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Implementing proper back navigation and home button handling using Toolbar in Android

I am using a single activity and multiple fragments(screenshot attached) within the same activity to provide a seamless navigation. But after implementing the latest toolbar and navigation view, it seems hard to handle the navigation and home buttons. I am having trouble with the following things.
Managing the Hamburger/Back button at left top. Toggling the icon and functionality to Menu and Back nav.
Page title - Changing the page titles whenever a fragment in pushed and popped.
I have tried several things like overriding onBackPressed(), setHomeAsUpIndicator, popping fragments manually. Earlier i was using ActionBarDrawer toggle to handle this but it is failing somehow now. I checked the google samples they seem to use separate activities at most of the places.
Can anyone guide me how to implement a proper back navigation to handle the NavigationView, Back button in inner fragments and page titles? I am using AppCompatActivity, android.app.Fragment, NavigationView and Toolbar.

It's much easier to illustrate with some sort of division of responsibility for your Activity and Fragment.
Problem 1: Managing the Hamburger/Back button at left top. Toggling the icon and functionality to Menu and Back nav.
From the illustration, the solution should be encapsulated by the Activity, which will look something like this:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener {
private ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;
private DrawerLayout mDrawer;
private ActionBar mActionBar;
private boolean mToolBarNavigationListenerIsRegistered = false;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
mActionBar = getSupportActionBar();
mDrawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, mDrawer, toolbar, R.string.navigation_drawer_open, R.string.navigation_drawer_close);
mDrawer.addDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
NavigationView navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(this);
// On orientation change savedInstanceState will not be null.
// Use this to show hamburger or up icon based on fragment back stack.
if(savedInstanceState != null){
resolveUpButtonWithFragmentStack();
} else {
// You probably want to add your ListFragment here.
}
}
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
if (mDrawer.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.START)) {
mDrawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
} else {
int backStackCount = getSupportFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount();
if (backStackCount >= 1) {
getSupportFragmentManager().popBackStack();
// Change to hamburger icon if at bottom of stack
if(backStackCount == 1){
showUpButton(false);
}
} else {
super.onBackPressed();
}
}
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
//noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
} else if (id == android.R.id.home) {
// Home/Up logic handled by onBackPressed implementation
onBackPressed();
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
#SuppressWarnings("StatementWithEmptyBody")
#Override
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle navigation view item clicks here.
int id = item.getItemId();
// Navigation drawer item selection logic goes here
mDrawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
return true;
}
private void replaceFragment() {
/**
* Your fragment replacement logic goes here
* e.g.
* FragmentTransaction ft = getFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
* String tag = "MyFragment";
* ft.replace(R.id.content, MyFragment.newInstance(tag), tag).addToBackStack(null).commit();
*/
// The part that changes the hamburger icon to the up icon
showUpButton(true);
}
private void resolveUpButtonWithFragmentStack() {
showUpButton(getSupportFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount() > 0);
}
private void showUpButton(boolean show) {
// To keep states of ActionBar and ActionBarDrawerToggle synchronized,
// when you enable on one, you disable on the other.
// And as you may notice, the order for this operation is disable first, then enable - VERY VERY IMPORTANT.
if(show) {
// Remove hamburger
mDrawerToggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(false);
// Show back button
mActionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
// when DrawerToggle is disabled i.e. setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(false), navigation icon
// clicks are disabled i.e. the UP button will not work.
// We need to add a listener, as in below, so DrawerToggle will forward
// click events to this listener.
if(!mToolBarNavigationListenerIsRegistered) {
mDrawerToggle.setToolbarNavigationClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
onBackPressed();
}
});
mToolBarNavigationListenerIsRegistered = true;
}
} else {
// Remove back button
mActionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(false);
// Show hamburger
mDrawerToggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(true);
// Remove the/any drawer toggle listener
mDrawerToggle.setToolbarNavigationClickListener(null);
mToolBarNavigationListenerIsRegistered = false;
}
// So, one may think "Hmm why not simplify to:
// .....
// getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(enable);
// mDrawer.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(!enable);
// ......
// To re-iterate, the order in which you enable and disable views IS important #dontSimplify.
}
}
Problem 2: Page title - Changing the page titles whenever a fragment in pushed and popped.
Essentially, this can be handled in the onStart for each Fragment i.e. your ListFragment, DetailsFragment and CommentsFragment look something like this:
#Override
public void onStart() {
super.onStart();
// where mText is the title you want on your toolbar/actionBar
getActivity().setTitle(mText);
}
Probably worth having setRetainInstance(true) in the onCreate of your fragments as well.

