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How to make the nav-drawer appear below the action bar

i've been struggling to make my navigation drawer appear below the action bar. I know it may not be according to design guidelines.
I have visited several other threads about the subject (example: Navigation drawer below Actionbar), which didn't solve my problem.
After lots and lots of tinkering, i didn't get further. Please help with this problem.
Current situation:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/HK1qW.png
layout/activity_spellbook.xml
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
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.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
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_spellbook"
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="left|start"
android:fitsSystemWindows="false"
app:headerLayout="#layout/nav_header_spellbook"
app:menu="#menu/activity_spellbook_drawer" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</FrameLayout>

Just put the app bar outside the DrawerLayout.
Code:
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
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.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:openDrawer="start">
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/nav_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="left|start"
android:fitsSystemWindows="false"
app:headerLayout="#layout/nav_header_spellbook"
app:menu="#menu/activity_spellbook_drawer" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
<include
layout="#layout/app_bar_spellbook"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

you have to do some changes in all files given below :
Drawer layout :
<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="false"
tools:openDrawer="start">
<include
layout="#layout/app_bar_main2"
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:layout_marginTop="?attr/actionBarSize"
app:headerLayout="#layout/nav_header_main2"
app:menu="#menu/activity_main2_drawer" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
Now, In AppBarLayout which is present into main class(or where you write)
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay">
<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>
Now, at last in Manifest File add theme into your activity:
android:theme="#style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar"

Android Dual Drawers - Navigation with Navigation View and Navigation Fragment

Developing a heritage tracking application !
I need to have a Navigation Drawer on the left and another Navigation Drawer with Checkbox.
The Left side Drawer is generated using the Android Studio and the right side code I have implemented.
Only one of them is getting displayed. How do i get the Navigation View on the right and Fragment Drawer on the left.
XML below
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:orientation="vertical">
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
>
<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" />
<fragment
android:id="#+id/fragment_navigation_drawer"
android:name="org.janastu.dualnavigation.FragmentDrawer"
android:layout_width="#dimen/nav_drawer_width"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="end"
app:layout="#layout/fragment_navigation_drawer"
tools:layout="#layout/fragment_navigation_drawer" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

If your app_bar_main is an AppBarLayout or Toolbar, then I would assume that:
You don't want it filling up the entire screen.
You don't want it being treated as the main content of the DrawerLayout.
On that note, try this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout 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"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:orientation="vertical">
<!-- Your Toolbar or Appbar. I've included what it should look like here
to point out that layout_height SHOULD NOT BE match_parent.-->
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary" />
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!--Main Content-->
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/fullscreen_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"/>
<!-- Left side drawer layout -->
<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" />
<!-- Right side drawer layout. Important to note that fragment_navigation_drawer
should have a background colour. -->
<fragment
android:id="#+id/fragment_navigation_drawer"
android:name="org.janastu.dualnavigation.FragmentDrawer"
android:layout_width="#dimen/nav_drawer_width"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="end"
app:layout="#layout/fragment_navigation_drawer"
tools:layout="#layout/fragment_navigation_drawer" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Comes navigation drawer over actionbar

I am using navigation drawer of supported library.I am using latest material design layout.please someone answer.
Blockquote
MainLayout.xml
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/shitstuff"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
app:headerLayout="#layout/nav_header"
app:itemIconTint="#color/primaryColorDark"
app:itemTextColor="#color/black"
app:menu="#menu/drawermenu" />

Take a LinearLayout and put your toolbar first and below toolbar put your drawer.
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
.
.
>
<Toolbar .../>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout.....>
<FrameLayout ..../> <!-- For holding fragments -->
<navigationview../>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</LinearLayout>

This is my implementation of navigation drawer. Use toolbar instead of old actionbar.
<?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:background="#color/gray93"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:elevation="7dp">
<!-- Main activity home page -->
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<!-- Toolbar layout -->
<include layout="#layout/toolbar" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/main_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"></FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/navigation_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
app:headerLayout="#layout/nav_drawer_header"
app:menu="#menu/menu_drawer" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

Navigation Drawer below Tool bar in Material Design [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
How do I make DrawerLayout to display below the Toolbar?
(7 answers)
Closed 6 years ago.
I want my drawer to open from the left below the tool bar. But, according to Material Design aspects that's not good. But still I want to do that.
Here I have changed my XML file.
---Relative Layout
-----Tool bar
-----Drawer
-------container
-------drawer List
here is my XML file. My app crashes when it opens. I don't know where I made a mistake and XML doesn't show any errors.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<include
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
layout="#layout/toolbar" />
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
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/container_body"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<fragment
android:id="#+id/fragment_navigation_drawer"
android:name="com.myApp.activity.FragmentDrawer"
android:layout_width="#dimen/nav_drawer_width"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
app:layout="#layout/fragment_navigation_drawer"
tools:layout="#layout/fragment_navigation_drawer" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

