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how to add switch inside toolbar in android?

I am developing android app and I want to add switch inside toolbar it is not showing
below is my xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<Switch
android:id="#+id/switch1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Switch" />
</androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar>
<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/recycler_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView>
</LinearLayout>
following screen current ui
I want to know how to achieve that kind of ui what I have to do

Simply Change AppTheme to NoActionBar from styles.xml
styles.xml
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
</style>
</resources>
Now run your app, switch will show on the top in Toolbar.

You need to use custom toolbar which you are already using in your xml file but you need to remove your default toolbar by calling getSupportActionBar().hide(); in activity onCreate(). and set the color of toolbar in xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
android:elevation="#dimen/margin_large"
android:background="#color/colorPrimaryDark"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<Switch
android:id="#+id/switch1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Switch" />
</androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar>
<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/recycler_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView>

How to create Google Maps like Toolbar with DrawerButton, SearchView and Translucent status bar so that Map can be seen behind the status bar?

I want to get toolbar like this image.
Also, consider the map which is getting displayed beneath the translucent status bar.

I have figured out how to achieve that kind of toolbar.
Here is my activity_maps.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:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MapsActivity">
<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<fragment
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/map"
android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"/>
<FrameLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_margin="4dp"
app:cardUseCompatPadding="true"
app:cardCornerRadius="4dp"
app:cardElevation="2dp"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize">
<com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">
<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
app:title="Title"
android:background="#drawable/bg_gradient"
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
</com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
</FrameLayout>
</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
<com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/nav_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
app:headerLayout="#layout/nav_header_drawer"
app:menu="#menu/activity_drawer_drawer"/>
</androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout>
style.xml:
<style name="MapsTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
<item name="android:windowTranslucentNavigation">false</item>
</style>
Output:

For the status bar do this, you call ths in your on create and pass in the color of your status bar
private void changeStatusBarColor(String color){
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
Window window = getWindow();
window.clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS);
window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS);
window.setStatusBarColor(Color.parseColor(color));
}
}
For the tool bar you would have to create a custom tool bar style with i think a card view background and replace the default tool bar with the one you have designed

Translucent Status bar makes the layout out of bounds(showing view behind)

I want to achieve a translucent status bar, and I found this,
<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
<item name="android:windowTranslucentNavigation">true</item>
yes it made my status bar translucent when my collapsing toolbar/appbar is expanded
but the problem is the one of the views(imageView) became behind on one of the other views(seems like its parent layout went out of bounds, please see the attach image)
opaque status bar, please see the image at the bottom
before that I didnt have any issues at all like this
non-translucent status bar
this is my xml, i tried to remove as much as possible, please bear with me,
<?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"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#android:color/background_light">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:id="#+id/mHomeAppBar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="430dp"
android:background="#color/colorPrimaryDark"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:theme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">
<android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout
android:id="#+id/main.collapsing"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:contentScrim="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|snap|exitUntilCollapsed"
app:title="">
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingLeft="15dp"
android:paddingRight="15dp"
android:paddingTop="15dp"
app:layout_collapseMode="parallax"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlwaysCollapsed">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/image_view_on_bottom"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/ic_near_me_white_18dp"/>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/mHomeToolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
app:layout_collapseMode="pin"
app:navigationIcon="?attr/homeAsUpIndicator"
app:popupTheme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"/>
</android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView
android:id="#+id/mHomeScrollView"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fillViewport="true"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior">
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/mLayoutTabComponents"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:visibility="visible">
<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
android:id="#+id/mHomeTabLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:tabGravity="fill"
app:tabMode="fixed" />
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:id="#+id/mHomeViewPager"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
</android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
and this is the style
<style name = "AppThemeNoActionBar" parent =
"Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="android:subtitle">#null</item>
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="android:windowContentOverlay">#null</item>
<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
<item name="android:windowTranslucentNavigation">true</item>
<item name="android:background">#null</item>
<!-- Support library compatibility -->
<item name="background">#null</item>
</style>
Im trying everything around, I tried to put app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" in every parent container and layout, and I tried to remove the TabLayout's tabGravity from fill to nothing, but still no luck :(, can anyone help me figure whats wrong, I know Im missing something on the style, but please put me in the right direction, again, I apologise if the xml code is a bit long, thanks in advance!
Update: I removed all the unnecessary view contents on the layout xml. anyone? :(

I manage to solve my problem by setting
fitSystemWindows
to false
that resulted the status bar to remove the padding it generates, then I add a 25dp top padding on the next layout which is the AppBarLayout that contains all the child views, now it works perfectly as I wanted.
thanks to these posts, if everyone encounters the same, or related issue with translucent status bar, please have a look here
Translucent/Transparent status bar + CoordinatorLayout + Toolbar + Fragment
Using windowTranslucentStatus with CollapsingToolbarLayout