tl;dr
Watch this:
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Clone this:
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This is a really common problem and one that I've overcome by creating a kind of template project which I use whenever I start a new Android project. The idea is to abstract as much of the logic that handles the back button, the 'hamburger' indicator and fragment management into reusable classes:
Start by creating a BaseActivity and BaseFragment class. This is where you are going to as much of the reusable code as possible.
Lets start with your BaseActivity
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
fragmentManager = getSupportFragmentManager();
fragmentHandler = new AddFragmentHandler(fragmentManager);
fragmentManager.addOnBackStackChangedListener(backStackListener);
}
The FragmentManager is the key to owning the back stack, so you need to listen for changes to the back stack from here. The AddFramentHandler is a little class I cooked up to make it easier to add Fragments, from Fragments. More on that later.
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
if (sendBackPressToDrawer()) {
//the drawer consumed the backpress
return;
}
if (sendBackPressToFragmentOnTop()) {
// fragment on top consumed the back press
return;
}
//let the android system handle the back press, usually by popping the fragment
super.onBackPressed();
//close the activity if back is pressed on the root fragment
if (fragmentManager.getBackStackEntryCount() == 0) {
finish();
}
}
onBackPressed is where most of the magic happens. You notice the plain text formatting of the methods.. I'm a huge Clean Code fan - if you need to write comments, your code isn't clean. Basically you need to really have a central place where you can run to when you're not sure why a back button press is not happening the way you expect. This method is that place.
private void syncDrawerToggleState() {
ActionBarDrawerToggle drawerToggle = getDrawerToggle();
if (getDrawerToggle() == null) {
return;
}
if (fragmentManager.getBackStackEntryCount() > 1) {
drawerToggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(false);
drawerToggle.setToolbarNavigationClickListener(navigationBackPressListener); //pop backstack
} else {
drawerToggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(true);
drawerToggle.setToolbarNavigationClickListener(drawerToggle.getToolbarNavigationClickListener()); //open nav menu drawer
}
}
This is the other key part of the BaseActivity. Basically this method checks whether you are at the root fragment and sets up the indicator accordingly. Notice that it changes the listener depending on how many fragments are in the back stack.
Then there is the BaseFragment:
#Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
getActivity().setTitle(getTitle());
}
protected abstract String getTitle();
The code above shows how the title is handled by the fragments.

Try something like this:
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
if (getSupportActionBar()!=null) {
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
}
drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
final ActionBarDrawerToggle drawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
this, drawer, toolbar, R.string.navigation_drawer_open, R.string.navigation_drawer_close);
drawer.addDrawerListener(drawerToggle);
drawerToggle.syncState();
final View.OnClickListener originalToolbarListener = drawerToggle.getToolbarNavigationClickListener();
final View.OnClickListener navigationBackPressListener = new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
getFragmentManager().popBackStack();
}
};
getFragmentManager().addOnBackStackChangedListener(new FragmentManager.OnBackStackChangedListener() {
#Override
public void onBackStackChanged() {
if (getFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount() > 0) {
drawerToggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(false);
drawerToggle.setToolbarNavigationClickListener(navigationBackPressListener);
} else {
drawerToggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(true);
drawerToggle.setToolbarNavigationClickListener(originalToolbarListener);
}
}
});
// Though below steps are not related but I have included to show drawer close on Navigation Item click.
navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(new NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener() {
#Override
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
int id = item.getItemId();
/**
* handle item clicks using id
*/
drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
return true;
}
});
}
Handle the drawer state onBackPressed:
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
if (drawer.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.START)) {
drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
} else {
super.onBackPressed();
}
}
To reload previous fragment on back press, always add the fragment transaction to back stack like this:
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = getFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
SomeFragment fragmentToBeLoaded = new SomeFragment();
fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.fragment_container, fragmentToBeLoaded,
fragmentToBeLoaded.getName());
fragmentTransaction.addToBackStack(fragmentToBeLoaded.getName());
fragmentTransaction.commit();
To dynamically change the page title, you can call this from every Fragments onStart or onResume method:
#Override
public void onStart() {
super.onStart();
getActivity().setTitle("Title for fragment");
}
Note: I have considered standard layout declaration and thus I have not included any layouts.

