I can't seem to find a solution on how to add even more space between each item of my navigation drawer. Here is the image of what it looks like now.
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I want to my items in my navigation drawer to have even more space in between. I tried android:paddingTop and android:layout_marginTop in my NavigationView of my activity.xml but it doesn't seem to work. How can I add more space between Items?
To help here is my code for my activity.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".Location.Location"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
tools:openDrawer="start"
>
<com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/drawerNavigationView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
app:headerLayout="#layout/navigation_drawer_header"
app:menu="#menu/navigation_drawer_menu"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:insetForeground="#android:color/transparent">
</com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView>
</androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout>
It might help, here is my Menu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:showIn="navigation_view">
<group android:checkableBehavior="single">
<item
android:id="#+id/homeNavigationDrawer"
android:title="Home"
android:icon="#drawable/icon_home_nav_drawer"
/>
<item
android:id="#+id/profileNavigationDrawer"
android:title="Profile"
android:icon="#drawable/icon_profile_nav_drawer"
/>
<item
android:id="#+id/topicsNavigationDrawer"
android:title="Topics"
android:icon="#drawable/icon_latest_news_black"
/>
<item
android:id="#+id/settingsNavigationDrawer"
android:title="Settings"
android:icon="#drawable/icon_settings"
/>
</group>
</menu>
For more space between each item You can apply following Theme in your styles.xml for Navigation Drawer
style name="NavigationTheme" parent="AppTheme">
<item name="android:textSize">16sp</item>
<item name="android:layout_marginBottom">8dp</item>
</style>
Apply this theme in Navigation Drawer
android:theme="#style/NavigationTheme"
Related
Can I know why the texts inside the navigation drawer are not the same?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".activities.MainActivity"
tools:openDrawer="start">
...
<com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
app:menu="#menu/menu_navigation_drawer" />
</androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout>
----------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:title="Other">
<menu>
<item
android:icon="#drawable/ic_star"
android:title="Rate the app" />
<item
android:icon="#drawable/ic_share"
android:title="Share the app" />
<item
android:icon="#drawable/ic_shield"
android:title="Privacy policy" />
<item
android:icon="#drawable/ic_document"
android:title="Terms of services" />
</menu>
</item>
</menu>
Notice some items have bold texts and some items have regular texts.
Why is that happening?
I'm using Material Design 3.
The solution
<style name="styleName" parent="TextAppearance.Material3.LabelLarge">
<item name="fontFamily">#font/font_regular</item>
</style>
Then add this inside NavigationView
app:itemTextAppearance="#style/styleName"
Im trying to get my material Bottom Navigation bar to show up but whenever i add " app:menu="#menu/nav_menu" " to my acitivty_main.xml, the Navigation bar disappears. How do I fix this?
activity_main.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/fl_wrapper"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_above="#+id/bottom_navigation"/>
<com.google.android.material.bottomnavigation.BottomNavigationView
android:id="#+id/bottom_navigation"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
app:menu="#menu/nav_menu"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
nav_menu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:id="#+id/navigation_profile"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_profile"
android:title="Favorites"
android:visible="true"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/navigation_steps"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_steps"
android:title="Steps"
android:visible="true"
/>
<item
android:id="#+id/navigation_home"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_home"
android:title="Home"
android:visible="true"/>
</menu>
I'm not sure why it's not working. When i take away the app:menu part it shows a black navigation bar but as soon as I add the menu, the navigation bar disappears.
I think you need to set background color to bottomnavigation menu.
try adding
android:background="?android:attr/windowBackgroud" in your bottomnavigation menu.
I'm having a little bit of trouble trying to implement a Bottom Navigation Bar with icons and text in my Android application.
The bar currently functions as expected and takes you to the desired fragment but isn't showing icons or text for some reason.
I've done a few searches but haven't been able to find a solution or a reason as to why it is behaving this way.Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/frame_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" />
<android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView
android:id="#+id/navigation"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:background="?android:attr/windowBackground"
app:itemBackground="#color/turquoise"
android:foreground="#color/colorPrimary"
app:itemIconTint="#android:color/white"
app:itemTextColor="#android:color/white"
app:menu="#menu/navigation" />
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
navigation.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_0"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher_foreground"
android:title="home"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_1"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher_foreground"
android:title="email"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_2"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_home"
android:title="profile"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_3"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_home"
android:title="map"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"/>
</menu>
in MainActivity.java
toolbar = getSupportActionBar();
BottomNavigationView navigation = (BottomNavigationView) findViewById(R.id.navigation);
navigation.setOnNavigationItemSelectedListener(mOnNavigationItemSelectedListener);
Remove android:foreground="#color/colorPrimary" attribute inside your BottomNavigationView
I need your help please help me.
I have a navigation drawer in my app. i want to move navigation drawer to right completely . I moved the navigation itself but i want to move menu items to right too.
