Custom title bar is truncated by other layout

Question

I defined a custom title bar using the following 3 lines:

requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
setContentView(view);
getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.window_title);

as explained in many posts, however the title bar is truncated by the content view I set, and I see only a part of it. I tried to add margin top to the layout I set but it didn't help.

main layout:

<LinearLayout 
android:layout_width="match_parent" 
android:layout_height="match_parent" 
android:layout_gravity="right 
android:background="@color/bgColor" 
android:gravity="right" 
android:orientation="vertical">

<RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="277dp"
    android:layout_gravity="right"
    android:gravity="right" >

...

title bar:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="55dp"
android:background="#323331"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingLeft="5dip" >

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/header"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="right"
    android:layout_weight="0.95"
    android:scaleType="fitCenter"
    android:src="@drawable/logo1" />