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Android Navigation menu setting

I have researched on setting the navigation menu on Android. I have found a couple of answers on how to set it but my problem is that it is not even visible, sorry if this question is straight forward but am really new in this programming language, kindly help.
Here is my code:
activity_main.xml file:
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<?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:id="#+id/activity_main"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context="com.example.mywindows.neo_datawaysconsultantsandtrainers.MainActivity">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:elevation="4dp"
android:theme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.ActionBar"
android:popupTheme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"/>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Hello World!" />
<ListView
android:id="#+id/drawer"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:background="#android:color/white" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</LinearLayout>
strings.xml file:
<resources>
<string name="app_name">NEO-DATAWAYS</string>
<string name="drawer_opened">Select an item</string>
<string name="drawer_closed">NEODATAWAYS</string>
</resources>
styles.xml file:
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<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#006400</item>
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="android:textColorPrimary">#FFFFFF</item>
<item name="android:textColorSecondary">#FFFFFF</item>
</style>
</resources>
activity_main.java file:
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package com.example.mywindows.neo_datawaysconsultantsandtrainers;
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.os.PersistableBundle;
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private DrawerLayout mDrawLayout;
private ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Toolbar toolbar=(Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
mDrawLayout=(DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
mDrawerToggle=new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this,mDrawLayout,R.string.drawer_opened,R.string.drawer_closed){
#Override
public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
super.onDrawerOpened(drawerView);
if(getSupportActionBar()!=null)
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(R.string.drawer_opened);
}
#Override
public void onDrawerClosed(View drawerView) {
super.onDrawerClosed(drawerView);
if(getSupportActionBar()!=null)
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(R.string.drawer_closed);
}
};
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
mDrawLayout.addDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
// mDrawLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
}
#Override
public void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState, PersistableBundle persistentState) {
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState, persistentState);
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
}
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
mDrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
if(mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item))
return true;
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}

[activity_main.xml]
<FrameLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/fl_activity_main_container" />
<ListView android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/lv_activity_main_nav_list"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"
android:background="#EDEDED"/>
more code this url - http://androidhuman.com/524

How to put buttons in activity header?

I'm trying to design a dialog, which looks similarly to the system one:
Are these buttons planted on the application title bar? Or are they simply placed in the UI?

You can use a ToolBar to do this. This is an example with icon-based buttons, but you can easily modify it into Text Buttons.
ToolBar Tutorial
1 - Add library compability
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.3'
}
2 - Create a file name color.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<color name="ColorPrimary">#FF5722</color>
<color name="ColorPrimaryDark">#E64A19</color>
</resources>
3 - Modify your style.xml
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/ColorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/ColorPrimaryDark</item>
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
</style>
</resources>
4 - Create a file name toolbar.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/ColorPrimary"
android:elevation="4dp"
>
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
5 - Include the ToolBar into your main_activity.xml
<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/tool_bar"
></include>
<TextView
android:layout_below="#+id/tool_bar"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/TextDimTop"
android:text="#string/hello_world" />
</RelativeLayout>
6 - Put it inside your MainActivity class
package com.example.hp1.materialtoolbar;
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity { /* When using Appcombat support library
you need to extend Main Activity to
ActionBarActivity.
*/
private Toolbar toolbar; // Declaring the Toolbar Object
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.tool_bar); // Attaching the layout to the toolbar object
setSupportActionBar(toolbar); // Setting toolbar as the ActionBar with setSupportActionBar() call
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, 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();
//noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
7 - And finally, add your "Button Items" to the menu_main.xml
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">
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
app:showAsAction="never" />
<item
android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:orderInCategory="200"
android:title="Search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_search"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
></item>
<item
android:id="#+id/action_user"
android:orderInCategory="300"
android:title="User"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_user"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom"></item>
</menu>

