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Android Hamburger Menu Interaction

I am working on an android app where there is a drawer layout in the actionbar. I have added listeners for the drawerlayout to listen for when the drawer is opened or closed. There is a navigation view attached to the drawerlayout.
Now the drawer can be opened and closed in various ways : tap-to-open, swipe-to-open, swipe-to-close and tap-outside-to-close. I have to add events to identify each of these separately.
I have added the drawerlayout and navigationview in this way :
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout 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:id="#+id/drawer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<include
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
layout="#layout/tool_bar"
/>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/navigation_view"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="start"
app:headerLayout="#layout/header"
app:menu="#menu/drawer"
/>
Noe in the Activity, I have added the following listeners on navigationview and drawerlayout.
//Setting Navigation View Item Selected Listener to handle the item click of the navigation menu
navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(new NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener() {
// This method will trigger on item Click of navigation menu
#Override
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem menuItem) {
//Checking if the item is in checked state or not, if not make it in checked state
if(menuItem.isChecked()) menuItem.setChecked(false);
else menuItem.setChecked(true);
//Closing drawer on item click
drawerLayout.closeDrawers();
//Check to see which item was being clicked and perform appropriate action
switch (menuItem.getItemId()){
// Switch case identify different options
}
}
});
// Initializing Drawer Layout and ActionBarToggle
drawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer);
ActionBarDrawerToggle actionBarDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this,drawerLayout,toolbar,R.string.openDrawer, R.string.closeDrawer){
#Override
public void onDrawerClosed(View drawerView) {
// Code here will be triggered once the drawer closes as we dont want anything to happen so we leave this blank
super.onDrawerClosed(drawerView);
}
#Override
public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
// Code here will be triggered once the drawer open as we dont want anything to happen so we leave this blank
super.onDrawerOpened(drawerView);
}
};
//Setting the actionbarToggle to drawer layout
drawerLayout.setDrawerListener(actionBarDrawerToggle);
//calling sync state is necessay or else your hamburger icon wont show up
actionBarDrawerToggle.syncState();
Now onDrawerOpened and onDrawerClosed gives me information only about when drawer is opened and closed. How do I distinguish between interactions to open and close ? Interactions to identify : tap-to-open, swipe-to-open, swipe-to-close and tap-outside-to-close.

The ActionBarDrawerToggle offers more than just the onDrawerClosed, onDrawerOpened methods. You override the onDrawerSlide method to detect slides:
..
#Override
public void onDrawerSlide (View drawerView,float slideOffset){
if(determine if openning or closing){
doStuff();
}else{
doOtherStuff();
}
}
Taps on the toolbar can be deteced by overriding the Activity.onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) method. Then check if the item has the id android.R.id.home.
Read more here: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v7/app/ActionBarDrawerToggle.html

I have found a way to accurate determine if drawer was opened by sliding, using some existing parameters and writing a different method:
#Override
public void onDrawerStateChanged(int newState) {
if (newState == DrawerLayout.STATE_DRAGGING) {
if (drawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.START)) {
// drawer is currently open and is being closed by sliding
} else {
// drawer is currently closed and is being opened by sliding
}
}
}
I will add for detecting the tap events correctly, once I get to know. If somebody know, please comment.