Recyclerview content goes behind navigation bar

I have a typically problem since Android Lollipop. But I already tried everything.
I have this layout:
<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"
tools:openDrawer="start"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
>
<include
layout="#layout/activity_main_content"
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"
app:headerLayout="#layout/nav_header_activity_main"
app:itemTextColor="#color/nav_selected"
app:itemIconTint="#color/nav_selected"
app:menu="#menu/activity_main_drawer"
>
</android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/filter_nav_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="end"
app:itemTextColor="#color/nav_selected"
app:itemIconTint="#color/nav_selected"
app:menu="#menu/activity_consoles_drawer"
>
</android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
In the activity_main_content I have this:
<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"
xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/rootlayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.robinstrutz.gamereleases.Activities.Activity_Main">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:id="#+id/appBarLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<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"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:elevation="3dp"
>
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/recyclerView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
/>
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/loading_bar"
style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"
android:progressDrawable="#drawable/progress_drawable"
android:indeterminate="true"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
android:id="#+id/settings_fab"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_settings_white_24dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|bottom"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
app:backgroundTint="#color/colorAccent"
android:tint="#color/colorPrimary"
app:borderWidth="0dp"
app:elevation="3dp"
android:transitionName="fab"
android:stateListAnimator="#animator/raise"
/>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
In my code I'm doing a typical initialization for a RecyclerView and nothing that changes the window settings/features or else. So now the content of my RecyclerView are going to the bottom of the screen behind the navigation bar. I already tried using fitSystemWindows, clipToPadding and clipToChildren.
I thought my style brings this fail but how it looks it doesn't:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">#color/background</item>
<item name="android:fontFamily">sans-serif-medium</item>
<item name="android:textSize">14sp</item>
<item name="android:fontFeatureSettings">smcp, onum</item>
<item name="android:letterSpacing">0.02</item>
</style>
Any suggestions how to fix this without adding layout_marginBottom to RecyclerView? Because of the height difference from the navigation bar on different devices.

This could be the result of using app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways" when setting up the Toolbar.
With this setting on, the layout height below the Toolbar is larger than what is visible on your device. It includes some extra to allow smooth scrolling when the Toolbar is scrolled up.
If your Activity/Fragment does not need to scroll the content, a fix would be to simply remove the 'scroll' flag (app:layout_scrollFlags="enterAlways").

Material Design - AppCompat toolbar without showing shadow

I am using the toolbar from AppCompat V7 to replace the previous action bar and want to have the shadow of toolbar like the previous actionbar. but the toolbar doesn't have shadow by default, and I have tried the fixes mentioned from reddit. but without luck.
the code to set the shadow:
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerShadow(R.drawable.drawer_shadow, GravityCompat.START);
The toolbar layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="#F1F1F1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="0dp"
android:layout_margin="0dp"
foreground="?android:windowContentOverlay">
the activity layout:
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:context=".MainActivity"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!-- activity view -->
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<include
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
layout="#layout/toolbar" />
<FrameLayout android:id="#+id/fragment_container"
android:layout_below="#id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
<!-- navigation drawer -->
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/left_drawer"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="#fff"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingLeft="16dp"
android:paddingRight="16dp"
android:paddingTop="8dp"
android:paddingBottom="8dp"
android:divider="#eee"
android:background="#EEE"
android:id="#+id/drawer_header">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/user_icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:contentDescription="#string/user_icon"
android:src="#drawable/ic_action_person"
android:paddingTop="0dp"
android:paddingLeft="0dp"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/userName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/user_icon"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:text="#string/not_logged_in"
android:paddingTop="0dp"
android:paddingBottom="0dp"/>
</RelativeLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/drawer_list"
android:layout_below="#+id/drawer_header"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:divider="#eee"
android:background="#fff"
android:dividerHeight="0dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
Setting in the style.xml:
<style name="myAppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/primaryColor</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/primaryColorDark</item>
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="drawerArrowStyle">#style/DrawerArrowStyle</item>
<item name="android:windowContentOverlay">#drawable/drawer_shadow</item>
</style>
<style name="DrawerArrowStyle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.DrawerArrowToggle">
<item name="spinBars">true</item>
<item name="color">#android:color/black</item>
</style>
Can anyone help?
thanks!
update 1: with the suggestion from Willis, I get the shadow displayed, but it is not below the toolbar, instead it is to the left of the toolbar.
Update 2: I have noticed that if I don't set the windowContentOverlay in toolbar.xml and styles.xml, the shadow is actually on the top of the toolbar.

Those two are completely different shadows. The vertical one is that of DrawerLayout. It's supposed to be showing beside expanded drawer. The horizontal one is part of windowContentOverlay on APIs below LOLLIPOP (on LOLLIPOP it's #null).
When you work with Toolbar widget the toolbar isn't part of window decor anymore so the shadow starts at the top of the window over the toolbar instead of below it (so you want the windowContentOverlay to be #null). Additionally you need to add an extra empty View below the toolbar pre-LOLLIPOP with its background set to a vertical shadow drawable (8dp tall gradient from #20000000 to #00000000 works best). On LOLLIPOP you can set 8dp elevation on the toolbar instead.
Note: Use the same gradient but horizontal as the drawer shadow for best results.

You can set the amount of shadow by using the setElevation method. For example:
getSupportActionBar().setElevation(25);
Increasing/decreasing the value passed to setElevation will consequently increase/decrease the presence of the shadow effect.

To show shadow under your toolbar please use AppBarLayout available in Google Android Design Support Library. Here is an example of how it should be used.
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:layout_width="match_parent"/>
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
To use Google Android Design Support Library enter following into your build.gradle file:
compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.0'