"Page title - Changing the page titles whenever a fragment in pushed and popped"
When you remove a fragment, there is the method isRemoving(). It helps to change title back.
#Override
public void onStop() {
super.onStop();
if (isRemoving()) {
// Change your title here
}
}
"functionality to Menu and Back nav"
Suggestion: we have to rely on the default android navigation system. If we use addToBackStack() for our fragments, in theory we don't have to override onBackPressed() at all.
"App does not redefine the expected function of a system icon (such as the Back button)."
"App supports standard system Back button navigation and does not make use of any custom, on-screen "Back button" prompts."
Core App Quality: https://developer.android.com/distribute/essentials/quality/core.html
"Managing the Hamburger/Back button at left top"
I suggest to use activity instead of 'MainActivityDetailFragment' to avoid complication.

Add this in your MainActivity where you are calling Fragments. getBackStackEntryCount() Return number of fragments in the back stack. where the fragment on the bottom of the stack has index 0. popBackStack() Pop the top Fragment off the back stack
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == android.R.id.home) {
if (getSupportFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount() == 1) {
getSupportFragmentManager().popBackStack();
} else {
super.onBackPressed();
}
}
return true;
}
And in your Fragment where you want to go back use this function
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == android.R.id.home) {
getActivity().onBackPressed();
}
return true;
}

Ok, after a lot of tests I finally succeeded to setup a good navigation. I needed exactly the same as you, the only difference is that I am using v4 Fragments, but I don't think this will change anything here.
I am not using ActionBarDrawerToggle since the latest examples from Google do not use this component anymore.
The solution below also works for deep navigation: parent activity --> fragment --> fragment etc.
The only change needed in the Fragments is to change the title:
#Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
getActivity().setTitle(R.string.targets);
}
In the parent Activity onCreate method, I initialize the following:
mNavigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.navigation_view);
setupDrawerContent(mNavigationView);
final Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.drawer_toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.ic_menu_24);// Set the hamburger icon
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);// Set home button pressable
// Handle the changes on the actionbar
getSupportFragmentManager().addOnBackStackChangedListener(
new FragmentManager.OnBackStackChangedListener() {
public void onBackStackChanged() {
// When no more fragments to remove, we display back the hamburger icon and the original activity title
if (getSupportFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount() <= 0) {
getSupportActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.ic_menu_24);
setTitle(R.string.app_name);
}
// Else displays the back arrow
else {
getSupportActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.ic_arrow_back_24);
}
}
});
Here is now the code to handle the action on the Home button:
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item){
// Close the soft keyboard right away
Tools.setSoftKeyboardVisible(mViewPager, false);
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case android.R.id.home:
// When no more fragments to remove, open the navigation drawer
if (getSupportFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount() <= 0) {
mDrawerLayout.openDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
}
// Removes the latest fragment
else {
getSupportFragmentManager().popBackStack();
}
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
And finally the code to handle the back press action:
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
// When no more fragments to remove, closes the activity
if (getSupportFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount() <= 0) {
super.onBackPressed();
}
// Else removes the latest fragment
else {
getSupportFragmentManager().popBackStack();
}
}
NOTE: I am using an AppCompatActivity, a NavigationView and the theme Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar.

Android Navigation Drawer Icon reverting to default when Drawer is open

I'm having a problem with the Navigation Drawer Icon.
We replaced the default "back caret" to use a different icon and it works fine.
However, if the navigation drawer is already open and the user rotates their device, then the icon reverts back to the default caret and won't go back to the custom one until the navigation drawer is closed and the onCreate() method for the activity is called again (usually by rotating the device).
Here is the code:
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_start);
// set the toolbar as the action bar
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.my_awesome_toolbar);
toolbar.setNavigationIcon(R.drawable.ic_drawer);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.add(R.id.container, new StartFragment())
.commit();
}
//Init the GameLog
GameLog.init(this);
}
/**
* Initializes the DrawerLayout for the particular activity
*/
public static void init(Activity activity) {
mActivity = activity;
mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout)activity.findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
mRecyclerView = (RecyclerView)activity.findViewById(R.id.left_drawer);
//set adapter
mRecyclerView.setAdapter(mAdapter);
//set layout manager
mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(activity, LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL, false));
//add a divider between elements
mRecyclerView.addItemDecoration(
new HorizontalDividerItemDecoration.Builder(activity)
.color(Color.WHITE)
.build());
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar)((ActionBarActivity)activity).getSupportActionBar().getCustomView();
mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(activity, mDrawerLayout, toolbar, R.string.drawer_open, R.string.drawer_close);
// Set the drawer toggle as the DrawerListener
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
if (activity.getActionBar() != null) {
activity.getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
activity.getActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
}
}
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Sync the toggle state after onRestoreInstanceState has occurred.
GameLog.getToggle().syncState();
}
Hopefully this makes sense.
Thanks for any help.