Notification Bar is grey after implementing Nav Drawer

I am trying to learn implementations of Navigation Drawer in Android.
In one activity, i have made the Navigation Drawer come under the Status Bar(transparent) and over the App Bar and everything works fine.(left Screenshot)
In another activity in the same App, i am trying to create Navigation Drawer that pulls up under the App Bar. But here, the status bar turns grey for some reason(whether nav drawer is open or closed)(Right Screenshot). Other than this, everything seems fine.
Below is the screenshot:
The green Nav Drawer is a fragment.
What i want to know is how to make the status normal(darker shade of. Please remember, if i click that twin arrow icon in the App Bar, it will take me to another activity which contains another Nav Drawer which works like the one in Material Design(Full height of the screen and comes under a transparent Status Bar). This is shown in the left side of the screenshot.
Below is the code:
MainActivity.java:
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
Toolbar toolbar;
DrawerLayout xDrawerLayout;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_alt);
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.app_bar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
xDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
xDrawerLayout.setStatusBarBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.primary_dark));
NavDrawerFragment mfragment = (NavDrawerFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.nav_drawer_fragment);
mfragment.SetUp(xDrawerLayout, toolbar, R.id.nav_drawer_fragment);
}
...
activity_alt.xml:
<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:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:orientation="vertical">
<include
android:id="#+id/app_bar"
layout="#layout/app_bar" />
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/hello_world" />
</RelativeLayout>
<fragment
android:id="#+id/nav_drawer_fragment"
android:name="com.rt.droid.mattest.NavDrawerFragment"
android:layout_width="#dimen/nav_drawer_width"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
tools:layout="#layout/fragment_nav_drawer" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</LinearLayout>
NavDrawerFragment.java:
public class NavDrawerFragment extends Fragment {
private ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;
private DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;
public DrawerLearner yDrawerLearner;
public NavDrawerFragment() {
// Required empty public constructor
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// Inflate the layout for this fragment
View fView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_nav_drawer, container, false);
//fView.setFitsSystemWindows(true);
fView.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.accent));
return fView;
}
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
}
public void SetUp(DrawerLayout drawerLayout, Toolbar toolbar, int frag_id) {
this.mDrawerLayout = drawerLayout;
View drawerFrag = getActivity().findViewById(frag_id);
mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(getActivity(), mDrawerLayout, toolbar, R.string.drawer_open, R.string.drawer_close) {
#Override
public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
super.onDrawerOpened(drawerView);
getActivity().invalidateOptionsMenu();
}
#Override
public void onDrawerClosed(View drawerView) {
super.onDrawerClosed(drawerView);
getActivity().invalidateOptionsMenu();
}
};
yDrawerLearner = new DrawerLearner(mDrawerLayout, drawerFrag, getActivity());
yDrawerLearner.execute();
this.mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
mDrawerLayout.setStatusBarBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.primary_dark));
mDrawerLayout.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
}
});
}
}
fragment_nav_drawer.xml:
<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"
tools:context="com.rt.droid.mattest.NavDrawerFragment">
<!-- TODO: Update blank fragment layout -->
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:text="#string/hello_blank_fragment" />
</FrameLayout>
app_bar.xml:
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/primary"
app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupMenu"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.Toolbar">
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
styles.xml:
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppTheme.Base">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.Base" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/primary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/primary_dark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/accent</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.Toolbar" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark">
<item name="android:textColorPrimary">#color/primary_text</item>
<item name="android:textColorSecondary">#color/accent</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.PopupMenu" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark">
<item name="android:background">#color/accent</item>
</style>
</resources>
styles.xml(v21):
<resources>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppTheme.Base">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="android:colorPrimary">#color/primary</item>
<item name="android:colorPrimaryDark">#color/primary_dark</item>
<item name="android:colorAccent">#color/accent</item>
<item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
<item name="android:statusBarColor">#android:color/transparent</item>
<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
</style>
</resources>
Colors.xml(screenshot showing color samples):
Note: I do not want to compromise on the styles etc that would render my other navigation drawer not working. In other words, i prefer a solution wherein both types of navigation bar works as expected in the same app.
Please let me know if you need any info and i shall edit if required.
Edit: added app_bar.xml & colors.xml for clarity.

But here, the status bar turns grey for some reason
It's the translucent (25% black) status bar background over the white background of activity underneath it.
What i want to know is how to make the status normal
You need to disable translucent status bar for the second activity. It is activated by this line in your theme definition:
<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
<item name="android:statusBarColor">#color/primary_dark</item>
So either define a child theme and override the flag with false or clear the flag programmatically by calling this from your activity:
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
getWindow().clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS);
getWindow().setStatusBarColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.primary_dark);
}