Toggle Inside Fragment

I have made one Activity with a NavigationView (opened with a toggle button):
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener{
private DrawerLayout drawer;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_layout);
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
ActionBarDrawerToggle toggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
this, drawer, toolbar, R.string.app_name, R.string.app_name);
drawer.addDrawerListener(toggle);
toggle.syncState();
NavigationView navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
if (navigationView != null) {
navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(this);
navigationView.setItemIconTintList(null);
navigationView.getMenu().getItem(0).setChecked(true);
}
}
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
if (drawer != null) {
if (drawer.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.START)) {
drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
} else {
super.onBackPressed();
}
}
}
#Override
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
Fragment fragment = null;
Class fragmentClass;
fragmentClass = FirstFragment.class;
try {
fragment = (Fragment) fragmentClass.newInstance();
} catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
break;
}
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getSupportFragmentManager();
fragmentManager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.layout, fragment).commit();
item.setChecked(true);
setTitle(item.getTitle());
drawer.closeDrawers();
return true;
}
}
When I select one item of NavigationView it starts a Fragment:
public class FirstFragment extends Fragment {
private View view;
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.activity_layout, container, false);
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) view.findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
((AppCompatActivity) getActivity()).setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) view.findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
ActionBarDrawerToggle toggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
getActivity(), drawer, toolbar, R.string.app_name, R.string.app_name);
drawer.addDrawerListener(toggle);
toggle.syncState();
return view;
}
}
Problem:
When I select the button ≡ to open the NavigationView inside Fragment and I select the items it doesn't open FirstFragment.
If I swipe from the left to open NavigationView inside Fragment and I select the items it opens FirstFragment.
How can I reuse onNavigationItemSelected from MyActivity on FirstFragment?
Edit:
This is the acitivity_layout.xml:
<?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"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#ddffff"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/list_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
//FragmentLayout
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/layout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<include
android:id="#+id/bar"
layout="#layout/app_bar_main"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
...
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<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="#ddffff"
app:headerLayout="#layout/nav_header_main"
app:menu="#menu/activity_main_drawer" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

The root cause of this is that you're using the same layout in your Fragment as you are in the Activity, and the Toolbar is inside the container ViewGroup you transact the Fragment into. Once a Fragment has been loaded with its own DrawerLayout and Toolbar, it covers the Activity's Toolbar, so nothing looks out of the ordinary. However, the toggle in the Fragment is operating the drawer in the Fragment, and that drawer is a second NavigationView that hasn't been setup like the one in the Activity, so nothing happens when you click on the drawer opened with the toggle. But, if you drag the drawer open, the one that's opening is actually the Activity's drawer, and that NavigationView was setup correctly, so clicking on that one works as expected.
The first correction is to move the Toolbar - its <include> element, that is - to outside of the RelativeLayout you're using as the Fragment container. This will prevent the Activity's Toolbar from being obscured when Fragments are loaded.
The second step is to define separate, different layout XML files for the Fragments. You don't want to use the same layout in the Fragments as you are in the Activity, mostly because that's probably not really what you intend, and also because you really don't want to have multiple, redundant DrawerLayouts, Toolbars, and NavigationViews, which can cause problems, as you've seen.

How to create hamburger menu in android simple way with reusable code?

I know how to create android hamburger menu, many tutorials are available.
I want to create Hamburger menu in each class, to call one method in common class which method have hamburger menu code. Also my hamburger menu inside listview with options.
How to create like this hamburger menu. I want to reduce my code and provide reusable code to others. Please help me.

You need to take an Activity and in that Activity's layout file put the following code:
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
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:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:elevation="4dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<include
android:id="#+id/tool_bar"
layout="#layout/toolbar"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
/>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/content_frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/bg_new">
<put your layout here................>
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/navigation"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:background="#drawable/bg_all"
app:itemIconTint="#android:color/white"
app:itemTextColor="#android:color/white"
app:theme="#style/list_item_appearance"
app:menu="#menu/drawer_menu" >
</android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
After that in your Activity file:
drawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
navigationView=(NavigationView)findViewById(R.id.navigation);
if (drawerLayout != null) {
drawerLayout.setDrawerShadow(R.drawable.list_back, GravityCompat.START);
mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(HomeActivity.this, drawerLayout,
toolbar, R.string.drawer_open, R.string.drawer_close) {
public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {
super.onDrawerClosed(view);
invalidateOptionsMenu();
}
public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(mDrawerTitle);
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(getCurrentFocus().getWindowToken(), 0);
super.onDrawerOpened(drawerView);
invalidateOptionsMenu();
}
};
drawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
}
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Sync the toggle state after onRestoreInstanceState has occurred.
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
}
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
// Pass any configuration change to the drawer toggles
mDrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
And then take some fragments for adding the same navigation menu in every layout and call them like:
navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(new NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener() {
// This method will trigger on item Click of navigation menu
#Override
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem menuItem) {
//Checking if the item is in checked state or not, if not make it in checked state
if (menuItem.isChecked()) menuItem.setChecked(false);
else menuItem.setChecked(true);
//Closing drawer on item click
drawerLayout.closeDrawers();
//Check to see which item was being clicked and perform appropriate action
switch (menuItem.getItemId()) {
//Replacing the main content with ContentFragment Which is our Inbox View;
case R.id.drawer_home:
txt_title.setText("Home");
Intent intent=new Intent(HomeActivity.this, HomeActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
overridePendingTransition(0, 0);
finish();
return true;
// For rest of the options we just show a toast on click
case R.id.drawer_artist:
txt_title.setText("Artists");
android.support.v4.app.FragmentManager fragmentManager=getSupportFragmentManager();
android.support.v4.app.FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction=fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.content_frame, new ArtistsFragment());
fragmentTransaction.addToBackStack(null);
fragmentTransaction.commit();
return true;
}
});

