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Transparent toolbar with menu icon and title not working

My title bar looks like this:
I'm trying to make it transparent to get only the navigation icon & map full screen into the map view, but every time I am trying the transparent code to make the bar transparent it's ended up showing the white color.
I also try ed NoAction bar but its still ended up showing a white title bar.
Home_activity.xml
<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:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:scrollbars="horizontal">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/main"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout 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="#android:color/transparent"
tools:openDrawer="start">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:popupTheme="#style/Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
<!-- The first child in the layout is for the main Activity UI-->
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:scrollbars="horizontal"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<!-- Side navigation drawer UI -->
<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:headerLayout="#layout/navigation_header"
app:itemBackground="#drawable/naviagtionview_statecolor"
app:itemIconTint="#color/black"
app:itemTextColor="#color/black"
app:menu="#menu/my_navigation_items">
</android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
style.xml
<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/hint</item>
<item name="drawerArrowStyle">#style/MyDrawerArrowToggle</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/hint</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/black</item>
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="MyTheme.ActionBar" parent="android:Widget.Holo.ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#android:color/transparent</item>
<item name="android:backgroundStacked">#android:color/transparent</item>
<item name="android:displayOptions">showTitle</item>
<item name="android:titleTextStyle">#style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="drawerArrowStyle">#style/MyDrawerArrowToggle</item>
</style>
<style name="MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyle" parent="#android:style/TextAppearance">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/black</item>
</style>
<style name="MyDrawerArrowToggle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.DrawerArrowToggle">
<item name="color">#color/black</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />
<style name="EditText.Login" parent="Widget.AppCompat.EditText">
<item name="android:textColor">#android:color/black</item>
<item name="android:textColorHint">#android:color/darker_gray</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/yellow</item>
<item name="colorControlNormal">#color/black</item>
<item name="colorControlActivated">#color/yellow</item>
</style>
But it's showing like this:

I had a similar issue,
I used different ways to implement it,
you may try this to make toolbar transperent.

Navigation Drawer Above the StatusBar should be Opaque

I am able to Display the Navigation Drawer transparent and Translucent above the Status Bar but i want, the Status bar should be Completely Opaque and the background should be Completely white of the Navigation Drawer Header .I have not used the Default Navigation Drawer Activity and please don't suggest me to use Default Navigation Drawer Activity.
styles
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />
<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />
</resources>
styles-v21
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>
<item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
<item name="android:statusBarColor">#android:color/transparent</item>
<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
</style>
</resources>
home
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
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">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<include
layout="#layout/custom_toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</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="#3EB7C2"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:visibility="visible">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/logoheader"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1.3"
android:background="#mipmap/nav_header_logo" />
<View
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="1dp"
android:background="#FFFFFF" />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
when android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
when android:fitsSystemWindows="false"
want to achieve something like below as background color white
Can the Navigation Drawer be completely Opqaue above the status bar?