Look into calling ActionBarDrawerToggle#syncState.
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/app/ActionBarDrawerToggle.html#syncState()

Toggling DrawerLockMode of Android Navigation Drawer on rotation change.

I am following this post http://derekrwoods.com/2013/09/creating-a-static-navigation-drawer-in-android/
I want drawer to be opened when in landscape mode. Here is my onCreate function.
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle bundle) {
super.onCreate(bundle);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_order);
drawerList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.left_drawer);
drawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
FrameLayout frameLayout = (FrameLayout) findViewById(R.id.content_frame);
if (((ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams) frameLayout.getLayoutParams()).leftMargin == (int) getResources()
.getDimension(R.dimen.drawer_size)) {
drawerLayout.setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_OPEN);
drawerLayout.setScrimColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
isDrawerLocked = true;
}
// Set the adapter for the list view
// drawerItems = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.drawerOptions);
drawerItems = DummyContent.ITEMS
.toArray(new DummyItem[DummyContent.ITEMS.size()]);
drawerList.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<DummyItem>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, drawerItems));
drawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, drawerLayout,
R.drawable.ic_drawer, R.string.action_short,
R.string.action_short) {
/** Called when a drawer has settled in a completely closed state. */
public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {
getActionBar().setTitle("test");
// ((FragmentInterface) fragment).showMenuActions();
invalidateOptionsMenu();
}
/** Called when a drawer has settled in a completely open state. */
public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
getActionBar().setTitle("Select Option");
// ((FragmentInterface) fragment).hideMenuActions();
invalidateOptionsMenu();
}
};
if (!isDrawerLocked) {
drawerLayout.setDrawerListener(drawerToggle);
}
// Set the drawer toggle as the DrawerListener
DrawerItemClickListener drawerItemClickListener = new DrawerItemClickListener();
drawerList.setOnItemClickListener(drawerItemClickListener);
if (!isDrawerLocked) {
getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
}
}
Now the problem is whenever my activity is starting in portrait mode, after rotation drawer is collapsible (can be closed using sliding right to left gesture) even after setting DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_OPEN. This problem does not occur when opened directly in Landscape mode.

I had to move that code to my onResume():
#Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
if (display.getRotation() == Surface.ROTATION_90 || display.getRotation() == Surface.ROTATION_270) {
// Landscape
isDrawerLocked = true;
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_OPEN);
} else {
// Portrait
isDrawerLocked = false;
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_UNLOCKED);
}
}

You should handle configuration changes yourself.
Use the onConfigurationChanged callback method to always know which orientation you're in. Make sure to include the android:configurationChanges="orientation" tag in your manifest. See this section of the user guide for a quick description of handling configuration changes.
I think the root of the issue is that Android is handling life cycle methods slightly differently than you're expecting. Using the explicit onConfigurationChanged method will remove any ambiguity.

Disabling navigation drawer, toggling home-button/up-indicator in fragments

The setup
I have an activity whose contentView is an instance of a DrawerLayout, which has a navigation drawer with a drawer indicator displayed in the action bar. The activity contains a Fragment, let's call it ListFragment, which contains a list of options. When an option is clicked, I replace the ListFragment with a DetailFragment.
At this point, I would like to display an "up" navigation option instead of the navigation drawer indicator. I'm able to display the "up" icon if I disable the drawer indicator by calling mDrawerToggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(false), but this only removes the drawer icon--it does not remove the functionality--that is, when I click the caret, the navigation drawer is still opened.
Additionally, in these subviews, I would like to disable the opening of the drawer by dragging from the edge of the screen. I have tried doing this by calling setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_CLOSED) but it doesn't seem to have disabled this functionality.
I have tried extending the ActionBarDrawerToggle class to prevent opening the drawer when the indicator is clicked--however, all that happens is that the overriding action (the "up" navigation) is performed, but the drawer still opens.
I have also implemented the steps in Switching between Android Navigation Drawer image and Up caret when using fragments . It works insofar as displaying the caret goes, but despite overriding the up button functionality, the menu still opens (the app does navigate back--it just also opens the drawer).
Question
So, long story short: is there any (preferably clean and elegant, but at this point I'll go with hacky) way to achieve these things when my layout root is a DrawerLayout:
Replace the drawer indicator with an "up" caret (tentatively doable via mDrawerToggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(false))
Prevent the drawer from opening when the caret is clicked, and instead override with my own "up" functionality
Prevent the drawer from opening when I drag from the edge of the screen.
Edit
All right, it looks like if I both override ActionBarDrawerToggle AND onOptionsItemSelected, the menu does not open when I click the caret. But it still opens if I drag from the edge. Help!

