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Android : Toolbar Subtitle Gravity Right Not Working

I want to create actionbar subtitle but its gravity should be right. It should end at title end. Please see following image
My Style.xml
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/primary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/primary_dark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/accent</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light">
</style>
<style name="FullscreenTheme" parent="AppTheme">
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/FullscreenActionBarStyle</item>
<item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">#null</item>
<item name="metaButtonBarStyle">?android:attr/buttonBarStyle</item>
<item name="metaButtonBarButtonStyle">?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="FullscreenActionBarStyle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#color/black_overlay</item>
</style>
<style name="ToolbarSubtitleAppearance" parent="#style/TextAppearance.Widget.AppCompat.Toolbar.Subtitle">
<item name="android:textSize">10sp</item>
<item name="android:layout_gravity">right</item>
<item name="android:layout_width">match_parent</item>
</style>
</resources>
Toolbar in Layout File :
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay"/>
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
Can i achieve this via doing small changes because i had included in many layout file.

make your toolbar like this so your can custimize as you want
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/title"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="title "/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/subtitle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="sub title "/>
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

Tablayout overlapping toolbar

I'm trying to use Tablayout with Toolbar but it's giving me like the image below, and when try to remove <item name="android:fitsSystemWindows">true</item> from v21\styles.xml the Toolbar being overlapped by the android system status bar
v21\styles.xml
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="MyMaterialTheme.Base">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
</style>
<style name="MyMaterialTheme.Base" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="android:typeface">serif</item>
<item name="android:fitsSystemWindows">true</item>
</style>
<style name="ToolBarStyle" parent="AppTheme">
<item name="colorControlNormal">#android:color/white</item>
</style>
styles.xml
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="MyMaterialTheme.Base">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
</style>
<style name="MyMaterialTheme.Base" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="android:typeface">serif</item>
</style>
<style name="ToolBarStyle" parent="AppTheme">
<item name="colorControlNormal">#android:color/white</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />
<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />
<style name="PopupTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat">
<item name="android:background">#color/popColorBg</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#android:color/white</item>
<item name="android:drawSelectorOnTop">true</item>
</style>
activity.xml
<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"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:fab="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
>
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
app:popupTheme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />
<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
android:id="#+id/tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:tabGravity="fill"
app:tabMaxWidth="0dp"
app:tabMode="fixed" />
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:id="#+id/viewpager"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" />
<com.melnykov.fab.FloatingActionButton
android:id="#+id/fab"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom|end"
android:layout_margin="16dp"
android:src="#drawable/ic_add_white_24dp"
fab:fab_colorNormal="#color/colorPrimaryFab"
fab:fab_colorPressed="#color/colorPrimaryDarkFab"
fab:fab_colorRipple="#color/colorPrimaryDarkFab" />
And according to this Answer if I'll do this and remove android:fitsSystemWindows="true" from v21\styles.xml my layout will be like this:

Background color of Toolbar in Lollipop is normal but in Kitkat is white

In Lollipop, The background color of toolbar was shown normally, but in KitKat, it was shown as white color.
I don't know why.
activity_main.xml
<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"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<include layout="#layout/content_main"/>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
styles.xml
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay"
parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />
<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />
</resources>
styles.xml-v21
<resources>
<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
<item name="android:statusBarColor">#android:color/transparent</item>
</style>
</resources>

Try putting your AppBarLayout at the end of you code. Apparently your included layout is overlapping the ToolBar. That happened to me and I fixed it doing that, it just came to my mind. Like 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"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<include layout="#layout/content_main"/>
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

Create a base theme in styles.xml with primary colors and other colors colors then set it as parent in styles.xml-v21 for your style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar".
Below is my example :
in styles.xml
<style name="AppBase" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/primary_color</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/primary_color_dark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/primary_yellow_bright</item>
<item name="colorControlNormal">#color/primary_yellow</item>
<item name="colorControlHighlight">#color/primary_color_light_100</item>
<item name="colorControlActivated">#color/primary_yellow_bright</item>
<item name="colorButtonNormal">#color/primary_yellow_bright</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">#color/primary_white</item>
<item name="android:textColorPrimary">#color/primary_color</item>
<item name="android:textColorSecondary">#color/primary_color_light</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/primary_white</item>
<item name="android:buttonStyle">#style/ButtonAppTheme</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBase" />
in styles.xml-v21
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBase">
<item name="android:navigationBarColor">#color/primary_light_gray</item>
<item name="android:windowContentTransitions">true</item>
<item name="android:windowAllowEnterTransitionOverlap">true</item>
<item name="android:windowAllowReturnTransitionOverlap">true</item>
<item name="android:windowSharedElementEnterTransition">#android:transition/move</item>
<item name="android:windowSharedElementExitTransition">#android:transition/move</item>
</style>
in AndroidManifest.xml
android:theme="#style/AppTheme"
should work.

Setting Android Toolbar Background and Text Colors in Android Studio 1.4.1

I'm trying to change activity action bar's background color and title color, i tried official tutorial and some answers from here but none worked for me , i'm missing something.
styles.xml
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />
<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />
styles.xml (v21)
<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
<item name="android:statusBarColor">#android:color/transparent</item>
</style>
MainActivity :
<?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"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:theme="#style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary" app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<include layout="#layout/content_main" />
<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton android:id="#+id/fab"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom|end" android:layout_margin="#dimen/fab_margin"
android:src="#android:drawable/ic_dialog_email" />
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

So, if like me you are using Android Studio 1.4.1 and you are new to android programming, setting title and background colors can be done as follow :
Background:(check colors.xml with this generated code for BlanckActivity)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<color name="colorPrimary">#3F51B5</color><!--Background color for AppBar-->
<color name="colorPrimaryDark">#303F9F</color><!--i ignore its use-->
<color name="colorAccent">#FF4081</color><!--color effects, EditText, RadioButtons...-->
</resources>
Title,Subtitle and popup menu and its items (check "styles.xml") :
<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">
<item name="android:textColorPrimary">TITLE_COLOR_GOES_HERE</item>
<item name="android:textColorSecondary">SUBTITLE_COLOR_GOES_HERE</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light">
<item name="android:colorBackground">MENU_POPUP_BACK_COLOR</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/MENU_POPUP_ITEMS_COLOR</item>
</style>
I hope this can help someone who like me is confused in first steps provided with official android tutorials.

Android statusbar and actionbar resolve to grey

I recently split my values into two:
values/style.xml
values-v21/style.xml
my v21/style.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="Theme.Foodie" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
<item name="android:windowContentTransitions">true</item>
<item name="android:windowAllowEnterTransitionOverlap">true</item>
<item name="android:windowAllowReturnTransitionOverlap">true</item>
</style>
</resources>
my style.xml
<resources>
<style name="Theme.Foodie" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<!--<item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>-->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/theme_primary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/theme_primary_dark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/theme_accent</item>
</style>
</resources>
And my toolbar:
<!-- We use a Toolbar so that our drawer can be displayed
in front of the action bar -->
<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_actionbar"
app:theme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
app:popupTheme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"
android:layout_height="?actionBarSize"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"/>
Somehow, we toolbar background's resolve to grey! Same for the statusbar when I compile:
And I'm not sure if that's linked, but I recently cleaned my project before building it.
Do you know what's happening?

Use Toolbar code like this:
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay">
//..........
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
and in style.xml will like this:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />
<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />