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How to integrate expandable list view inside navigation drawer?

I created a project for my expandable list view. Also, in my other main project, I created a navigation drawer. Everything works fine as it is own. Unfortunately, I want to show this expandable list view inside my navigation drawer and I don't know where to start. I feel like there should be minor additions (already have adapter and stuff) but seriously I have no idea about how to implement the layout inside the drawer. I searched about this topic and all examples and answers are not so clear to me.
Can you please point me to the right direction?

You can do it by adding ExpandableListView in NavigationDrawer like below:
You can create it using custom ListView.
See the code below activity_navigation_view.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
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:fitsSystemWindows="true">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Hello World!" />
<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">
<ExpandableListView
android:id="#+id/navigationmenu"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginTop="192dp"
android:background="#android:color/white">
</ExpandableListView>
</android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
And Simply create adapter for it and use it like a normal ExpandableListView.

Make a custom Layout to use custom navigation view as given below in (layout_nav_bar.xml):-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/color_white"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<include
android:id="#+id/nav_header"
layout="#layout/nav_header_main"
/>
<ExpandableListView
android:id="#+id/expandableListView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scrollbars="none"
android:overScrollMode="never"
android:background="#android:color/white"
android:divider="#null"
android:groupIndicator="#null" />
</LinearLayout>
Add this to your DrawerLayout
<include
android:id="#+id/nav_view"
layout="#layout/layout_nav_bar"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"/>

Spinner can be clicked on top of Navigation menu

I have a navigation menu with some items. The problem that I am facing is the Spinner items and other UI elements which is underneath the menu when it is open remains clickable even when the menu is on top of those, as explained in the figure.
Here is my activity layout files.(activity_main.xml)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/delivery_area_spinner"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:gravity="center"
android:spinnerMode="dropdown" />
<include layout="#layout/layout_drawer_navigation" />
</RelativeLayout>
This is my navigation drawer layout.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<merge 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="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:clickable="true">
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:openDrawer="start">
<include
layout="#layout/app_bar_main"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/navigation_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:headerLayout="#layout/layout_main_navigation_header"
app:menu="#menu/main_drawer_menu" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
I tried to look for solutions and found that for many people setting android:clickable="true" does the trick but in my case that is also not working.'

Wrong size and click behavior for Views in DrawerLayout

I have a layout for an Activity that I'm trying to add a navigation drawer to.
The problem is, to work properly, I need to use:
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
instead of:
<RelativeLayout
but it messes things up. My ProgressBar becomes much bigger, my RecyclerView doesn't work, the app logs me out when I click something, etc.
My layout XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:context="com.st.mf.UserAreaActivity"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:padding="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:background="#fff">
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/progressBar1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true" />
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/recyclerView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp" />
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:menu="#layout/navigation_menu"
android:layout_gravity="start">
</android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
How can I create my drawer menu without messing everything else up?

Any direct child View of a DrawerLayout that's not a drawer is considered a content View, and will be laid out to match_parent in both directions, regardless of the width and height attributes you've set on it. In your case - indeed, in most cases - you only need one content View, so the rest of the non-drawer Views should all be inside a single ViewGroup.
We'll place your ProgressBar and RecyclerView both inside a RelativeLayout that acts as the content View, where they'll keep the layout attributes you've set. For example:
<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"
tools:context="com.st.mf.UserAreaActivity"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:padding="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:background="#fff">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/progressBar1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true" />
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/recyclerView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:menu="#layout/navigation_menu"
android:layout_gravity="start">
</android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
Note that the content View should always be listed before any drawers, to maintain proper z-ordering; i.e., to keep the drawers on top of the content.

strange issue when using drawer in Android lollipop

I have mainlayout.xml as coded below:
<?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"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layoutDirection="rtl"
tools:context="com.sanwix.mh.meeting.MainActivity">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<include
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
layout="#layout/layout_appbar"/>
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/MyMainReycler"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_below="#+id/toolbar"
android:padding="16dp">
</android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView>
<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
android:id="#+id/Fabb"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_gravity="left|bottom"
android:layout_margin="16dp"
android:src="#android:drawable/ic_menu_edit"
android:transitionName="sharedFab"
app:backgroundTint="#color/colorAccent"
app:elevation="8dp"
app:fabSize="normal"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/myRecycleDrawer"
android:layout_width="280dp"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
every things work perfectly on pre-lollipop devices.
but on lollipop or above, it doesn't run perfectly.
my issue is that: I have no main content for myactivity
and each one of my elements take a seperate drawer .
I mean the RelativeLayout will be shown as left-side drawer
and the RecyclerView will be shown as right-side drawe on lollipop or above.
but
what I want is just one drawer on rightside(my recycle)

NavigationDrawer blocks other button on the activity

I'm working on the UI of my app and I'm facing a problem when I implement the Navigation Drawer. As you can see here, I have some buttons to manage my Media Player, these are not responding to my clicks when I implement the Navigation Drawer (working fine without Navigation Drawer).
I think the problem is coming from my XML file because there are no changing when I delete the implementation in Java.
Here are my XML sheets :
main_activity.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MyActivity">
<fragment
android:id="#+id/fragments"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
class="com.example.ilan.myapplication.fragments.FragmentHome" >
</fragment>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
android:text="Buffering"
android:id="#+id/tV_Buffering"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true" />
<include
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
layout="#layout/player_controls"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/>
<include
layout="#layout/navigation_drawer_main_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</RelativeLayout>
Note that I put the Navigation Drawer in the end to have it to cover the all activity.
navigation_drawer_main_layout.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<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">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/content_frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<ListView android:id="#+id/left_drawer"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"
android:background="#FFFFFF"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
player_controls.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/blue">
<Button
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:id="#+id/button_play_pause"
android:layout_toStartOf="#+id/tV_Buffering"
android:background="#drawable/bouton_play"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
/>
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Stop"
android:id="#+id/button_stop"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/button_play_pause"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"/>
</RelativeLayout>
Well, if anyone has any idea from where this come from it would be awesome, thanks !

To use a DrawerLayout, position your primary content view as the first child with width and height of match_parent and no layout_gravity. Add drawers as child views after the main content view and set the layout_gravity appropriately. Drawers commonly use match_parent for height with a fixed width. Check out the documentation of google regarding to DrawerLayout : https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/widget/DrawerLayout.html.
Your primary content should put inside DrawerLayout instead of including the DrawerLayout inside your RelativeLayout.
For your case, you could try to implement it this way instead:
main_activity.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<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">
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MyActivity">
<fragment
android:id="#+id/fragments"
class="com.example.ilan.myapplication.fragments.FragmentHome"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</fragment>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tV_Buffering"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:text="Buffering"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"/>
<include
layout="#layout/player_controls"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_weight="1"/>
</RelativeLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/content_frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/left_drawer"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>