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Styling the Toolbar

I'm trying to get a transparent Toolbar over the top of my Navigation Drawer. I had it working pretty nicely until I had to put a Toolbar in my layout so I had a reference to it, to pass to ActionBarToggle.
Styling the Toolbar is awful. I've played for hours and nearly got it right now, but there are a couple of things I cannot for the life of me fix.
1 I want the hamburger icon and the option menu icon to be white.
2 I want the Toolbar to be visible over the NavDrawer.
3 I don't want any shadow or elevation around the Toolbar.
These three things seem massively improbable.
Here is my Activity Layout.
<?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"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/load_drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".load.LoadActivity"
tools:openDrawer="start">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/contentFrame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/md_transparent">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?android:attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="#color/md_transparent"
android:theme="#style/DefaultToolbar"
app:popupTheme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
app:titleTextColor="#color/md_white_1000"/>
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
</FrameLayout>
<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/nav_header"
app:menu="#menu/load_drawer_actions" />
the Styles.xml
<resources>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Base.AppTheme" />
<style name="AppThemeNoActionBar" parent="AppTheme">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>
<style name="SplashTheme" parent="AppThemeNoActionBar">
<item name="android:windowBackground">#drawable/splashscreen</item>
</style>
<style name="Base.AppTheme" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="windowActionBarOverlay">false</item>
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="colorControlNormal">#color/secondary_text</item>
<item name="colorControlActivated">#color/primary_text</item>
<item name="colorControlHighlight">#color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="progressBarStyle">#style/DefaultProgressBarStyle</item>
<item name="android:progressBarStyle">#style/DefaultProgressBarStyle</item>
<item name="buttonStyle">#style/DefaultButtonStyle</item>
<item name="android:buttonStyle">#style/DefaultButtonStyle</item>
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/ClearActionBar</item>
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/ClearActionBar</item>
</style>
<style name="DefaultToolbar" parent="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#android:color/transparent</item>
</style>
<style name="DefaultAppbar" parent="Base.Widget.Design.AppBarLayout">
<item name="android:background">#android:color/transparent</item>
</style>
<style name="DefaultProgressBarStyle" parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar.Horizontal">
<item name="android:indeterminate">true</item>
</style>
<style name="DefaultButtonStyle" parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.Button.Borderless">
<item name="android:padding">#dimen/defaultPadding</item>
</style>
<style name="ClearActionBar" parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#android:color/transparent</item>
<item name="background">#android:color/transparent</item>
<item name="elevation">0dp</item>
</style>
<style name="DefaultFABStyle">
<item name="elevation">#dimen/defaultElevation</item>
<item name="android:layout_marginRight">#dimen/defaultMargin</item>
</style>
</resources>
If anyone knows how to start to get what I need.. It seems impossible at the moment. I actually had it nearly perfect, until I had to declare a Toolbar in XML, since then, themeing it has been near impossible. All to get the hamburger animation..

Android Toolbar menu text color

I'm trying to change my Toolbar's menu item text color here, but it doesn't work. Here's my style:
<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="toolbarStyle">#style/AppTheme.ToolbarStyle</item>
<item name="buttonStyle">#style/AppTheme.ButtonStyle</item>
<item name="colorControlHighlight">#color/colorPrimary</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.ToolbarStyle" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="titleTextColor">#android:color/white</item>
<item name="titleTextAppearance">#style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Title
</item>
<item name="actionMenuTextColor">#android:color/white</item>
</style>
layout xml:
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
app:title="#string/app_name"
app:titleMarginStart="#dimen/margin_l"
/>
I have tried to set the Toolbar theme directly in xml, but the menu item is still back. Is there a solution to this?