How to set Navigation Drawer to be opened from right to left

First of all I know this question appeared here before but after trying a lot I still didn't succeed.
I working on the example from
Android Developers site.
I'm trying to set the menu to be opened from right to left instead of how its implementing in the example (from left to right). In addition I want to move the open menu button to the right side of the action bar. I also red some answers here, for example in this answer.
I try to change the gravity of the views and the layouts but I get the error:
no drawer view found with absolute gravity LEFT
Can you please help me to figure out what is the problem in my code and what should I change in order to set the menu to be opened from the right, and to move the action bar button to the right side?
the xml code is here:
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/content_frame"
android:layoutDirection="rtl"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>
<ListView android:id="#+id/left_drawer"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="10dp"
android:background="#111"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

In your main layout set your ListView gravity to right:
android:layout_gravity="right"
Also in your code :
mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, mDrawerLayout,
R.drawable.ic_drawer, R.string.drawer_open,
R.string.drawer_close) {
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
if (item != null && item.getItemId() == android.R.id.home) {
if (mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(Gravity.RIGHT)) {
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(Gravity.RIGHT);
}
else {
mDrawerLayout.openDrawer(Gravity.RIGHT);
}
}
return false;
}
};
hope it works :)

Add this code to manifest:
<application android:supportsRtl="true">
and then write this code on Oncreate:
getWindow().getDecorView().setLayoutDirection(View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL);
It works for me. ;)

SOLUTION
your_layout.xml:
<?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="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:openDrawer="end">
<include layout="#layout/app_bar_root"
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:itemTextColor="#color/black"
app:menu="#menu/activity_root_drawer" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
YourActivity.java:
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
//...
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
ActionBarDrawerToggle toggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
this, drawer, toolbar, R.string.navigation_drawer_open, R.string.navigation_drawer_close);
drawer.setDrawerListener(toggle);
toggle.syncState();
toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if (drawer.isDrawerOpen(Gravity.RIGHT)) {
drawer.closeDrawer(Gravity.RIGHT);
} else {
drawer.openDrawer(Gravity.RIGHT);
}
}
});
//...
}

This answer is useful to set the navigation be open from right to left, but it has no solution to set its icon to be right side. This code can fix it. If you give it the drawer as its first param and ViewCompat.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL as its second param, the entier layout will be set to RTL. It is a quick and simple solution, but I don't think it can be a correct solution for who that want to only set the menu to be opened from right to left and set its icon to be on right side. (Although, it's depended to your purpose.) However, I suggest giving the toolbar instead of the drawer. In this way just the toolbar has become RTL. So I think the combination of these 2 answers can exactly do what you want.
According to these descriptions, your code should be like this:
(Add these lines to onCreate method)
final DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout); // Set it final to fix the error that will be mention below.
ViewCompat.setLayoutDirection(toolbar, ViewCompat.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL);
toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if (drawer.isDrawerOpen(Gravity.RIGHT))
drawer.closeDrawer(Gravity.RIGHT);
else
drawer.openDrawer(Gravity.RIGHT);
}
});
Notice that you should make drawer final, otherwise you will get this error:
Variable 'drawer' is accessed from within inner class, needs to be
declared final
And don't forget to use end instead of start in onNavigationItemSelected method:
drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.END);
and in your activity_main.xml
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
tools:openDrawer="end">
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/nav_view"
android:layout_gravity="end"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

