Change ActionBar content padding through styles - android

I've been reading about this and found out that it came with the SDK 24 and already found the solution to Toolbar extra margin/padding, just set: app:contentInsetStartWithNavigation="0dp"
The problem is, most of my activities layouts doesn't theme "no action bar", example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout 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"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context="package">
<ListView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/listViewContato" />
</LinearLayout>
So in this case, how the hell can i remove the extra margin/padding? Because it would be annoying change all activities to add the toolbar...

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Android Studio 2.3.1 design overwrites text xml

I am switching between text and design view in android studio and it seems that whenever I make a change in the text (xml) and the change back to design my changes are overwritten by something random. I want the text changes to take priority over the design tab.
For example:
I have this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
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"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.test.foo.MainActivity">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="368dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="0dp"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="8dp">
</RelativeLayout>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
change it into this in text view:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
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"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.test.foo.MainActivity">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</RelativeLayout>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
when I switch to Design it somehow resets back to the first one. I want to see my changes even if they are wrong, without starting an emulator. I tried googling it but I can't see anybody else reporting this.

fitsSystemWindows not working in Custom Layout within NavigationView

I have a custom View within the NavigationView. The problem is no matter in what combination, fitsSystemWindows is not working within the NavigationView. and the top item in the drawer always stays behind the transcludent statusbar.
main_layout
<?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"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:openDrawer="start">
<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="start"
android:background="#color/colorPrimaryBottomBar"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
<include layout="#layout/navigation_main_drawer" />
</android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
navigation_main_drawer
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:clipToPadding="false"
android:fillViewport="true"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/default_margin">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="#dimen/default_margin"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout
...
</LinearLayout>
<View
... />
<LinearLayout
...
</LinearLayout>
<View
... />
<LinearLayout
...
</LinearLayout>
<View
... />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
So, if I've understood correctly, you want your custom view to get the necessary padding so that its contents are not clipped by the status bar right?
If that's the case then you need to set
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
in your root DrawerLayout, and then set
android:fitsSystemWindows="false"
in your NavigationView component. Note that's false, not true :)
REASONING:
The new NavigationView component designed by Google uses the 'fitsSystemWindows' property to customize how its content relates to the status bar. Note that "customize" here is the key word, because the hardcoded behaviour for this particular component is that its contents should overlap the status bar and reach the top of the screen, while the status bar itself should be transparent to allow the drawer's content to be seen through it. This is specified as part of the new Material Design, as can be seen in https://material.io/guidelines/patterns/navigation-drawer.html.
So, the only way to disable this behaviour is to tell the NavigationView to not signal the fitsSystemWindow property, and only set this in the root DrawerLayout that contains all other views, which will do what you would expect and pad all its children views appropriately.
Note that this reasoning is confirmed also by this comment from Android developer Ian Lake in a blog post talking about this specific property.
P.S.
I would also remove all mentions to the 'fitsSystemWindows' property in all the child elements in your navigation_main_drawer XML, just in case, although it probably does have no effect whatsoever as it is..

Change background color of tabBar in v4 viewPager

I'm building an app for Android using a viewPager, and things work just fine on a phone, but on a tablet there is a gray background on both sides of the tabs, the need is to change this background color to white.
On a phone it Looks just fine, sorry for ugly censoring
On a tablet the gray background appears
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:id="#+id/pager"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity"
android:background="#color/white" />
The styles I've tried to override are the ones below, I've tried to set most properties that contain the word "color" to white, but nothing has worked.
android:actionBarStyle
android:actionBarTabStyle
android:actionBarTabBarStyle
I base my theme on Theme.AppCompat.Light
I've also tried setting the background of the viewPager and actionBar in code, but it did nothing, I'm guessing it's a subview I need to get to. I've been googling my heart out but I can't find anything about this specific styling.
You can do something like this.
<?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"
tools:context=".MainActivity"
android:background="#android:color/white" >
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:id="#+id/pager"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#android:color/white" />
</RelativeLayout>

How to place Widgets above a actionBar in android?

Can someone help me know how to place a Widget above a ActionBar in android.I have read some other similar queries on stackoverflow but it mentions its not possible.Following is the screen that i am trying to create.Can some one let me know how do i place the Blue layout portion above the actionbar?Or is there some other way of achieving this?
Following is my xml file
nearby.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#android:color/black"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/header"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp" >
</LinearLayout>
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/pager"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
</android.support.v4.view.ViewPager>
</LinearLayout>
However i am not getting the desired layout.The header layout is visible below the actionbar.
Desired Layout:
The blue bar that you see is the action bar, using a custom view. Check out setCustomView on how you can customize the action bar.

Issue with sherlock actionbar

Image as seen in ICS
Where as when run in Gingerbread
XML code for the fragment
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:id="#+id/homelayout" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/homepageLogo"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:src="#drawable/background"
android:alpha="255"
android:scaleType="fitXY" />
</LinearLayout>
Any reason for such strange behavior?
try changing
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
to
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
in your ImageView. I don't know how you use your XML, but by the looks of it you might also want to change te same parameters in the LinearLayout to "wrap_content". Now you are telling the ImageView to (probably) fill the whole area.
// Alex
The problem is observed only when you dynamically request for the actionbar from the code.
getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_ACTION_BAR);
If you do it using styles, this problem is not seen.

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