This thread will get you started with building your own title bar in a xml file and using it in your activities
Edit
Here is a brief summary of the content of the link above - This is just to set the color of the text and the background of the title bar - no resizing, no buttons, just the simpliest sample
res/layout/mytitle.xml - This is the view that will represent the title bar
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/myTitle"
android:text="This is my new title"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:textColor="@color/titletextcolor"
/>
res/values/themes.xml - We want to keep the default android theme and just need to change the background color of the title background. So we create a theme that inherits the default theme and set the background style to our own style.
@style/WindowTitleBackground
res/values/styles.xml - This is where we set the theme to use the color we want for the title background
@color/titlebackgroundcolor
res/values/colors.xml - Set here the color you want
#3232CD
#FFFF00
In the AndroidMANIFEST.xml, set the theme attribute either in the application (for the whole application) or in the activity (only this activity) tags
From the Activity (called CustomTitleBar) :
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.mytitle);
}