Android Support Toolbar shadow API > 19

Using android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar, I find that it displays a weird shadow in devices with API > 19.
How it looks in Android 4.4.2 API 19:
How it looks in anything with API >19:
I'd need it to look like it does with API 19, where it does not have any shadows and rather "integrates" with the background.
Since I'm using this Activity with a DrawerLayout, I have 2 layouts.
activity_main_tabbed.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/main_tabbed_drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:openDrawer="right">
<include
layout="#layout/activity_main_tabbed_content"
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="right"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
activity_main_tabbed_content.xml
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/activity_background_vertical"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
android:background="#android:color/transparent">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/action_bar_height"
android:elevation="0dp"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/btn_toolbar_back"
android:src="#drawable/left_white_arrow"
android:visibility="gone"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginRight="#dimen/btn_back_toolbar_margin_right"
android:minHeight="#dimen/btn_back_toolbar_height"
android:minWidth="#dimen/btn_back_toolbar_width"
android:layout_gravity="left|center_vertical"/>
<rokk3rlabs.dingding.utils.views.FontTextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:textSize="#dimen/toolbar_text_size"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#color/colorPrimary"
android:text="#string/toolbar_title"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:id="#+id/toolbar_title" />
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
android:id="#+id/tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/action_bar_height"
app:tabMode="fixed"
android:elevation="0dp"
app:tabGravity="fill"/>
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:id="#+id/viewpager"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" />
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
styles.xml
<resources>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat">
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
<!-- <item name="android:windowBackground">#drawable/activity_background</item>-->
<item name="android:textColorPrimaryInverse">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="android:textColorSecondaryInverse">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="android:colorBackground">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="android:colorForeground">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="android:textColorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="android:textColorSecondary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">#color/colorPrimary</item>
</style>
styles.xml (v21)
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="android:textColorPrimaryInverse">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="android:textColorSecondaryInverse">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="android:colorBackground">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="android:colorForeground">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="android:textColorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="android:textColorSecondary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="android:navigationBarColor">#color/navigationBarColor</item>
<item name="android:statusBarColor">#color/statusBarColor</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
</style>

Either make the AppBarLayout have a solid background or set its app:elevation="0dp" (not android:elevation).
Note: Why do you set every color to colorPrimary is puzzling. Purple text over purple background is not going to work. It also makes it impossible to know where the appbar layout ends and the activity background begins in the screenshot.

FrameLayout creates another ActionBar

I have an ActionBar which is shown in some activities.
Unfortunately, in one of them, I use a FrameLayout and the FrameLayout creates another ActionBar. How can I remove this second ActionBar ?
Bellow, the layout :
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<include layout="#layout/toolbar"/>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/browser_drawer_layout"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!-- activity view -->
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/content_frame">
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonFindSelected"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/selection" />
<ListView
android:id="#android:id/list"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>
<!-- navigation drawer -->
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimaryDark">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/browser_left_drawer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"/>
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
The code of the Toolbar for the DrawerLayout :
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"/>
My theme :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppTheme.Base"/>
<style name="AppTheme.Base" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="drawerArrowStyle">#style/DrawerArrowStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="DrawerArrowStyle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.DrawerArrowToggle">
<item name="spinBars">true</item>
<item name="color">#android:color/white</item>
</style>
My theme (For api 21+)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppTheme.Base">
<item name="android:windowContentTransitions">true</item>
<item name="android:windowAllowEnterTransitionOverlap">true</item>
<item name="android:windowAllowReturnTransitionOverlap">true</item>
<item name="android:windowSharedElementEnterTransition">#android:transition/move</item>
<item name="android:windowSharedElementExitTransition">#android:transition/move</item>
</style>
Thank you for your help.

Problem solved...
I was using a FragmentManager in a wrong way. The result was a duplication of some of my elements.
More informations here (on the second answer) : http://www.codedisqus.com/0zmgWXjjXj/android-fragment-duplicate-objects-in-layout.html

Android customizing Toolbar for Material Design

I'm trying to implement a Material style ActionBar using toolbar. So far I made a working Material style ActionBar but can't change its icon and text color. I've already set a
Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar
in style.xml and
android:theme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark"
as the toolbar theme.
Is there any way to change the text color and the black icons into the white ones?
Sources are given below,
Toolbar:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:theme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark" >
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
AppTheme:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/ColorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/ColorPrimaryDark</item>
</style>
activity_main.xml
<?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"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context="com.example.materialactionabar.MainActivity" >
<include layout="#layout/toolbar" />
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<fragment
android:id="#+id/navigation_drawer"
android:name="com.example.materialactionabar.NavigationDrawerFragment"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

In your styles just add as below:
<item name="spinBars">true</item>
<item name="color">#color/white</item>
Complete code as below:
<resources>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/ColorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/ColorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="drawerArrowStyle">#style/DrawerArrowStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="DrawerArrowStyle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.DrawerArrowToggle">
<item name="spinBars">true</item>
<item name="color">#color/white</item>
</style>