Here is the documentation on the drawer and it appears that you can configure it to pull out from the left or right.
Drawer positioning and layout is controlled using the android:layout_gravity attribute on child views corresponding to which side of the view you want the drawer to emerge from: left or right. (Or start/end on platform versions that support layout direction.)
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/widget/DrawerLayout.html

Take a look at this: slide ExpandableListView at DrawerLayout form right to left
I assume you have the ActionBarDrawerToggle implemented, the trick is to override the onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) method inside the ActionBarDrawerToggle object with this:
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
if (item != null && item.getItemId() == android.R.id.home) {
if (mDrawer.isDrawerOpen(Gravity.RIGHT)) {
mDrawer.closeDrawer(Gravity.RIGHT);
} else {
mDrawer.openDrawer(Gravity.RIGHT);
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
make sure and call this from onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) in the Activity:
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
if(mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item)) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
This will allow you to use the the home button functionality. To move the button to the right side of the action bar you will have to implement a custom action item, and maybe some other stuff to get it to work like you want.

the main issue with the following error:
no drawer view found with absolute gravity LEFT
is that, you defined the
android:layout_gravity="right"
for list-view in right, but try to open the drawer from left, by calling this function:
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
and clicking on hamburger icon!
just comment the above function and try to handle open/close of menu like #Rudi said!

I have solved this problem by changing the gravity of the navigationview
android:layout_gravity
to end instead of start
<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"
app:menu="#menu/activity_drawer" />
It worked for me.

You should firstly put this code in your AppManifest.xml in the application tag:
android:supportsRtl="true"
then in your activity_main.xml file, put this piece of code:
android:layout_direction="rtl"

I did following modification to the Navigation Drawer Activity example in Android Studio. With support libraries 25.3.1.
MainActivity.java:
private DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
if (actionBar != null) {
actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
}
mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
NavigationView navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(this);
}
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
if (mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.END)) {
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.END);
} else {
super.onBackPressed();
}
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
int itemId = item.getItemId();
switch (itemId) {
case android.R.id.home:
finish();
return true;
case R.id.action_right_drawer:
if (mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.END)) {
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.END);
} else {
mDrawerLayout.openDrawer(GravityCompat.END);
}
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
#SuppressWarnings("StatementWithEmptyBody")
#Override
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle navigation view item clicks here.
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.END);
return true;
}
main.xml (download ic_menu_white_24px from https://material.io/icons/):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item android:id="#+id/action_right_drawer"
android:title="Drawer menu"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_white_24px"
android:orderInCategory="100"
app:showAsAction="always" />
</menu>
In activity_main.xml change
android:layout_gravity="start"
to
android:layout_gravity="end"

Making it open from rtl isn't good for user experience, to make it responsive to the user locale I just added the following line to my DrawerLayout parameters:
android:layoutDirection="locale"
Added it to my AppBarLayout to make the hamburger layout match the drawer opening direction too.

DrawerLayout Properties
android:layout_gravity="right|end" and tools:openDrawer="end"
NavigationView Property
android:layout_gravity="end"
XML Layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.drawerlayout.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="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:layout_gravity="right|end"
tools:openDrawer="end">
<include layout="#layout/content_main" />
<com.google.android.material.navigation.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" />
</androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout>
Java Code
// Appropriate Click Event or Menu Item Click Event
if (drawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.END))
{
drawerLayout.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.END);
}
else
{
drawerLayout.openDrawer(GravityCompat.END);
}
//With Toolbar
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
ActionBarDrawerToggle toggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
this, drawer, toolbar, R.string.navigation_drawer_open, R.string.navigation_drawer_close);
drawer.setDrawerListener(toggle);
toggle.syncState();
toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//Gravity.END or Gravity.RIGHT
if (drawer.isDrawerOpen(Gravity.END)) {
drawer.closeDrawer(Gravity.END);
} else {
drawer.openDrawer(Gravity.END);
}
}
});
//...
}

In your layout file inside NavigationView set this attribute android:layout_gravity="end" and set tools:openDrawer="end" in the DrawerLayout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.drawerlayout.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:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".tasks.TasksActivity"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
tools:openDrawer="end">
<!-- Navigation Drawer -->
<com.google.android.material.navigation.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"
app:menu="#menu/drawer_actions" />
</androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout>
Output

