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Android Search view not invoking search activity

Please dont mark as duplicate as I have viewed several other same question and those solution didnt worked for me.
category_menu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:id="#+id/category.search"
android:title="Search"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"/>
</menu>
Mainfest.xml
<activity android:name=".CategoryActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
<meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable" android:value=".SearchResultsActivity" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".SearchResultsActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_search_results"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.NoActionBar"
android:launchMode="singleTop">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable" android:resource="#xml/searchable" />
<meta-data android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY" android:value=".CategoryActivity" />
</activity>
CategoryActivity.java
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.category_menu, menu);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.category_search).getActionView();
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(new ComponentName(this, SearchResultsActivity.class)));
return true;
}
SearchResultsActivity.java
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
Log.d(TAG,"Search Began");
setContentView(R.layout.search_results_activity);
handleIntent(getIntent());
}
#Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
handleIntent(intent);
}
private void handleIntent(Intent intent) {
Log.d(TAG, "Herer");
if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
//use the query to search your data somehow
Log.d(TAG, query);
}
}
Searchable.xml under res/xml/
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:hint="Recipe Search" />

you should add onQueryTextListener in searchView.
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.category_menu, menu);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.category_search).getActionView();
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(new ComponentName(this, SearchResultsActivity.class)));
searchView..setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
startActivity(CategoryActivity.this, SearchResultActivity.class);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
return false;
}
});
return true;
}

android hint and label must both be of type "#String/..."
hardcoded text will prevent SearchResultActivity from starting.

if in searchable.xml not contain android:label, it doesn't start SearchResultActivity, make sure you add this code in searchable.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:label="#string/app_name" ===================> can not contain empty strings
android:hint="Recipe Search" />

Action SEARCH doesn't start new Activity

I have two classes in two different files, one is MainActivity and the other one is SearchResultsActivity.
For some reason when i press the search button it doesn't start SearchResultsActivity, I'm assuming this because i put several breakpoints (even some at the beginning of the class) and the debugger doesn't seem to reach them.
MainActivity.Java
package myapp.myapp;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
private Toolbar toolbar;
ProgressBar theProgressBar;
TextView stInstTxt;
public void sendMessage(View view) {
Intent intent = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
// Get the SearchView and set the searchable configuration
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search_element).getActionView();
// Assumes current activity is the searchable activity
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
searchView.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected (MenuItem item){
// Handle item selection
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.search_element:
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
//text view
stInstTxt = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView01);
//progress bar
theProgressBar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar01);
theProgressBar.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
//toolbar
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.tool_bar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
}
}
SearchResultsActivity.Java
package myapp.myapp;
public class SearchResultsActivity extends Activity{
TextView stInstTxt;
Context context;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
context = getApplicationContext();
handleIntent(getIntent());
}
#Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
handleIntent(intent);
}
private void handleIntent(Intent intent) {
if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
searchItems(query);
}
}
public void searchItems(String query) {
stInstTxt.append(query);
}
}
AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="myapp.myapp">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name="myapp.myapp.SearchResultsActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
android:value="myapp.myapp.SearchResultsActivity"/>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
activity_main.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity"
android:background="#FFF9C4">
<include
android:id="#+id/tool_bar"
layout="#layout/tool_bar"
/>
<ProgressBar
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/progressBar01"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/InnerRelativeLayout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:paddingTop="70dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView android:text="#string/help_text_1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/textView01"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:visibility="visible"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
menu_main.xml
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:id="#+id/search_element"
android:orderInCategory="200"
android:title="#string/search_hint"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_search"
app:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView">
</item>
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
app:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
Could there be something wrong with AndroidManifest.xml?

After almost 6 hours of trying to implement this (starting with the android documentation as a guide), and trying dozens of different ways to do it, i feel i maybe could help someone else with a similar problem save some time, I came up to this tutorial
I read it all but what I ended up doing was downloading the code and comparing it with mine until i found that I was missing a couple of important things. The official android documentation is incomplete, and pretty much there was no way i could have came up with a solution without seeing a real and complete working example.

What have I done wrong to make my app run at startup?

I am just trying to make my webview app run upon the bootup of an android device. I already followed every single step mentioned in this post however it does not run on device boot up. What am I missing here?
public class BootUpReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
try {
Toast.makeText(context, "Start Up", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(context,
MainActivity.class)
.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
context.startActivity(serviceIntent);
} catch (Exception e) {
Toast.makeText(context, "Start Up not possible!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
private WebView mWebView;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.activity_main_webview);
// Enable Javascript
WebSettings webSettings = mWebView.getSettings();
webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
// Force links and redirects to open in the WebView instead of in a browser
mWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient());
mWebView.loadUrl("http://www.google.com/");
//Note: To detect when a URL has started and finished loading, use WebViewClient.onPageStarted and WebViewClient.onPageFinished.
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
//noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
/**
* A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
*/
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
public PlaceholderFragment() {
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
return rootView;
}
}
}
and here is the manifest
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.aa.webview1" >
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_GPS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_ASSISTED_GPS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<receiver android:name=".BootUpReceiver">
<intent-filter >
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
</manifest>

your receiver is out of your application element, it should rather be inside
<receiver android:name=".BootUpReceiver"> // i am suppose to be a child of the application
<intent-filter >
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
</application> // clossing application element
for more info check here , and here

Program runs with no errors but button wont open

I have been following the mybringback tutorials on youtube and I tried implementing what I learned. Trying to get a button on my main page to open another page. Finally got the program to run without errors but now when I press the button nothing opens.
Main .xml file where my button is
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnChpt3"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
android:text="Appearance and Grooming Policies"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:textStyle="bold|italic"
android:gravity="center"
/>
Name of .xml file im trying to get to is chapter3.xml
Menu.java
package com.th3ramr0d.learnar670_1;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
public class Menu extends Activity{
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Button chapterThree = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnChpt3);
chapterThree.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
// #Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
startActivity(new Intent("com.th3ramr0d.learnar670_1.CHAPTER3"));
}
});
}
#Override
protected void onPause() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onPause();
}
}
And my manifest.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.th3ramr0d.learnar670_1"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="14"
android:targetSdkVersion="21" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".Menu"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.th3ramr0d.learnar670_1.MENU" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".Chapter3"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.th3ramr0d.learnar670_1.CHAPTER3" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
So button ided as btnChpt3 wont open up my .xml file named chapter3.xml. Thanks for the help.
Here is my Chapter3.java
package com.th3ramr0d.learnar670_1;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
public class Chapter3 extends Activity{
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.chapter3);
}
}
Here is my MainActivity.java
package com.th3ramr0d.learnar670_1;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}

Copy this and paste in your AndroidManifest and try,
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.th3ramr0d.learnar670_1"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="14"
android:targetSdkVersion="21" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".Menu"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".Chapter3"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.th3ramr0d.learnar670_1.CHAPTER3" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
To help you understand the problem,
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
The code above in the AndroidManifest defines the activity to be launced when the App Icon is pressed. As per your earlier manifest, it launches the activity MainActivity which also sets it setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); by default as the IDE creates a Hello World program.
So when you launch you app, its MainActivity (that looks the same layout you have designed) which is loading and not Menu activity which you want to load. Hence making few changes in the manifest where we declare the Menu activity as the launcher now launches Menu activity which has the piece of code to process your button click.
I hope this helped!

Actually you can try a more convenient way of starting activities inside your application:
startActivity(new Intent(Menu.this, Chapter3.class))
Also you can read more how it works here:
http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/starting-activity.html

Good day.
Try replacing the line :
startActivity(new Intent("com.th3ramr0d.learnar670_1.CHAPTER3"));
with the code below :
Intent intent = new Intent(Menu.this, Chapter3.class);
startActivity(intent);
Try reverting your code to the original code, copy your layout activity_main.xml and rename it menu.xml.
now in the layout menu.xml change this line:
android:text="Appearance and Grooming Policies"
to:
android:text="Go to menu"
and the line:
android:id="#+id/btnChpt3"
with:
android:id="#+id/btnMenu"
and replace the line:
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
in Menu.java with:
setContentView(R.layout.menu.xml);
finally in MainActivity.java add the following to your oncreate method:
Button btnGoToMenu = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnMenu);
btnGoToMenu.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
// #Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, Menu.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
and re-run the application.

Custom window title and ActionBar

Why getActionBar() returns null?
I have custom window title in my app.
below my AndroidManifest.xml file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.map"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
<permission
android:name="com.example.map.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
android:protectionLevel="signature" />
<uses-feature
android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
android:required="true" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.example.map.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/customTheme" >
<activity
android:name="com.example.map.MainActivity"
android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.example.map.MapActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.example.map.PersonalInformationActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
</activity>
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
android:value="MY_KEY" />
</application>
</manifest>
Problem with MainActivity.It works with ActionBar Tabs + Fragments (code below). In other Activities all work fine.
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.window_header);
final ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
String label1 = getResources().getString(R.string.label1);
Tab tab = actionBar.newTab();
tab.setText(label1);
TabListener<Login> tl = new TabListener<Login>(this, label1, Login.class);
tab.setTabListener(tl);
actionBar.addTab(tab);
String label2 = getResources().getString(R.string.label2);
tab = actionBar.newTab();
tab.setText(label2);
TabListener<Registration> tl2 = new TabListener<Registration>(this, label2, Registration.class);
tab.setTabListener(tl2);
actionBar.addTab(tab);
}
private class TabListener<T extends Fragment> implements ActionBar.TabListener {
private Fragment mFragment;
private final Activity mActivity;
private final String mTag;
private final Class<T> mClass;
public TabListener(Activity activity, String tag, Class<T> clz) {
mActivity = activity;
mTag = tag;
mClass = clz;
}
public void onTabSelected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
// Check if the fragment is already initialized
if (mFragment == null) {
// If not, instantiate and add it to the activity
mFragment = Fragment.instantiate(mActivity, mClass.getName());
ft.add(android.R.id.content, mFragment, mTag);
} else {
// If it exists, simply attach it in order to show it
ft.attach(mFragment);
}
}
public void onTabUnselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
if (mFragment != null) {
// Detach the fragment, because another one is being attached
ft.detach(mFragment);
}
}
public void onTabReselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
// User selected the already selected tab. Usually do nothing.
}
}
}
}

If you want to use ActionBar you need to request for the ActionBar
See the code below.
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// The Action Bar is a window feature. The feature must be requested
// before setting a content view.
getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_ACTION_BAR);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
// experiment with the ActionBar
ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
actionBar.hide();
}

getActionBar() was introduced in API level 11. In your manifest, you claim your app will run on API level 8 as well. It won't.
Here are numerous reasons why the call may return null on a device with API >= 11.

I had similiar problem, i used to get error on the lines below, since
I was requesting the custom title feature before setting the content view.
setContentView(R.layout.userlayout);
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE)
first request the feature and problem went away
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE)
setContentView(R.layout.userlayout);
Hope that is the solution you wanted..