I want to add a menu item entry without icon to navigation drawer in my android app.
I have checked the samples at NavigationDrawer
and read through the tutorial at Android Developer training article.
I edited the sample menu to add new menu items "My Text 1" and "My Text 2" as per this xml file following this image:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<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" />
<item
android:id="#+id/example"
android:title="My Text 1" />
</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" />
<item
android:id="#+id/sample"
android:title="My Text 2" />
</menu>
</item>
</menu>
If i remove the two lines declaring icons for "Share" and "Send", then "My Text 2" gets aligned to the left as shown in this image
But i want to keep the icons of other items, and just add a text item, i hope there is some parameter that allows no icon menu item in groups.
I tried using android_icon="#android/color:transparent", but that doesn't/can't solve the problem either.
I dont want to provide any icons for my menu items, but i expect that text to align to the left. Is that achievable? If yes, how?
No custom layout here.
You have to create a second group with an ID (even dummy) then in this group put all the items without any icon.
Note: every time the group ID changes Android adds a separator line.
<menu 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"
tools:showIn="navigation_view">
<group android:checkableBehavior="single">
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_home"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_dummy1"
android:title="#string/nav_menu_home"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_profile"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_dummy2"
android:title="#string/nav_menu_profile"/>
</group>
<group android:id="#+id/dummy">
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_info"
android:title="#string/nav_menu_info"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_settings"
android:title="#string/nav_menu_settings"/>
</group>
Create your custom layout for the Navigation Drawer and do whatever you want with that:
This is my xml file for custom design of drawer layout-
<?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=".HomeActivity">
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!-- The main content view -->
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<include
android:id="#+id/rl_topbar"
layout="#layout/inflate_topbar" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/fl_content_frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_below="#id/rl_topbar" />
</LinearLayout>
<!-- The navigation drawer -->
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/ll_navbar_container"
android:layout_width="#dimen/navbar_width"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:background="#color/color_255_255_255"
android:orientation="vertical">
<!--This is my custom layout how I want, you can design as you want and include it-->
<include
android:id="#+id/ll_navbar"
layout="#layout/inflate_navbar" />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
<!--Add progress bar-->
<!--Add other views-->
</RelativeLayout>
Now in your activity of this xml file take the references of views and make click events or other changes easily.
A simple alternative would be to use a custom layout instead of a menu.
It'll be a simple change. Simply, you can just create a custom layout as you would in any other layout but instead of indicating the corresponding menu within the NavigationView, instead of using the app:menu="#menu/drawer_view" attribute.
You can simply follow the layout structure of in your Activity.
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
<RelativeLayout/>
<LinearLayout/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
There's no fundamental difference between the structure of the tutorial and that of this layout except, I've chosen to use a LinearLayout instead of a menu resource for the side menu (obviously the rootlayout for the side view will be at your discretion but for your use-case LinearLayout fits best.).
An Example
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"
android:background="#color/colorAccent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
<include layout="#layout/content_activity_main"/>
<include layout="#layout/layout_side_view"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
You'll notice in this layout that there are two include statements in place of the layouts before as shown in the structure before. One for the actual content of the activity and one for the side view. I'll show you an example of your requested use case layout below:
layout_side_view.xml
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#color/white"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/with_icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/icon"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/icon"
android:drawablePadding="15dp"
android:gravity="start|center_vertical"
android:text="TextView 1"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#color/white"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/without_icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:gravity="start|center_vertical"
android:text="Text View 2"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
You can then simply customize your layout and where you want a TextView with an icon on the left use the DrawableLeft | DrawableStart attribute, and if you don't want an icon simply just don't use it.
I hope this helps.
Note:
I would look into what the DrawerLayout does and why it is structured that way, the content goes below the menu for what reason? Looking into these things helps you develop an understanding where you can customize layout structures to your liking.
Related
As said in the question.
What I currently have:
Desired output:
On each column there would be a background image. I'm going to remove the text and just fill items with images. Is this possible? If yes, do I need different resolutions for background images?
Activity_main_drawer.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/nav_ITEM1"
android:title="#string/ITEM1"
/>
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_ITEM2"
android:title="#string/ITEM2" />
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_ITEM3"
android:title="#string/ITEM3" />
</group>
</menu>
Depending on what exactly you are looking to do, you could try add an icon:
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_ITEM1"
android:icon="#drawable/item1_image"
android:title="#string/ITEM1" />
EDIT / UPDATE: to set the 'background image' of a menu entry, try:
<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"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:itemBackground="#drawable/YOUR_DRAWABLE_HERE". <<<<<<<<<
app:headerLayout="#layout/nav_header_home"
app:menu="#menu/activity_home_drawer" />
Unfortunately, this sets the same image for each entry - but, it is a good starting point. Will update if I see a way of customising each entry.
