I want to implement the up button in an android application with only one activity that changes its content with different fragment.
I used the default navigation drawer activity provided by android studio where i added a frameLayout to the content_main.
In the fragment where i want the up botton to be shown i added this line of code in the onCreateView method:
ActionBar actionBar = ((AppCompatActivity)getActivity()).getSupportActionBar();
actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
ad this line in the onCreate method:
setHasOptionsMenu(true);
and i added the method to catch the click of it:
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
if (item.getItemId() == android.R.id.home) {
Log.w("second fragment","clicked back");
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
in the activiy i set onCreateOptionsMenu like this:
#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;
}
but the click of it isn't triggered.
I tried to add a setting button and it is triggered.
I already read a lot of question about this but i can't figure out how to resolve it
setHasOptionsMenu(true) should be called in method onCreate() to let the FragmentManager know that your fragment needs to receive options menu callbacks.
I believe you use this constructor for ActionBarDrawerToggle which takes a Toolbar as a parameter. If you are using this constructor, onOptionsItemSelected will not be called if you click on the indicator. There are questions/answers regarding this problem, for example:
AppCompat v7 Toolbar onOptionsItemSelected not called
But for me, none of them worked perfectly so I used the Toolbar-specific constructor and here it's a workaround for my case. I put a transparent view on top of the toolbar which is "visible" only when I show the back button and I handle the click myself (calling onBackPressed() in my case).
I know it's a kind of hack, but it needed and worked for me.
<?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:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:openDrawer="start">
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/main_background">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:id="#+id/appBar"
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>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/layoutMainContent"
android:layout_below="#id/appBar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
</RelativeLayout>
<!-- The important view -->
<View
android:id="#+id/viewFakeBack"
android:layout_width="56dp"
android:layout_height="56dp"
android:clickable="true"
android:visibility="gone"/>
</FrameLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/navigationView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:menu="#menu/navigation_drawer"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
Try by using switch(...) case statement.
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
//this will make Hamburger button clickable.
if (mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item)) {
return true;
}
//this will make the HomeAsUpIndicator button clickable.
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case android.R.id.home:
Log.w("second fragment","clicked back");
break;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
Hope this will help you.
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Please give me an advise .How to add the menu icon(that three lines symbol) for an already created project. Also I wanna add the menu icon only for some layouts.
Please help
would be very thankful..I mean this symbol
To create menu in your application first create on Folder inside res directory named menu.
Then in menu create one file main_menu.xml
Add below code into main_menu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:title="Item1" android:id="#+id/item1"></item>
<item android:title="Item2" android:id="#+id/item2"></item>
</menu>
Here title which show in your menu.
To add menu in any activity put below code in your activity file.
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the main_menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch(item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.item1:
//your action
break;
case R.id.item2:
//your action
break;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
return true;
}
// enables the activity icon as a 'home' button.
getActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
You can use hamburger icon as in toolbar.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/activity_main"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.example.wolfmatrix.dummy.MainActivity">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbarId"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:background="#color/colorPrimary">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/toolbarTextId"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="left"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:textSize="14sp" />
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/backButtonIcon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/colorPrimary"
android:gravity="left"
android:padding="10dp"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/ic_hamburger_icon_black_24dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
If you are using Toolbar in your layout XML then you can change Home icon as below:
Toolbar mToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(mToolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.hamburger_icon);
I have written a piece of code as part of an app where I want to implement a back button on the action bar/tool bar such that when the button is pressed, the previous page (the page/fragment immediately before the current page/fragment) will be displayed.
This is the code for the ToolBar, DrawerLayout, NavigationView and getSupportActionBar():
final DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
final NavigationView navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar toolbar = (android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
toolbar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setLogo(R.mipmap.ic_launcher);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayUseLogoEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
I am unable to use ActionBar. For some reason (I don't know why), my Android studio/ program, will not allow me to use the ActionBar. So I am substituting that with the set/getSupportActionBar().