Add these lines in your AppTheme style
<item name="actionMenuTextColor">#color/white</item>
<item name="android:actionMenuTextColor">#color/white</item>

Having a material toolbar you can play with styling modifying text title and menu texts as follows:
<com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?actionBarSize"
android:background="#android:color/white"
android:elevation="6dp"
android:theme="#style/App.ToolbarStyle"
app:titleTextAppearance="#style/App.ToolbarTitleTex"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:menu="#menu/create_item_menu"
app:titleTextColor="#android:color/black" />
Where this style lets you change the color of the icon of the left:
<style name="App.ToolbarStyle" parent="ThemeOverlay.MaterialComponents.Toolbar.Primary">
<item name="colorOnPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
</style>
Also you can change the title text appearance with another style:
<style name="App.ToolbarTitleTex" parent="ThemeOverlay.MaterialComponents.Toolbar.Primary">
<item name="android:textSize">18sp</item>
<item name="fontFamily">#font/roboto_bold</item>
</style>
And finally to change the menu item style you need to add this item property to the main style/theme of the app (the one you set in the AndroidManifest file:
<item name="actionMenuTextAppearance">#style/App.ToolbarMenuItem</item>
With:
<style name="App.ToolbarMenuItem" parent="ThemeOverlay.MaterialComponents.Toolbar.Primary">
<item name="android:textSize">14sp</item>
<item name="fontFamily">#font/roboto_bold</item>
<item name="textAllCaps">true</item>
<item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
</style>
The final result would be something like this:

You need to declare a Theme like this
<style name="Theme.PopupOverlay.Menu" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" >
<item name="android:textColor">#android:color/white</item>
</style>
And then, in your Toolbar in layout view you must specify to use that theme
<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:popupTheme="#style/Theme.PopupOverlay.Menu" />

Modern way under Material3 theming.
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.Material3.Dark">
<item name="toolbarStyle">#style/ToolBarStyle</item>
...
</style>
<style name="ToolBarStyle" parent="#style/Widget.Material3.Toolbar">
<item name="titleTextColor">#android:color/holo_green_light</item>
<item name="navigationIconTint">#android:color/holo_blue_light</item>
<item name="materialThemeOverlay">#style/ToolbarThemeOverlay</item>
</style>
<style name="ToolbarThemeOverlay" parent="">
<item name="actionMenuTextColor">#android:color/holo_red_light</item>
</style>
materialThemeOverlay - is the key to apply the colors to action menu items

In your theme file you have to put this :
<style name="AppTheme.ActionBar" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
...
<item name="actionMenuTextColor">#color/text_color</item>
...
</style>
and apply above theme to Toolbar view as like this android:theme="#style/AppTheme.ActionBar"
detailed example:
<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/main_toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:layout_gravity="top"
app:popupTheme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.ActionBar"/>

Text background issue on Toolbar

When adding some alpha to my Toolbar background color, I notice there is a background applied to the title's TextView:
Here is my layout:
<FrameLayout 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:background="#0099cc">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
app:theme="#style/FullscreenActionBarStyle"
app:titleTextAppearance="#style/ActionBarTitle"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/fullscreen_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:src="#drawable/image"/>
</FrameLayout>
And my styles.xml:
<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>
<item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
</style>
<style name="FullscreenTheme" parent="AppTheme">
<item name="android:windowBackground">#null</item>
<item name="metaButtonBarStyle">?android:attr/buttonBarStyle</item>
<item name="metaButtonBarButtonStyle">?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle</item>
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/FullscreenActionBarStyle</item>
<item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
<!--For compatibility-->
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/FullscreenActionBarStyle</item>
<item name="windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
</style>
<style name="FullscreenActionBarStyle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar">
<item name="background">#color/black_overlay</item>
<item name="android:background">#color/black_overlay</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBarTitle" parent="TextAppearance.Widget.AppCompat.Toolbar.Title">
<item name="android:textSize">50sp</item>
</style>
</resources>
"black_overlay" color value is #66000000
I am using AppCompat and Support libraries v24.2.1.
Do you have any idea on how to get rid of this text background?
Cheers.

As you can see in the following issue, the problem comes from the attribute app:theme. It is applied to every view that a viewgroup inflate.
Replace app:theme by style:
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
style="#style/FullscreenActionBarStyle"
app:titleTextAppearance="#style/ActionBarTitle"/>

Alright, removing the background properties on the FullscreenActionBarStyle style and putting it in the Toolbar layout definition make it work.
As #apelsoczi pointed out, settings these properties in the toolbar style also apply them on children components.