Short Code
public void setDrawerState(boolean isEnabled) {
if ( isEnabled ) {
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_UNLOCKED);
drawerToggle.onDrawerStateChanged(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_UNLOCKED);
drawerToggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(true);
drawerToggle.syncState();
}
else {
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_CLOSED);
drawerToggle.onDrawerStateChanged(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_CLOSED);
drawerToggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(false);
drawerToggle.syncState();
}
}

This is only part of the solution that I arrived at, but it was quite hard to figure out this bug, so I'm leaving this here for posterity's sake.
This how I was defining the ListView for my navigation drawer:
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listview_drawer"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start|bottom"
android:background="#111"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp" />
Even after calling setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_CLOSED) I was still able to slide the drawer open.
However, after changing the layout_gravity to "start" this problem seems to be resolved.
I was able to reproduce this issue in a sample, navigation-drawer-only app, so it does appear to be a reproducible issue not unique to my situation.

Building on sonida's answer. After calling setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(false), onNavigateUp wasn't being called still. So, I just created a new onClickListener that called it:
public void setDrawerState(boolean isEnabled) {
if ( isEnabled ) {
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_UNLOCKED);
drawerToggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(true);
drawerToggle.syncState();
}
else {
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_CLOSED);
drawerToggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(false);
drawerToggle.setToolbarNavigationClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
onSupportNavigateUp();
}
});
drawerToggle.syncState();
}
}
also I think
drawerToggle.onDrawerStateChanged(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_UNLOCKED);
has been depreciated, but it works fine without it.

You need to disable swipe and disable the actionbar home button:
Use the below code that builds on the code already given to disable swipe
public void setDrawerState(boolean isEnabled) {
if ( isEnabled ) {
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_UNLOCKED);
mDrawerToggle.onDrawerStateChanged(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_UNLOCKED);
mDrawerToggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(true);
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
getActivity().getActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
}
else {
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_CLOSED);
mDrawerToggle.onDrawerStateChanged(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_CLOSED);
mDrawerToggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(false);
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
getActivity().getActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(false);
}
}

Building on answer by #sonida And after using the tweaks given by #luca992 and #jai.
I tried above suggested codes But the "up" or "Back" arrow in left side of action bar was just not showing up in my app. But luckily I was able to fix that.
I had to add this extra line of code in setNavigationDrawerState() [Ref: android.support.v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle.setHomeAsUpIndicator ]
toggle.setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.ic_keyboard_backspace_white_24dp);
I downloaded the drawable: ic_keyboard_backspace_white_24dp from Material.io
Here is the complete code:
MainActivity.java -> onCreate()
DrawerLayout drawer;
ActionBarDrawerToggle toggle;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// Start: Code automatically generated by Android Studio
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
toggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
this, drawer, toolbar, R.string.navigation_drawer_open, R.string.navigation_drawer_close);
drawer.setDrawerListener(toggle);
toggle.syncState();
// End: Code automatically generated by Android Studio
// I had to add this listener as the "back" arrow was totally unresponsive
// Thanks to #luca992
toggle.setToolbarNavigationClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
onBackPressed();
}
});
// Start: Code automatically generated by Android Studio
NavigationView navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(this);
// End: Code automatically generated by Android Studio
// More custom code for other stuff
// ...
}
MainActivity.java -> setNavigationDrawerState()
public void setNavigationDrawerState(boolean isEnabled) {
if ( isEnabled ) {
drawer.setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_UNLOCKED);
toggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(true);
toggle.syncState();
}
else {
drawer.setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_CLOSED);
toggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(false);
// the extra line of code goes here
toggle.setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.ic_keyboard_backspace_white_24dp);
toggle.syncState();
}
MainActivity.java -> onBackPressed()
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
if (drawer.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.START)) {
drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
} else if(getSupportFragmentManager().getBackStackEntryCount() > 0){
getSupportFragmentManager().popBackStack();
}else {
super.onBackPressed();
}
}
MainActivity.java -> startFragment() [dummy function for example]
public void startFragment(){
MyFrag myFrag = new MyFrag();
getSupportFragmentManager()
.beginTransaction()
.replace(R.id.frag_container ,myFrag)
.addToBackStack(null)
.setTransition(FragmentTransaction.TRANSIT_FRAGMENT_FADE)
.commit();
}
MyFrag.java --> onViewCreated()
#Override
public void onViewCreated (View view, Bundle savedInstanceState){
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
// Say, using an implemented interface Make call to MainActivitiy's setNavigationDrawerState() passing false
// setNavigationDrawerState(false)
// ...
}
MyFrag.java --> onDestroyView()
#Override
public void onDestroyView(){
// Say, using an implemented interface Make call to MainActivitiy's setNavigationDrawerState() passing true
// setNavigationDrawerState(true)
super.onDestroyView();
}

