If I want a customized action bar, should I implement the customization on the action bar or should I just use a custom view instead of an action bar. Navigation bar in iOS has a specific animation but as far as I understand, action bar in Android does not have anything speacial associated with it. So would it be more flexible and easier to implement it as just a view?
Once in a while I was thinking like this created a app with custom view as a action bar but when we want to use custom view we have to declare everytime in every activity which may cost more time .
Pros : You can create your action bar as per your wish can animate,change design,change UI etc.
Cons : cost more time on development .
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I'm working with split action bar for my project, i would like to know is it possible to customize the items position in split action bar (i.e) i want some of the menu items in top of the action bar and some of them bottom of the action bar dynamically as my wish is it possible ?
Thanks in advance,
It is not possible to use normal actions on the top and split ActionBar at the same time. There is a trick you can use that is described below:
How to display both normal and split ActionBar?
But it is an old question and ActionBar is deprecated. You can now use multiple Toolbar objects instead of ActionBar. That way you can keep one of them at the bottom and add whatever actions you want to it.
I'm trying to create an android application where one of the activities has a rating bar. Is there a way to make a Rating Bar a view only so that the user will not be able to modify it?
Yes, just call setIsIndicator(true)
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/RatingBar.html#setIsIndicator(boolean)
I am using Android Tab Navigation using Combat Action Bar. I have implemented Custom Action Bar.
Now i want to add different buttons to Action Bar According to tabs. i want some thing like that.
In some fragment i need this button, while in other i need different button.
Any Help Will be Appreciated.
Thanks
you can use custom action bar to add number of buttons.
Try This:-
Link Here: http://www.djbp.co.uk/android-actionbar-adding-buttons/
I am looking for creating an dvd library in android, The design is having navigation drawer for quick navigation, and one action bar which is having only new DVD list count i.e. 4 in image(which is dynamically updated).
Let me share you
First Thing which make confusion for me
why do i need action BAR ? (to just display new items and navigation drawer icon)
I am not sure on which pattern i should follow. I need your input for this. If I need to go with this approach how to achieve custom action bar with navigation drawer on activity.
IMO there's no reason not to adhere to the actionbar pattern.
You anyway need a place where to trigger the open/close of the drawer from. Having the actionbar matches the guidelines and makes the usage of the app intuitive for the user (as it is already used to the pattern).
Also having the actionbar allows you to brand your app more (by keeping keeping the app logo always visible and styling the action bar with your brand colors) and to keep consistency in case you need to add actions in one of the low-level screens (or in the main one, maybe in a future release)
To add the counter to the action bar, see the actionview section at http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html
I want to show Action Bar like below.
I have already used this library clickhere
But it takes only two icons on Action Bar. If I add four items, then last two are shown me like menu. I want all in Action bar same as image above.
Is it possible? if yes, then HOW? Can I change Action Bar color or its default style available in Device?
Thanks in Advance.
I recommend you use this:
http://jgilfelt.github.com/android-actionbarstylegenerator/
to style your ActionBar.
If you want all the 4 icons to be there, just add this attribute to all the menu items:
android:showAsAction="always"
hello try this library
it sure help you And you may have to add you own logic to handle this in below 2.3 Android OS and above 3.0 Android OS.
there is many demo sample available like below :
There is no way you can be sure of the number of icons displayed in the action bar. There is a large varierty of Android devices out there and they all have different screen sizes. That's why you have to prioritize the actions available in a menu : the most important will be displayed as actions in the action bars and the others will be displayed in the "menu" : the action overflow.
You should think of actions in a functional way, not a graphical way.
With ref to Image that you attached you should decide which design pattern you want to use in your application, there are many UI patterns available for mobiles, tablets. The image you attached looks like Side Navigation UI pattern. It's better you decide which UI pattern perfect for your app.. then start implementing it with custom action bar libs (if you want action bar in less than Android 3.0 ver) or any other.