I have created New XML file main_activity_appbar and added tool bar first and in same layout file I added my Drawer Layout. and in mainAcitity.java file I changed layout of that file.
main_activity_appbar.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<include
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
layout="#layout/toolbar" />
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
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">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/container_body"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1" />
</LinearLayout>
<fragment
android:id="#+id/fragment_navigation_drawer"
android:name="com.myApp.activity.FragmentDrawer"
android:layout_width="#dimen/nav_drawer_width"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
app:layout="#layout/fragment_navigation_drawer"
tools:layout="#layout/fragment_navigation_drawer" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</LinearLayout>
MainActivity.java
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main_appbar);
This is working fine.

Here is the latest solution for material design
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
tools:openDrawer="start">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/abc_action_bar_default_height_material"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:theme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"/>
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!--content_main is my layout you can design your own-->
<include layout="#layout/content_main" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/content"
layout="#layout/content_main"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<!-- The navigation drawer -->
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/nav_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
app:menu="#menu/activity_main_drawer" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Hope it helps

Navigation Drawer Below Toolbar

I am trying to get the navigation drawer to open below the toolbar.
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
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"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width = "match_parent"
android:layout_height = "wrap_content">
<include layout="#layout/toolbar"
android:id="#+id/toolbar"/>
<FrameLayout
android:layout_below="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/background_color"/>
</RelativeLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/drawer"
android:layout_width="260dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_below="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_marginTop="56dp"
android:layout_gravity="start">
</ListView>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
How do I reformat the xml so that the navigation bar opens below the toolbar?

You should move DrawerLayout as top parent and move Toolbar out of DrawerLayout content container.
In short this looks like:
RelativeLayout
----Toolbar
----DrawerLayout
---ContentView
---DrawerList
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/top_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<include
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
layout="#layout/toolbar" />
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_below="#+id/toolbar">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/content_frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/background_color" />
<ListView
android:id="#+id/drawer"
android:layout_width="260dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_below="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:layout_marginTop="56dp" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
However, Material Design guidelines state that Navigation Drawer should be above the Toolbar.

You should simply add
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/abc_action_bar_default_height_material"
to your layout which you are using as drawer.
This will automatically adjust the navigation drawer below the toolbar and also supports different screen sizes.

You can add layout_marginTop like this,
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/abc_action_bar_default_height_material"
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" />
but drawer will appear as a the top layer to tool bar.
Here is another Choppy way to add it below to toolbar!!!
might not be the best but it works!
end result will look like this
If you create a project as a Navigation Drawer project(Navigation Drawer Activity) it will give you four XML files at the creation in your layout folder
app_bar_main
content_main
navigatin_main
activity_main
how these xmls are linked? mostly i see include tag is used
Your Activity is linked with activity_main
activity_main has the app_bar_main and navigation_view(drawer)
app_bar_main has the toolbar and content_main by default
now lets remove activity_main and set its contents directly to app bar main and use it as the main layout for Activity.
To add the drawer under tool bar
add it under the android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout because is contains the toolbar and its should be on top.
here is an example of app_bar_main.XML
<?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="none.navhead.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>
//------ taken from activity_main
// content main
<include layout="#layout/content_main" />
// you need this padding
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:paddingTop="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:openDrawer="start">
<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.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
p.s you can set app_bar_main.XML to setContentView of your activity
just play around there are plenty of ways ;)

this is my layouts and work perfect:
activity_main:
<?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">
<!-- AppBarLayout should be here -->
<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>
<!-- add app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" -->
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
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.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
app_bar_main.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout
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=".activty.MainActivity">
<include layout="#layout/content_main"/>
</FrameLayout>
result:
Bellow toolbar

If you are using custom toolbar then use the drawer layout in this way..
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<!-- The toolbar -->
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/my_awesome_toolbar"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary" />
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/my_drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!-- drawer view -->
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="304dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="left|start">
....
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</LinearLayout>
and if you are not using custom toolbar then you have to set margin top to the drawer layout..
android:layout_marginTop ="?android:attr/actionBarSize"

<?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="false"
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:layout_marginTop="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:id="#+id/nav_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:fitsSystemWindows="false"
app:menu="#menu/activity_main_drawer" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

An Easy and Good solution is set fitsSystemWindows=false for
android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
that has id as
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
And for navigationView set layout_marginTop as ?attr/actionBarSize that would get the actionbar size and set it as margin
Here is complete code of activity_main.xml that has both the changes listed above.