Custom title with image
Solution 1:
It's possible to set your own custom title layout, however the order of execution matters. You must do things in this order:
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
setContentView(R.layout.my_layout);
getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.my_custom_title);
Additionally, you may need to increase the size of the title; if you don't, then the bottom of your custom layout may just be covered up by your Activity. You can change the size by adding a theme that specifies the title's size. This would go into a values XML file:
<resources>
<style name="LargeTitleTheme">
<item name="android:windowTitleSize">40dip</item>
</style>
</resources>
Then you'd need to set the theme for your Activity (or Application, if you want the entire application to have this custom title bar) in AndroidManifest.xml:
<activity android:name=".MyCustomTitleActivity" android:theme="@style/LargeTitleTheme" />
Solution 2:
You could always use:
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
And then create your own title bar inside your Activity's View.
Solution 3:
Are you sure that you need to use an image in the title rather than just combining it as part of your background image and leaving the title blank? Using a NinePatch image I would expect that you would be able to achieve a result that would look good on regardless of the device?