The function used in relation to this are:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_settings, 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();
switch (id) {
case android.R.id.home:
onBackPressed();
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
if (drawer.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.START)) {
drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
} else {
super.onBackPressed();
}
}
My activity_main.xml file is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
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"
android:id="#+id/activity_main"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:openDrawer="start"
tools:context="com.example.albin.settings_menu.SettingsActivity">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#fff">
<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"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:popupTheme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
app:title="Settings"/>
<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">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/toolbar">
</FrameLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/nav_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:layout_marginTop="-24dp"
app:menu="#menu/options_menu" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
The problem is that I don't know which is the useful code, which is the useless code and how to mix/join/(add additional codes to) these (codes, methods, variables/objects, fragments, xml layouts) to get the desired outcome, that is, the application of a back button on the action bar/tool bar.
Most of the code above is implemented for the up button, not the back button. I have read at several places that up and back buttons are not the same.
I tried several links on internet as well as on this site, but none of them has just what I need.
Hope someone can give me an clear answer...
You can include the back icon in ToolBar:
Initialize ToolBar:
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
You can use an drawable icon as a back button.
toolbar.setNavigationIcon(R.drawable.your_drawable_icon);
toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// what do you want here
}
});
If you do not want to use drawable icon then:
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// what do you want here
}
});
Actually your layout having that issue because you have added toolbar in RelativeLayout so drawer layout is overlapping on it that's why you would not able to click on back arrow, i have fix your layout see below
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/activity_main"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:orientation="vertical">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:navigationIcon="#drawable/ic_back_black"
app:popupTheme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
app:title="Settings" />
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/toolbar" />
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/nav_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:menu="#menu/options_menu" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</LinearLayout>
The simplest way would be to add parent activity in manifest file as developer docs suggest.
<activity
android:name=".ChildActivity"
android:parentActivityName=".ParentActivity" >
and java code you already have done it, setSupportActionbar and setHomeAsUpEnabled.
Edited :
its necessary to add up action for icon to be visible, as mentioned in
Android Developer Docs
So toolbar gives added flexibility to modify title-bar in Android.
As far as why getActionBar is not working and you are compelled to use getSupportActionBar is because you must be using SupportLibrary. SupportLibrary gives backward compatibility to earlier SDK versions.
If you want to modify your title-bar/header/action-bar extensively
then use toolbar otherwise use action-bar.
Add a navigation click listener to your toolbar , like below
toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
onBackPressed();
}
});
If you are referencing some actions from the action bar, such as a Save action or a Share one, and you are overriding onOptionsItemSelected method, then you need to define the behavior when the back or home button is clicked:
#Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_save:
//save stuff
break;
//this is what you need to add to reference again back/home button
case android.R.id.home:
//do your stuff here, usually back to the home or close the current activity
getActivity().finish();
break;
default:
break;
}
return true;
I have a double-drawer layout set up and am trying to handle selecting items inside the drawers. The way I have it set up though, I can see that neither onNavigationItemSelected nor onOptionsItemSelected is getting called when I tap something on the menu (I put a log statement right inside the functions). I'm also not totally clear which of those functions should be called.
EDIT: It looks like onOptionsItemSelected() is being called after all, but whichever item I click on, I always get the same id. So maybe it's only allowing me to click some other layer?
There are a lot of other questions similar to this, but none of the answers have been helpful to me. I'd appreciate any insight you may have.
Here is the relevant code inside my onCreate() function in MainActivity.java:
// Adding Toolbar to Main screen
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.drawer_open, R.string.drawer_close);
drawer.addDrawerListener(toggle);
toggle.syncState();
NavigationView leftNavigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.notifications_view);
leftNavigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(new NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener() {
#Override
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
Log.i("left", "left"); // this is never called
// Handle left navigation view item clicks here
int id = item.getItemId();
switch(id) {
case R.id.emerg_con_menuitem:
break;
case R.id.ride_hist_menuitem:
Log.i("I'm hit", "I'm hit");
intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, loc_report.class); // The action I want to happen when this menu item is tapped
MainActivity.this.startActivity(intent);
break;
case R.id.settings_menuitem:
break;
}
drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
return true;
}
});
NavigationView rightNavigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
rightNavigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(new NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener() {
#Override
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
Log.i("right", "right"); // this is also never called
// Handle Right navigation view item clicks here.