LAST UPDATE, This allows you to define a unique background for each entry. Its not perfect, but maybe you can tweak it to work:
include 'app' in your xml for your menu:
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
Then, make a simple layout file that has an image:
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/announce"/>
</FrameLayout>
In menu, update the item to point to the layout file you made above
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_gallery"
android:title=""
app:actionLayout="#layout/test" /> <<<<< HERE
Source: found some methods and ideas here: https://stablekernel.com/article/using-custom-views-as-menu-items/
I made a navigation drawer following a youtube video.
Here is my activity_main.xml
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout 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:orientation="vertical">
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:background="#color/menuColor"
app:headerLayout="#layout/header"
app:itemIconTint="#color/white"
app:itemTextColor="#color/white"
app:paddingStart="20px"
app:menu="#menu/drawermenu">
</android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
And here is custom drawermenu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:id="#+id/title"
android:title="Title"
android:layout_gravity="center"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/first"
android:title="First item" />
<item
android:id="#+id/second"
android:title="Second Item"
android:layout_gravity="center"/>
How can I add custom fonts and font sizes for the items like - Making the "Title" with a size of 26sp and other items with a size of 18sp. How can I also make them centered and also add padding to it?
I tried doing that from the design interface but it doesn't have any of those options. Using android:layout_gravity="center" that did not work for me either.
Try to having the
android:actionMenuTextAppearance
item under your action bar style, move it under your app theme.
Add this to strings.xml from values folder. Here for size their are different terms like and and to change font face you can use face inside font tag.
<resources>
<string name="history"><big><font face="serif" color="#303030">History</font></big></string>
<string name="favourites"><big><font color="#303030">Favourites</font></big></string>
</resource>
And change below one where you add menuitems.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/history"
android:title="#string/history" />
<item android:id="#+id/favourites"
android:title="#string/favourites"/>
</menu>
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.
My question is related to recently released Navigation View from Design Support Library.
I want to position Log In at the bottom of the Navigation View, how I can do this?
My menu XML right now, look like this :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<group android:checkableBehavior="single">
<item
android:id="#+id/navigation_sub_item_1"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_event"
android:title="#string/home" />
<item
android:id="#+id/navigation_sub_item_2"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_person"
android:title="#string/profile" />
<item
android:id="#+id/navigation_sub_item_3"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_labels"
android:title="#string/tags" />
<item
android:id="#+id/navigation_sub_item_4"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_settings"
android:title="#string/log_in" />
</group>
</menu>
Here is my layout :
<?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"
android:id="#+id/view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:background="#color/white_1000">
<include
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
layout="#layout/toolbar" />
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_below="#id/toolbar">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/content_frame"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/main_drawer"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
app:headerLayout="#layout/drawer_header"
app:menu="#menu/drawer_menu" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
Do you want your "Log In" item to be fixed at the bottom of the Navigation View?
You can do that by nesting additional views/layouts within NavigationView. NavigationView extends FrameLayout, so you can wrap it around child views.
I posted more information on NavigationView footers here. Also see the other answers in that post for more layout options.
Edit
FYI: If you use the "fixed footer" approach, you are basically removing the footer item (e.g. "Log In" in your example) from the menu. That means you have to implement click and other handlers yourself.
I think navigation menu works like a listview. So Items will be placed in a list.
If you want one item to be placed at the bottom, you can customise within the NavigationView Tag in layout xml
I want to reproduce this tab indicator structure (screen is from nova launcher): a dropdown menu and an arrow in the right bottom corner.
I have no problem about code but i can't reproduce this appearance.
I tried this:
mBar.addTab(mBar.newTab().setText(ctx.getString(R.string.tab_actions)).setTabListener(this).setCustomView(R.layout.navigation_spinner));
where mBar is sherlock support actionBar.
This is my layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_margin="-10dp"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical">
<Button android:id="#+id/button1" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:text="Button" />
</LinearLayout>
and this is my result:
The problem is that the button in the central tab doesn't fill the tab indicator. How can i set a custom view that perfectly fill the indicator without margin or padding? Or i have to approach this in a different way to have the a result like the firs screen? Thanks in advice
What you are trying to do is really complicated, and will be hard to achieve.
If you want drop down menus you can try those :
menu/options.xml:
<item
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_sort"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom">
<menu>
<item
android:id="#+id/menuSortNewest"
android:title="Sort by newest" />
<item
android:id="#+id/menuSortRating"
android:title="Sort by rating" />
</menu>
</item>
Second option:
menu/options.xml:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:id="#+id/menuSort"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:actionLayout="#layout/action_sort" />
</menu>
layout/action_sort.xml:
<Spinner xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/ic_menu_refresh"
android:entries="#array/order" />
Docs for menu resources - http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/menu-resource.html