[android help] Android - How to get rid of the bar above the ActionBar

My problem is there are another bar, not exactly sure what it's name is - TitleBar? (The bar with the menu button and the white square logo) Above my ActionBar. What I ideally want is to merge my ActionBar with that bar or if not possible, implement my own bar completely amongst the tabs with icon and menu button. I have tried several things (see below image)

I was under the impression getActionBar() got reference to the existing bar which sits above my ActionBar in the screenshot.. that would be ideal.

Current application theme is android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar"

Anyway, I have tried the following:

• Various manifest changes including various .NoTitleBar combinations


• requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); after super.onCreate() and before setContentView()

The reason I am using standard ActionBar is this for a hardware device that will be running at least 4.0 and the version is highly unlikely to change.

Any thoughts?

Cheers

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