int id = item.getItemId();
Log.i("I am firing", "I am firing");
switch(id) {
case R.id.emerg_con_menuitem:
break;
case R.id.ride_hist_menuitem:
Log.i("I'm hit navigation", "I'm hit navigation");
intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, loc_report.class);
MainActivity.this.startActivity(intent);
break;
case R.id.settings_menuitem:
break;
}
drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.END);
return true;
}
});
// Adding menu icon to Toolbar
ActionBar supportActionBar = getSupportActionBar();
if (supportActionBar != null) {
supportActionBar.setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.ic_notifications);
supportActionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
supportActionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
}
And the onOptionsItemSelected() that is being called, although not on the correct menu:
#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, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here.
Log.i("I'm hit options", "I'm hit options"); // also never called...what is going on??
int id = item.getItemId();
switch(id) {
case R.id.emerg_con_menuitem:
break;
case R.id.ride_hist_menuitem:
Log.i("I'm hit options", "I'm hit options");
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, loc_report.class);
this.startActivity(intent);
break;
case R.id.settings_menuitem:
break;
case R.id.menu_navigation:
drawer.openDrawer(GravityCompat.END); /*Opens the Right Drawer*/
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
Here is the main view activity_mail.xml:
<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"
android:background="#drawable/main_background"
style="#style/Theme.AppCompat.DayNight">
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/main_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:id="#+id/appbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="#style/Protectors"
app:elevation="0dp">
<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/Protectors"
android:textAlignment="center">
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
<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/navheader"
app:menu="#menu/menu_navigation" />
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/notifications_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:headerLayout="#layout/navheader"
app:menu="#menu/notifications" />
...
The main menu with the clickable icon to open the drawer:
<?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"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<group android:checkableBehavior="single">
<item // this is the item that's being called on a click
android:id="#+id/menu_navigation"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu"
android:title="#string/action_notifications"
android:orderInCategory="100"
app:showAsAction="always" />
</group>
</menu>
and the stuff inside the drawer (the right-hand one):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:id="#+id/emerg_con_menuitem"
android:title="Emergency Contacts"
/>
<item
android:id="#+id/ride_hist_menuitem"
android:title="Ride History" />
<item
android:id="#+id/settings_menuitem"
android:title="Settings" />
</menu>
Ok, I think I figured this out. I'm still having trouble with the right-drawer links, but I got the left-drawer links to work. It was a layering problem--so I was clicking on the main_menu item (which contains the clickable icon that makes the drawer open) instead of the menu items underneath. To fix this, I added this line of code to fix the order:
NavigationView leftNavigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
leftNavigationView.bringToFront(); // <- added this line
And then the OnNavigationItemSelectedListener actually fires as expected.
As you can see from the image below my Action Bar Menu Items overlap my custom ActionBar. This is because I use the theme .NoActionBar and then in .java declare my own action bar as follows:
public class MenuActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
private Toolbar toolbar;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.menu_activity);
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.tool_bar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
The toolbar:
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:theme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/ColorPrimary"
android:elevation="4dp">
and the layout...
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<include
android:id="#+id/tool_bar"
layout="#layout/custom_toolbar"
></include>
<TextView
android:layout_below="#+id/tool_bar"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/hello_world" />
So as you can see the problem arises from having a .NoActionBar theme. I have tried looking around and adding a padding to the top of my Menu items however it doesn't work. Any help appreciated.
This is totally expected behaviour and follows the Material Design official guidelines.
Menus appear above all other in-app UI elements.
It is brought to you by either a Theme.Material theme (if you are on API > 21) or an Theme.AppCompat if you are using support-v7 as it looks. You shouldn't worry about that.