I know this is an old question, but I've been struggling with this problem for a few days now and finally achived the solution.
If you want to use the default new project "Navigation Drawer Activity" to work with a drawer from right to left:
Create a custom DrawerLayout class:
public class CustomDrawerLayout extends DrawerLayout {
public CustomDrawerLayout(#NonNull Context context) {
super(context);
}
public CustomDrawerLayout(#NonNull Context context, #Nullable AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
public CustomDrawerLayout(#NonNull Context context, #Nullable AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
}
#Override
public void open() {
openDrawer(GravityCompat.END);
}
#Override
public void close() {
closeDrawer(GravityCompat.END);
}
#Override
public boolean isOpen() {
return isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.END);
}
}
On activity_main.xml:
set DrawerLayout tools:openDrawer="end"
set NavigationView android:layout_gravity="end"
change tag view from androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout to your CustomDrawerLayout com.example.CustomDrawerLayout
If you create new menu options, it is important that the id of the item in menu/activity_main_drawer.xml is the same as the id of the fragment in navigation/mobile_navigation.xml.

Summarising multiple answers into one which worked for me.
Following were my requirements
1. Align navigation drawer hamburger icon to write
2. Start the navigation drawer from right to left
3. Achieve the above two points without changing the direction to rtl of the whole layout
To start the Navigation drawer from right to left
Set DrawerLayout tools:openDrawer="end"
Set NavigationView android:layout_gravity="end"
mDrawerToggle.setToolbarNavigationClickListener {
if (binding.drawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.END)) {
binding.drawerLayout.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.END)
} else {
binding.drawerLayout.openDrawer(GravityCompat.END)
}
}
To set the Hamburger menu to the right
Set AppBarLayout android:layoutDirection="rtl"

DrawerLayout Double Drawer (Left and Right Drawers simultaneously)

I have an application, in which i want to implement a double drawer - one from the left and one from the right. Left drawer is for app navigation, right drawer is for result filtering.
So, the layout is like this:
<?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">
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/light_grey"
android:orientation="vertical">
<GridView
android:id="#+id/gridview"
style="#style/GridViewStyle"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:horizontalSpacing="7dp"
android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
android:verticalSpacing="7dp" />
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/left_drawer"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:background="#111"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp" />
<ListView
android:id="#+id/right_drawer"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="end"
android:background="#111"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
You can clearly see here "left_drawer" and "right_drawer", and their respective gravity - "start" and "end"
And this actually works! You can pull them both out.
The problem is, when i implement the DrawerToggle - it only opens the left drawer, and does not close the right one, so if the right drawer is opened and i press the DrawerToggle button - the left drawers opens ALSO, and overlaps the right drawer.
There are a couple of solutions i'am trying to get:
Make the same DrawerToggle button on the right side, with the same behavior and animation as the left side.
Make the drawer on the opposite side of the drawer i am trying to open - automatically close (if the left drawer is open and i press the toggle of the right drawer and vise-versa).
And i haven't figured how to do that, because DrawerToggle accepts the DrawerLayout itself as a parameter, and not the individual drawers...
I am using the Support Library.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thank you in advance.

Here is the code for a Double Drawer Activity than can be extended by other activities to implement the double drawer, assuming they have a layout like the one propposed by OP.
public class DoubleDrawerActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
private DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;
private ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;
private View mLeftDrawerView;
private View mRightDrawerView;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
}
#Override
protected void onStart() {
super.onStart();
if(mDrawerLayout == null || mLeftDrawerView == null || mRightDrawerView == null || mDrawerToggle == null) {
// Configure navigation drawer
mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
mLeftDrawerView = findViewById(R.id.left_drawer);
mRightDrawerView = findViewById(R.id.right_drawer);
mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, mDrawerLayout, R.drawable.ic_navigation_drawer, R.string.drawer_open, R.string.drawer_close) {
/** Called when a drawer has settled in a completely closed state. */
public void onDrawerClosed(View drawerView) {
if(drawerView.equals(mLeftDrawerView)) {
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(getTitle());
supportInvalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
}
}
/** Called when a drawer has settled in a completely open state. */
public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
if(drawerView.equals(mLeftDrawerView)) {
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(getString(R.string.app_name));
supportInvalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
}
}
#Override
public void onDrawerSlide(View drawerView, float slideOffset) {
// Avoid normal indicator glyph behaviour. This is to avoid glyph movement when opening the right drawer
//super.onDrawerSlide(drawerView, slideOffset);
}
};
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle); // Set the drawer toggle as the DrawerListener
}
}
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Sync the toggle state after onRestoreInstanceState has occurred.
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
}
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
mDrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// If the nav drawer is open, hide action items related to the content view
for(int i = 0; i< menu.size(); i++)
menu.getItem(i).setVisible(!mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mLeftDrawerView));
return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch(item.getItemId()) {
case android.R.id.home:
mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
if(mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mRightDrawerView))
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mRightDrawerView);
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}