Not able to add NavigationDrawer using MaterialDesign

I have written the following code to add drawer layout in my material design theme which is not showing up. Just the tool bar is showing up.
MainActivity.java
package com.example.materiald;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
ActionBarDrawerToggle mActionBarDrawerToggle;
DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawerLayout);
mActionBarDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, mDrawerLayout, toolbar, R.string.open_navigation_drawer, R.string.close_navigation_drawer);
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mActionBarDrawerToggle);
}
}
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<include layout="#layout/toolbar" />
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawerLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/mainContent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
</FrameLayout>
<!-- Nav drawer -->
<ListView
android:id="#+id/drawerList"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:background="#android:color/white"
android:divider="#android:color/white"
android:dividerHeight="8dp"
android:drawSelectorOnTop="true"
android:headerDividersEnabled="true" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
toolbar.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<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="#color/myColorPrimary"
android:minHeight="56dp"
app:theme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.ActionBar" />
values/styles.xml
<style name="AppTheme.Base" parent="Theme.AppCompat"></style>
values/themes.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppTheme.Base">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/myColorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/myColorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
</style>
</resources>
values-v21/themes.xml
<?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>
<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
</style>
</resources>

I missed out certain important statements in my activity. Here is the complete activity the remaining stays the same. With following changes I was able to add the new NavigationDrawer
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;
DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, mDrawerLayout, toolbar, R.string.open_navigation_drawer, R.string.close_navigation_drawer);
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true); //<---- added
getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true); //<---- added
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) { //<---- added
if (mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item)) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { //<---- added
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
mDrawerToggle.syncState(); // important staetment for drawer to identify its state
}
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) { //<---- added
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
mDrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
if(mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(Gravity.START|Gravity.LEFT)){ //<---- added
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawers();
return;
}
super.onBackPressed();
}
}

Drawer indicator in lollipop play store

I am using a Nexus 7 with the Android 5.0 preview build.
On this page
http://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/index.html
I see
Changes for v7 appcompat library: Updated ActionBarDrawerToggle, which
contains the menu-to-arrow animation
Is this what the Google Play app uses? Am I reading too much into this statement? What do I need to change to get this behavior - I can't find it in the API documentation.

I've posted a sample app here that uses the new Toolbar class and ActionBarToggle to provide an ActionBar with the Play Store style animating icon:
https://github.com/03lafaye/LollipopDrawerToggle
The no-v7-support branch uses the ActionBarToggle with a framework Activity and Toolbar. The master branch uses the v7 Toolbar and an ActionBarActivity.
The setup for not using an ActionBarActivity looks like this:
package com.plafayette.lollipop;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
import android.widget.Toolbar;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
public class ToolbarActivity extends Activity {
private ActionBarDrawerToggle toggle;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_toolbar);
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setActionBar(toolbar);
DrawerLayout drawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
toggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, drawerLayout, R.string.open, R.string.close);
toggle.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(true);
drawerLayout.setDrawerListener(toggle);
}
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
toggle.syncState();
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.toolbar, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
if (toggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item))
return true;
int id = item.getItemId();
return id == R.id.action_settings || super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
Note that you have to disable the window actionbar and title bar in your theme like so:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Material.Light">
<item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>
</resources>
I imagine the sample code for the latest v7 appcompat library will be released soon enough making this post obsolete.
Chris Renke from Square published an alternate backport of the up icon animation. The code is on GitHub here: https://github.com/ChrisRenke/DrawerArrowDrawable and he wrote a blog about it at http://chrisrenke.com/drawerarrowdrawable.

It is very easy.
Your layout with DrawerLayout looks the same as always. You use android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout and create drawers and content area:
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/drawerLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/content_frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#ff0"
android:orientation="vertical" >
</RelativeLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/leftDrawer"
android:layout_width="290dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:background="#f0f"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:clickable="true"
android:divider="#null"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"
android:scrollbars="none" />
Main changes are in your java code. In your Activity, where you use drawer layout, you have to extend it for ActionBarActivity from v7. Then you create variables for DrawerLayout and ActionBarDrawerToggle. Your imports should look like this:
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
and then just connect everything. Remember that new drawer layout does not have icon! You just dont pass it where you normally should be. Code for my activity:
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.view.MenuItem;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
DrawerLayout drawerLayout;
ActionBarDrawerToggle drawerToggle;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
drawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawerLayout);
drawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, drawerLayout, R.string.app_name, R.string.app_name) {};
drawerLayout.setDrawerListener(drawerToggle);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
if (drawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item)) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
drawerToggle.syncState();
}
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
drawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
}
And it should work.