Encapsulate a TextView inside the Toolbar and set the value of that.
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
...>
<TextView ... />
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

appcompat v7 23, actionbars, transparency

I think I went all over SO for the answer. I think I am being trolled by Android L... Seems no matter what I do that actionbar's background still defaults to colorPrimary
the layout.xml
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="#+id/dl_main"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/main_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.farmdog.farmdog.MainActivity">
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:id="#+id/container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:layout_anchor="#+id/appbar"
app:layout_anchorGravity="top"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"/>
<!--layout_behavior="TransparentScrollingViewBehavior"/>-->
<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="wrap_content"
android:paddingTop="8dp"
android:paddingBottom="8dp"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"/>
<!--android:background="?attr/colorPrimaryDark"-->
<!--app:theme="#style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">-->
<!--android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"-->
<!--app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay"-->
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
........
and styles.xml (v21)
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<!-- colorPrimaryDark wont work on API level < 21 -->
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">#color/mainBkgndHard</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/appTextColor</item>
<item name="android:buttonStyle">#style/ButtonTheme</item>
<!--<item name="android:fitsSystemWindows">true</item> hmmm, primaryColor expands on the statusbar now...-->
<!-- attempt taking actionbar shadow away -->
<item name="elevation">0dp</item>
<item name="android:windowContentOverlay">#null</item>
<!-- the following line breaks the build-->
<!--<item name="windowContentOverlay">#null</item>-->
<!-- attempt drawing underneath the actionbar - all fail as of 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.1.'-->
<item name="windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/MyActionBar</item>
<item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/MyActionBar</item>
</style>
<!--<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">-->
<!--<item name="android:background">#color/colorActionBar</item>-->
<!--<item name="background">#color/colorActionBar</item>-->
<!--<item name="windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>-->
<!--<item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>-->
<!--</style>-->
<style name="MyActionBar" parent="Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid">
<item name="android:background">#color/colorActionBar</item>
<!--For compatibility-->
<item name="background">#color/colorActionBar</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
<item name="android:statusBarColor">#android:color/transparent</item>
</style>
</resources>

I think you are doing it in the wrong way.I mean, the following Toolbar Hasn't any PrimaryColor or even Background:
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingTop="8dp"
android:paddingBottom="8dp"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"/>
<!--android:background="?attr/colorPrimaryDark"-->
<!--app:theme="#style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">-->
<!--android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"-->
<!--app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay"-->
So, this will works on (v21) versions only without any background or PrimaryColor.and as you can see, Toolbar is going to be like your Activity Theme which that has:
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
With:
Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar
And, if you don't set any background color or PrimaryColor, because of:
Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar
and your Toolbar, it has to be like that:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
Otherwise, it should crashed(i guess, not sure) because you have a Theme with DarkActionBar and one Toolbar with no background.
I think this is the problem!
Edit:
For completing the answer, since this code was simple anyway, i'll add it here:
Add this also in your AppBarLayout:
android:theme

Inspired from Mohsen answer, I did the following:
Defined a theme named AppTheme with parent Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
In AndroidManifest.xml, I assigned AppTheme as the android:theme
android:theme="#style/AppTheme"
Created another theme for AppBarLayout named CollapsingToolbarTheme with parent Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/transparent</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/dark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
Finally, I assigned the new CollapsingToolbarTheme as the theme of AppBarLayout
android:theme="#style/CollapsingToolbarTheme"

Android: Toolbar color

I am building my first (material designed) app in Android Studio. I am following Slidnerd's Material design playlist, I'm up to #5. I wanted to know how I can have the menu popup to have dark text while have white primary and secondary text. Thanks!

If i undestood your question, you need this:
Set color of Toolbar in xml:
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/my_awesome_toolbar"
android:layout_height="56dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="#color/purple_800" <!--color-->
app:theme="#style/ActionBarThemeOverlay"
app:popupTheme="#style/ActionBarPopupThemeOverlay"
android:elevation="2dp"/>
And another in style:
<style name="NoActionBarTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="android:actionMenuTextColor">#fff</item>
<item name="android:windowAnimationStyle">#null</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBarThemeOverlay" parent="">
<item name="android:textColorPrimary">#fff</item>
<item name="colorControlNormal">#color/gray_800</item>
<item name="colorControlHighlight">#color/gray_800</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#fff</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBarPopupThemeOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" >
<item name="android:background">#android:color/white</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#fff</item>
</style>
and in values-v21 include this too
<item name="android:colorPrimary">#color/purple_900</item>
<item name="android:colorPrimaryDark">#color/purple_900</item>