My Screenshot of Navigation Drawer
Activity_main:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginleft="100dip"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:openDrawer="end">
<include
layout="#layout/app_bar_main"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/nav_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="end"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:headerLayout="#layout/nav_header_main"
app:menu="#menu/activity_main_drawer" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
My items of menu in xml :
Activity_Main_Drawer:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<group android:checkableBehavior="single">
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_home"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_home_black_24dp"
android:title="#string/nav_home" />
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_photos"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_photo_library_black_24dp"
android:title="#string/nav_photos" />
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_movies"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_local_movies_black_24dp"
android:title="#string/nav_movies" />
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_notifications"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_notifications_black_24dp"
android:title="#string/nav_notifications" />
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_settings"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_settings_black_24dp"
android:title="#string/nav_settings" />
</group>
<item android:title="Other">
<menu>
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_about_us"
android:title="#string/nav_about_us" />
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_privacy_policy"
android:title="#string/privacy_policy" />
</menu>
</item>
</menu>
first: You can put your device in RTL mode, go to develop settings (Force RTL layout direction).
After doing this all the layouts will mirror correctly.
If you don't want to change the whole device into RTL use this code in onCreate method of mainactivity before super and before you inflate the content view
window.decorView.layoutDirection = View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL
You need to use a custom layout for NavigationView.
According to this: http://www.kamilslesinski.com/home/navigation-drawer-customising-navigationview-items you can override the layout by copying original file and customizing it, or you can add a reference to your custom layout, like that:
how to customize snackBar's layout?
in refs.xml.
I'm designing a native navigation drawer in Android Studio.
I can't see the drawer in my preview because it is sitting left of the activity, out of range of the preview.
For now I'm using a testlayout.xml file to see my changes, but a lot of times I forget to copy paste them into the right activity.
Is there a way to preview the drawer layout?
If you want to be able to preview the drawer layout / navigation bar
If you are following the tutorial at https://developer.android.com/training/implementing-navigation/nav-drawer.html
You can put your listview for the nav drawer in a different xml file in the /layout folder, then include it in the drawer layout xml. Means you can edit it in the drawer_layout file and be able to see it properly
layout/drawer_layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ListView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/left_drawer"
android:layout_width="280dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"
android:background="#color/nav_drawer_background_color"/>
Then in the navbar
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!-- The main content view -->
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/content_frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</FrameLayout>
<!-- The navigation drawer -->
<include
android:id="#+id/listView"
layout="#layout/drawer_layout"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
To see NavigationView preview add tools namespace to your drawer layout:
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
then add attribute tools:openDrawer equal to gravity of layout_gravity value of your Navigation view, for example
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:openDrawer="left">
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="left"
app:headerLayout="#layout/navigation_header_main"
app:itemTextAppearance="#style/NavigationItemStyleLight"
app:menu="#menu/navigation_main_menu"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:showIn="navigation_view">
<group android:checkableBehavior="single">
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_camera"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_camera"
android:title="Import" />
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_gallery"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_gallery"
android:title="Gallery" />
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_slideshow"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_slideshow"
android:title="Slideshow" />
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_manage"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_manage"
android:title="Tools" />
</group>
<item android:title="Communicate">
<menu>
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_share"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_share"
android:title="Share" />
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_send"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_send"
android:title="Send" />
</menu>
</item>
Just Add
tools:showIn="navigation_view"
You can use NavigationView to get its preview on AndroidStudio, Its much better and easier to implement then the old NavigationDrawer.
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:openDrawer="start">
<include
layout="#layout/prof_app_bar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/nav_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:itemTextColor="#color/text_head_color"
app:itemIconTint="#null"
app:headerLayout="#layout/nav_header_main2"
app:menu="#menu/professional_menu" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
Define the menu in navigationmenu.xml place it in menu resource folder:-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<group android:checkableBehavior="single"
android:id="#+id/top_menu">
<item
android:id="#+id/pnav_setting"
android:icon="#drawable/accountsettings"
android:title="#string/paccount_settingss" />
<item
android:id="#+id/pnav_expertise"
android:icon="#drawable/professional"
android:title="#string/pexpertise" />
<item
android:id="#+id/pnav_comu"
android:icon="#drawable/communication"
android:title="#string/pcomunication" />
<item
android:id="#+id/pnav_change_pass"
android:icon="#drawable/changepasswd"
android:title="#string/pchange_pass" />
<item
android:id="#+id/pnav_change_lang"
android:icon="#drawable/changelang"
android:title="#string/pchange_lang"
android:visible="true"/>
</group>
<group android:checkableBehavior="single"
android:id="#+id/middle_menu">
<item
android:id="#+id/pnav_about_us"
android:icon="#drawable/aboutus"
android:title="#string/about_us" />
<item
android:id="#+id/pnav_feedback"
android:icon="#drawable/feedback"
android:title="#string/feedback"
android:visible="false"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_privacy_policy"
android:icon="#drawable/privacy"
android:title="#string/privacy_policy" />
<item
android:id="#+id/pnav_faq"
android:icon="#drawable/faq"
android:visible="false"
android:title="#string/faq" />
<item
android:id="#+id/pnav_contact_us"
android:icon="#drawable/contactus"
android:title="#string/contact_us" />
</group>
<group android:checkableBehavior="single"
android:id="#+id/bottom_menu">
<item
android:id="#+id/pnav_sign_out"
android:icon="#drawable/signout"
android:title="#string/sign_out" />
</group>
</menu>
And, for getting click events use this:-
NavigationView navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(yourItemclickListener);