Check out here
MainActivity.java:
package com.poliveira.apps.materialtests;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity implements NavigationDrawerCallbacks {
private Toolbar mToolbar;
private NavigationDrawerFragment mNavigationDrawerFragment;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
mToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar_actionbar);
setSupportActionBar(mToolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
mNavigationDrawerFragment = (NavigationDrawerFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.fragment_drawer);
mNavigationDrawerFragment.setup(R.id.fragment_drawer, (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer), mToolbar);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public void onNavigationDrawerItemSelected(int position) {
Toast.makeText(this, "Menu item selected -> " + position, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
if (mNavigationDrawerFragment.isDrawerOpen())
mNavigationDrawerFragment.closeDrawer();
else
super.onBackPressed();
}
}
activity_main.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<include
android:id="#+id/toolbar_actionbar"
layout="#layout/toolbar_default"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_below="#+id/toolbar_actionbar">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:clickable="true"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
<!-- android:layout_marginTop="?android:attr/actionBarSize"-->
<fragment
android:id="#+id/fragment_drawer"
android:name="com.poliveira.apps.materialtests.NavigationDrawerFragment"
android:layout_width="#dimen/navigation_drawer_width"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
app:layout="#layout/fragment_navigation_drawer"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

You seem to have a working drawer as I read it, if not, the Documentation on "Creating a Navigation Drawer" is pretty good.
Updated ActionBarDrawerToggle, which contains the menu-to-arrow animation
The above quote refers to Create a new ActionBarDrawerToggle with arrow and hamburger menu commit.
As a related one: setDrawerIndicatorEnabled was added in Add ability to disable drawer indicator in new ArrowDrawer.
So make sure setDrawerIndicatorEnabled is not called with false and use
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
instead of
import android.support.v4.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
which should be pretty obvious from deprecation warnings anyway:
#deprecated Please use ActionBarDrawerToggle in support-v7-appcompat.
Probably also need
// <item name="displayOptions">showHome|homeAsUp</item>
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);

First, make sure you update to latest SDK. Create new Project in Android Studio, then add appcompat-v7.21.0.+ and appcompat-v4.21.0.+ libraries in your buid.gradle as gradle dependency.
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.2'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:21.0.2'
Add primaryColor and primarycolorDark in your color.xml file.
<resources>
<color name="primaryColor">#2196F3</color>
<color name="primaryColorDark">#0D47A1</color>
</resources>
Add drawer open/close string value in your strings.xml file.
<resources>
<string name="app_name">Lollipop Drawer</string>
<string name="action_settings">Settings</string>
<string name="drawer_open">open</string>
<string name="drawer_close">close</string>
</resources>
Your activity_my.xml layout file looks like this:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<include layout="#layout/toolbar" />
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/drawerLayout"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!-- activity view -->
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="#fff"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#000"
android:text="Activity Content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</RelativeLayout>
<!-- navigation drawer -->
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_gravity="left|start"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="#fff"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/left_drawer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:divider="#eee"
android:background="#fff"
android:dividerHeight="1dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Your toolbar.xml layout file looks like this:
<?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:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
Your MyActivity.java looks like this:
Here your activity must extends ActionBarActivity and set your toolbar as support actionbar.
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
public class MyActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
private Toolbar toolbar;
private DrawerLayout drawerLayout;
private ActionBarDrawerToggle drawerToggle;
private ListView leftDrawerList;
private ArrayAdapter<String> navigationDrawerAdapter;
private String[] leftSliderData = {"Home", "Android", "Sitemap", "About", "Contact Me"};
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_my);
nitView();
if (toolbar != null) {
toolbar.setTitle("Navigation Drawer");
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
}
initDrawer();
}
private void nitView() {
leftDrawerList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.left_drawer);
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
drawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawerLayout);
navigationDrawerAdapter=new ArrayAdapter<String>( MyActivity.this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, leftSliderData);
leftDrawerList.setAdapter(navigationDrawerAdapter);
}
private void initDrawer() {
drawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, drawerLayout, toolbar, R.string.drawer_open, R.string.drawer_close) {
#Override
public void onDrawerClosed(View drawerView) {
super.onDrawerClosed(drawerView);
}
#Override
public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
super.onDrawerOpened(drawerView);
}
};
drawerLayout.setDrawerListener(drawerToggle);
}
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
drawerToggle.syncState();
}
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
drawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.my, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
if (drawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item)) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
Create style.xml file in values-21 folder for android lollipop
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="myAppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/primaryColor</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/primaryColorDark</item>
<item name="android:statusBarColor">#color/primaryColorDark</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/black</item>
</style>
</resources>
Create your style.xml file in values folder for older versions then android lollipop
<resources>
<style name="myAppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/primaryColor</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/primaryColorDark</item>
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</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">#android:color/black</item>
</style>
</resources>
Your AndroidManifest.xml is looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="nkdroid.com.lollipopdrawer" >
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/myAppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MyActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
For reference only:
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