You can call it like this in a ToggleButton's handler for example :
mDrawerLayout.openDrawer(mDrawer);
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawer);
Where mDrawer is a reference to the specific drawer you need to open (be it a view or a layout), in your case, the actual ListView you wish to display.

You can use NavigationView from material design.
<?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="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
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:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:headerLayout="#layout/nav_header_main"
app:menu="#menu/activity_main_drawer" />
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/nav_view2"
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_drawer1" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

Here is my short solution for all who want to prevent the animation of drawer indicator if they swipe the right view. Simply implement the onDrawerSlide Method like this.
mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, mDrawerLayout, R.drawable.ic_drawer_white, 0, 0) {
#Override
public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {
invalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()
}
#Override
public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
invalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()
}
#Override
public void onDrawerSlide(View drawerView, float slideOffset) {
if (drawerView == mSlidingMenuNavigationList) {
super.onDrawerSlide(drawerView, slideOffset);
}
else {
// do nothing on all other views
}
}
};

Use the gravity constant (Gravity.LEFT or Gravity.RIGHT) of whatever drawer you want to close (as you open the other one) in onOptionsItemSelected() as shown below.
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
if (mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item)) {
// Close the right side drawer if visible
if(mDrawerLayout.isDrawerVisible(Gravity.RIGHT)) {
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(Gravity.RIGHT);
}
return true;
}
// Regular stuff
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_example:
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Example action.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
mDrawerToggle = Listener object implementing DrawerLayout.DrawerListener
See: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/app/ActionBarDrawerToggle.html

I have solved adding this code in the onOptionsItemSelected method:
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case android.R.id.home:
if (mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mDrawerList_right)){
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList_right);
}
mDrawerLayout.openDrawer(mDrawerList_left);
}
break;
case R.id.action_drawer:
if (mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mDrawerList_left)){
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList_left);
}
mDrawerLayout.openDrawer(mDrawerList_right);
}
default:
break;
}
I have added an action button and overrided the home button of the actionbar

make a custom item and add it the right, pass to it the right drawer.
final ToggleButton ic_nav = (ToggleButton) customNav.findViewById(R.id.ic_nav);
ic_nav.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
{
#Override
public void onClick(View arg0)
{
if ( mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mDrawerList) && arg0.isSelected()) {
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList);
arg0.setSelected(false);
}
else if (!mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mDrawerList) && !arg0.isSelected()){
mDrawerLayout.openDrawer(mDrawerList);
ic_nav.setSelected(false);
arg0.setSelected(true);
}
}
});

You can show two navigation views to the same drawer as:
<androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="false">
<com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/NAVIGATION_VIEW_LEFT"
android:layout_width="270dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"/>
<com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/NAVIGATION_VIEW_RIGHT"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="right"/>
</androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout>
And for activity do this:
actionBarDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(context, drawerLayout, R.string.nav_open, R.string.nav_close);
// pass the Open and Close toggle for the drawer layout listener
// to toggle the button
drawerLayout.addDrawerListener(actionBarDrawerToggle);
actionBarDrawerToggle.syncState();
nav_drawer_left_Iv.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
drawerLayout.openDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
}
});
nav_drawer_right_Iv.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
drawerLayout.openDrawer(GravityCompat.END);
}
});