is the code for the activity_main.xml file.
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><RelativeLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" tools:context=".MainActivity"> <androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar android:id="@+id/toolbar" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize" android:background="#0F9D58"> </androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar> </RelativeLayout> |
Step 2: Changes in the themes.xml file
Go to the app > res > values > themes > themes.xml file and add the following line inside the <resources> tag.
<item name=”windowNoTitle”>true</item>
Step 3: Working with the MainActivity file
In the activity’s onCreate() method, call the activity’s setSupportActionBar() method, and pass the activity’s toolbar. This method sets the toolbar as the app bar for the activity. Add below codes in your Activity to set the text color to the Toolbar title. Below is the complete code for the MainActivity.java / MainActivity.kt file.
Java
import android.graphics.Color;import android.os.Bundle;import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar; public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); Toolbar toolbar = findViewById(R.id.toolbar); toolbar.setTitleTextColor(Color.RED); setSupportActionBar(toolbar); }} |
Kotlin
import android.graphics.Colorimport android.os.Bundleimport androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivityimport androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() { override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState) setContentView(R.layout.activity_main) val toolbar: Toolbar = findViewById(R.id.toolbar) toolbar.setTitleTextColor(Color.RED) setSupportActionBar(toolbar) }} |
Output:
