I used bottom navigation bar on my app. And I also want to use a toolbar to use a search filter.
I know that I need a menu.xml to use a toolbar but I already made menu.xml to use the bottom navigation bar.
If i use a toolbar on my app, do i have to made a new menu.xml?
Though I included more instances in bottom navigation bar's menu.xml, I couldn't do anything
Both don't need to be the same name (menu.xml) and can have different names (eg: bottom_nav_menu.xml for navigation & top_menu.xml for toolbar)
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When working with NavigationView there is a tools:showIn="navigation_view" on its menu.xml file which make its preview turn into a hamburger menu style and not a regular Toolbar action item.
Is there any other value we can provide to showIn that is default to Android platform itself? I know we can also provide a layout but what I am looking for is its equivalent on other navigation view like BottomNavigationView.
I have an app, which have an action menu item on the right (2).
I need an ulterior menu in the left(1) or a button in the action bar, is that possible?
I attach a image.
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You may create a custom toolbar. The standard height of a toolbar is 89dp.
To create a custom toolbar you should make your activity view container RelativeLayout. Then create a custom toolbar view (it may also be RelativeLayout) which height is 89dp. Then add your toolbar to the main container and set alignParentTop to true. So you have a custom flexible toolbar and you can add any view to it.
This way is very comfortable to use any custom views on your toolbar.
I also faced the same situation of customizing action bar. After a lot of searching I got the solution which is Toolbar.
Checkout: https://developer.android.com/training/appbar/setting-up
I think from now on, you should start using Toolbar as the default action bar for your apps. It provides high level of customization and material design features.
In the picture what I want to do.
I have two menu.xml files. How to add the first menu at top app bar and the second at the bottom app bar? Can I do this in one activity or I should create activity with top app bar + fragment with a bottom app bar? Thanks.
So, I solved this problem.
For toolbar on top of the activity I use setSupportActionBar() inflate menu in onCreateOptionsMenu() and processing MenuItem click in onOptionsItemSelected()
For BottomAppBar (new material component) I use bottomAppBar.replaceMenu() in order to set the menu. For processing MenuItem click: bottomAppBar.setOnMenuItemClickListener()
Result
How to add the first menu at top app bar and the second at bottom app
bar? Can I do this in one acivity or I should create Activity with top
app bar + fragment with bottom ap bar?
You'll probably be able to do that with onCreateOptionsMenu() for the top of the Activity, (called Toolbar) then use a NavigationDrawer and another View (Can be a custom view like LinearLayout with ImageViews or etc) or another Toolbar in the bottom.
Or, using custom view and inflating menus by onCreateOptionsMenu().
This might help for two Toolbars in one Activity: https://stackoverflow.com/a/37002188/4409113
Also: https://stackoverflow.com/a/34906999/4409113
In your case (as we can see in the picture), i believe there is a Toolbar at top of Activity, with CoordinatorLayout which has FloatingActionButton in the middle and there will be just inflating in java-kotlin side left.
I am new to Android development I am building an app but from last three days, I am stuck while making toolbar I am very confused. I want to make toolbar like this
The widget elements in your design are the following from left to right:
Navigation Drawer Indicator
ImageView
SearchView
Toggle
Overflow Menu
These can all be implemented using default widgets. It is not common to put a profile image to the right of the title, but you could do this by putting a custom layout inside the toolbar view.
It is also not common to place a toggle in the action bar, but it is possible using an ActionLayout.
I'm currently working on an Android application with two ActionBar Tabs.
I have three questions:
1) How can I make the ActionBar Tabs to appear on the bottom of the app (under the fragments)
2) Can I make a WebView in a Navigation drawer (menu)
3) How can I let the ActionBar menu appear on the right side of the ActionBar?
Thanks for answering
EDIT:
With an ActionBar menu, I'm meaning the menu on the middle of this Picture:
http://static.androidnext.de/Facebook-for-Android.jpg
How can I make the ActionBar Tabs to appear on the bottom of the app (under the fragments)
Sorry, that is not possible with action bar tabs. You cannot even control if they show up as tabs at all, let alone their position.
Can I make a WebView in an ActionBar Menu (the menu for example Facebook has the main Navigation)
What you are referring to is a navigation drawer. Putting a WebView in a navigation drawer is technically possible but is unlikely to meet Google's design guidelines for navigation. In your case, given your third question, you presumably are not using this for navigation.
How can I let the ActionBar menu appear on the right side of the ActionBar?
That depends on what you are using for the navigation drawer. DrawerLayout supports this:
Drawer positioning and layout is controlled using the android:layout_gravity attribute on child views corresponding to which side of the view you want the drawer to emerge from: left or right. (Or start/end on platform versions that support layout direction.)