android-toolbar

Creating a Preference Screen with support (v21) Toolbar

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Please find the GitHub Repo: Here A bit late to the party, but this is my solution that I am using as a work around continuing to use PreferenceActivity: settings_toolbar.xml : <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?> <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android” xmlns:app=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto” android:id=”@+id/toolbar” app:theme=”@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar” android:layout_width=”match_parent” android:layout_height=”wrap_content” android:minHeight=”?attr/actionBarSize” app:navigationContentDescription=”@string/abc_action_bar_up_description” android:background=”?attr/colorPrimary” app:navigationIcon=”?attr/homeAsUpIndicator” app:title=”@string/action_settings” /> SettingsActivity.java : public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity { … Read more

No shadow by default on Toolbar?

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I ended up setting my own drop shadow for the toolbar, thought it might helpful for anyone looking for it: <LinearLayout xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android” xmlns:app=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto” android:layout_width=”wrap_content” android:layout_height=”wrap_content” android:layout_gravity=”top” android:orientation=”vertical”> <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar android:id=”@+id/toolbar” android:layout_width=”match_parent” android:layout_height=”wrap_content” android:background=”@color/color_alizarin” android:titleTextAppearance=”@color/White” app:theme=”@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar”/> <FrameLayout android:layout_width=”match_parent” android:layout_height=”match_parent”> <!– **** Place Your Content Here **** –> <View android:layout_width=”match_parent” android:layout_height=”5dp” android:background=”@drawable/toolbar_dropshadow”/> </FrameLayout> </LinearLayout> @drawable/toolbar_dropshadow: <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?> … Read more

How to make Toolbar transparent?

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Create your toolbar.xml file with background of AppBarLayout is @null <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?> <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout android:id=”@+id/general_appbar” android:layout_width=”match_parent” android:layout_height=”wrap_content” android:background=”@null” xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android”> <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar android:layout_width=”match_parent” android:layout_height=”?attr/actionBarSize”> <TextView android:layout_width=”match_parent” android:layout_height=”wrap_content” android:gravity=”center_horizontal” android:text=”Login” android:textSize=”20sp”/> </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar> </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout> and here is result:

Display Back Arrow on Toolbar

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If you are using an ActionBarActivity then you can tell Android to use the Toolbar as the ActionBar like so: Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.my_awesome_toolbar); setSupportActionBar(toolbar); And then calls to getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true); getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true); will work. You can also use that in Fragments that are attached to ActionBarActivities you can use it like this: ((ActionBarActivity) getActivity()).getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true); ((ActionBarActivity) … Read more

Creating a button in Android Toolbar

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ToolBar with Button Tutorial 1 – Add library compatibility inside build.gradle dependencies { compile fileTree(dir: ‘libs’, include: [‘*.jar’]) compile ‘com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.3’ } 2 – Create a file name color.xml to define the Toolbar colors <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?> <resources> <color name=”ColorPrimary”>#FF5722</color> <color name=”ColorPrimaryDark”>#E64A19</color> </resources> 3 – Modify your style.xml file <resources> <!– Base application theme. –> <style … Read more

How to use SearchView in Toolbar Android

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You have to use Appcompat library for that. Which is used like below: dashboard.xml <menu xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android” xmlns:tools=”http://schemas.android.com/tools” xmlns:app=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto”> <item android:id=”@+id/action_search” android:icon=”@android:drawable/ic_menu_search” app:showAsAction=”always|collapseActionView” app:actionViewClass=”androidx.appcompat.widget.SearchView” android:title=”Search”/> </menu> Activity file (in Java): public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater(); menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.dashboard, menu); MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search); SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) MainActivity.this.getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE); SearchView searchView = null; if (searchItem … Read more

Android transparent status bar and actionbar

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I’m developing an app that needs to look similar in all devices with >= API14 when it comes to actionbar and statusbar customization. I’ve finally found a solution and since it took a bit of my time I’ll share it to save some of yours. We start by using an appcompat-21 dependency. Transparent Actionbar: values/styles.xml: … Read more

Android API 21 Toolbar Padding

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The left inset is caused by Toolbar’s contentInsetStart which by default is 16dp. Change this to 72dp to align to the keyline. Update for support library v24.0.0: To match the Material Design spec there’s an additional attribute contentInsetStartWithNavigation which by default is 16dp. Change this if you also have a navigation icon.

This Activity already has an action bar supplied by the window decor

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I think you’re developing for Android Lollipop, but anyway include this line: <item name=”windowActionBar”>false</item> to your theme declaration inside of your app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml. Also, if you’re using AppCompatActivity support library of version 22.1 or greater, add this line: <item name=”windowNoTitle”>true</item> Your theme declaration may look like this after all these additions: <!– Base application theme. –> … Read more

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