Can I open the drawer layout with animation programmatically?

I created the app drawer by using the following library:
http://developer.android.com/training/implementing-navigation/nav-drawer.html
I want to show the Navigation Drawer with animation when opening the app.
How can I do that?

Predraw listener, aka the safeway
Here is the predraw listener example. It will literally start the animation as soon as it can which maybe a little too fast. You might want to do a combination of this with a runnable shown second. I will not show the two combined, only separate.
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
...
// Building NavDrawer logic here. Just a method call would be best.
...
ViewTreeObserver vto = drawer.getViewTreeObserver();
if (vto != null) vto.addOnPreDrawListener(new ShouldShowListener(drawer));
}
private static class ShouldShowListener implements OnPreDrawListener {
private final DrawerLayout drawerLayout;
private ShouldShowListener(DrawerLayout drawerLayout) {
this.drawerLayout= drawerLayout;
}
#Override
public boolean onPreDraw() {
if (view != null) {
ViewTreeObserver vto = view.getViewTreeObserver();
if (vto != null) {
vto.removeOnPreDrawListener(this);
}
}
drawerLayout.openDrawer(Gravity.LEFT);
return true;
}
}
PostDelay Runnable, aka living dangerous
// Delay is in milliseconds
static final int DRAWER_DELAY = 200;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
...
// Building NavDrawer logic here. Just a method call would be best.
...
new Handler().postDelayed(openDrawerRunnable(), DRAWER_DELAY);
}
private Runnable openDrawerRunnable() {
return new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
drawerLayout.openDrawer(Gravity.LEFT);
}
}
}
WARNING
If they rotate on the start of the app for the first time BOOM! Read this blog post for more information http://corner.squareup.com/2013/12/android-main-thread-2.html. Best thing to do would be to use the predraw listener or remove your runnable in onPause.

You can call openDrawer(int gravity) on the DrawerLayout to make it open the drawer with an animation.

You need to call drawerLayout.openDrawer(Gravity.LEFT) to animate the drawer opening. The drawer won't animate if you make the call too early in the Activity lifecycle.
The simplest solution is to just set a flag in onCreate() and act on it in onResume().
You want to make sure that you only set the flag when savedInstanceState is null indicating that the Activity isn't being resumed from the background. You don't want the drawer sliding out every time you change orientation or switch applications.
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
private DrawerLayout drawerLayout;
private boolean firstResume = false;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
drawerLayout = (DrawerLayout)findViewById(R.id.drawer);
if(savedInstanceState == null){
firstResume = true;
}
}
#Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
if(firstResume) {
drawerLayout.openDrawer(Gravity.LEFT);
}
firstResume = false;
}
}
You could also use an OnPreDrawListener but I feel it's a bit unnecessarily complicated as onPreDraw is called multiple times so you need to remove the listener after opening the drawer. You're also assuming that preDraw is a suitable time to activate the drawer which is an internal implementation of the drawer layout. A future implementation might not animate properly until after onDraw for example.
Delaying the drawer opening by an arbitrary number of milliseconds is a dangerous way to solve this problem. In the worst case the call to open the drawer could happen after onDestroy if the user navigates away quickly.