If this is not what you are expecting from your app, try switching to older themes, like Holo stuff. From a design point of view this is not really recommended.
Since I use an action bar instead of menus for my application, no action bar nor/ menus are shown in my implementation of AccountAuthenticatorActivity. Other activities show action bar without problem.
I'm not sure if it's a bug or a missing adaptation of the code on my side. Has someone experienced the same problem? I didn't find any other question related to this problem.
public class MyAuthenticatorActivity extends AccountAuthenticatorActivity {
...
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(final Menu menu) {
final MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
XML menu that should be right as it is used in many other activities:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="#+id/menuHome"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_home"
android:orderInCategory="110"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:title="#string/menu_home"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/menuSettings"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_settings"
android:orderInCategory="111"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:title="#string/menu_settings"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/menuInfo"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_info"
android:orderInCategory="113"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:title="#string/menu_info"/>
</menu>
I know my answer is late. But I was able to get around this base on this one. It seems the AccountAuthenticatorActivity doesn't really have an ActionBar for some reason. Esp. it is really hard to work on when you want to use the support-library.
Here is how I did it:
You have to enclose your activity layout using a CoordinatorLayout:
<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:id="#+id/coordinatorlayout_homescreen"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/background_login"
tools:context="com....LoginActivity">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">
<android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout
android:id="#+id/collapsingtoolbarlayout_login"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:minHeight="?android:attr/actionBarSize"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:contentScrim="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:expandedTitleMarginStart="64dp"
app:expandedTitleMarginEnd="48dp"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|exitUntilCollapsed">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar_login"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:layout_collapseMode="pin"/>
</android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior">
...
</android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
As you can see, I placed an AppBarLayout as per the docs and have the appcompat version of the Toolbar here. We will assign this Toolbar later.
If you prefer to make the CoordinatorLayout just like any ordinary activity without animated-coordinated scroll, you can just set the attribute of CollapsingToolbarLayout like the following:
android:minHeight="?android:attr/actionBarSize"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|exitUntilCollapsed"
This will make sure your Toolbar will not disappear/collapse when you scroll up as the minHeight has been set to ?android:attr/actionBarSize. You can checkout its behavior here.
Next on your LoginActivity which extends AccountAuthenticatorActivity, you have to use AppCompatDelegate but before that make sure you LoginActivity implements the AppCompatCallback:
public class LoginActivity extends AccountAuthenticatorActivity
implements AppCompatCallback
{
...
private AppCompatDelegate mAppCompatDelegate;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_login);
ButterKnife.bind(this);
...
mAppCompatDelegate = AppCompatDelegate.create(this, this);
mAppCompatDelegate.setSupportActionBar(mToolbarLogin);
ActionBar actionBar = mAppCompatDelegate.getSupportActionBar();
actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
actionBar.setTitle(getString(R.string.activity_login));
mCollapsingToolbarLayoutLogin.setTitleEnabled(false);
}
There are three methods you have to implement, but on my research they seem to do nothing fancy esp if you only want to show an ActionBar, so on this use-case you can leave them blank:
#Override
public void onSupportActionModeStarted(ActionMode mode)
{
}
#Override
public void onSupportActionModeFinished(ActionMode mode)
{
}
#Nullable
#Override
public ActionMode onWindowStartingSupportActionMode(ActionMode.Callback callback)
{
return null;
}
The line mAppCompatDelegate = AppCompatDelegate.create(this, this); ask for the Activity instance on the first param, the second param is asking for the callback.
Also, another thing. If you want the back button to be present as shown on this code, it doesn't respond to click. You may have to override it:
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item)
{
switch(item.getItemId())
{
case android.R.id.home:
onBackPressed();
break;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
return true;
}
One small quirk I found going using this is that the status bar appeared white on some devices. I am still looking how to fix it but at least the AccountAuthenticatorActivity now has an ActionBar. I don't like this solution as it is a little bit hacky to may taste. So much hassle to implement a seemingly basic behavior for Activity.
HTH