I am developing an application that must hide title bar to increase screen spaces and for design issues. on non-physical buttons devices like nexus-4 and for Android > 3.0, I can't switch to use Action bar because the title bar is hidden, and in the same times these devices hasn't physical buttons to use standard menu.
My Question: How can I solve this problem
Thanks
How can I solve this problem
Modify your UI to either:
Add back the action bar, or
Add something else on your screen, such as a button, to display something else on the screen that will serve as your "menu". You can see this approach used by many games.
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There is a task to display the navigation bar on the left side for android 4.4.2. Nothing of the sort found. Is it possible to do this?
Or, for example, to hide the navigation bar, and on the left side add own custom menu on the same level of layouts hierarchy order content is shifted to the size of the menu?
This solution should work everywhere, not just in one application.
Thanks for the help.
As far as I know you see that navigation bar there because you are using emulator genymotion. On real devices you should not be able to see it. Besides, those back button are physical buttons on some devices like samsung s2.
If you want a menu on the left you should implement navigation drawer. Good luck
When in some apps, there are those 3 dots in the top right of the app, on the action bar (not the home buttons), which allow for more options. In my app I have on, but I do not know how to make it do a method when it is clicked. Do I use android:onClick="METHOD_NAME ? Or do I need to setup a button variable in my activity class and setup and onClickListener? I have already tried both but I may be doing something wrong.
That three dots are the menu in the action bar. They are always shown on devices without a menu key.
See also the documentation for more details.
Three dots are called Overflow(very aptly named) and to use them you need to use ActionBar which is the top long, horizontal bar showing icons, other buttons along with the Overflow button.
Now in some devices where there is no physical menu button you will always see Overflow button.
Go through Docs and tutorials related to ActionBar but keep one thing in mind that ActionBar is only available for devices with android above HoneyComb. For android devices below 3.0 such as GingerBread or Froyo you will have to use compatibility libraries, so that will be an additional task.
And most notable libraries for this purpose are ActionBarSherlock and AppCompat.
I'm building an android game that doesn't have an action bar. Even though I don't have an action bar, I still want the three vertical dots placed somewhere within my app. I'm not sure if I have to create my own image file that contains the dots, or if there's some way to move the dots in the layout manager in eclipse. Then when these dots are selected I want it to do the vertical drop down menu option like it does in the action bar.
Also I want the dots to disappear in android phones running under android 4.0, so that they can just use the normal menu button. Is this possible? It would be even better if I could get the three dots to trigger the menu in phones below 4.0 but I don't think that's possible so I'd rather just hide it entirely.
Thanks.
I'm not sure if I have to create my own image file that contains the dots
The standard overflow icon should be in your SDK.
or if there's some way to move the dots in the layout manager in eclipse
No.
Then when these dots are selected I want it to do the vertical drop down menu option like it does in the action bar.
You are welcome to implement your own PopupMenu for displaying a menu.
Also I want the dots to disappear in android phones running under android 4.0, so that they can just use the normal menu button
You are welcome to call setVisibility() on whatever you are using for your image whenever the mood strikes you. You will also need to arrange to display your own menu for MENU button presses.
IOW, you will need to roll your own menu system: displaying your trigger, displaying the menu based on the trigger, and doing something on menu choice selections. You are welcome to crib bits of this from the AppCompat action bar in the Android Support package, or perhaps ActionBarSherlock, if you wish.
It would be even better if I could get the three dots to trigger the menu in phones below 4.0
Since you are writing it all yourself, you are welcome to have it do whatever you want.
I want to show Action Bar like below.
I have already used this library clickhere
But it takes only two icons on Action Bar. If I add four items, then last two are shown me like menu. I want all in Action bar same as image above.
Is it possible? if yes, then HOW? Can I change Action Bar color or its default style available in Device?
Thanks in Advance.
I recommend you use this:
http://jgilfelt.github.com/android-actionbarstylegenerator/
to style your ActionBar.
If you want all the 4 icons to be there, just add this attribute to all the menu items:
android:showAsAction="always"
hello try this library
it sure help you And you may have to add you own logic to handle this in below 2.3 Android OS and above 3.0 Android OS.
there is many demo sample available like below :
There is no way you can be sure of the number of icons displayed in the action bar. There is a large varierty of Android devices out there and they all have different screen sizes. That's why you have to prioritize the actions available in a menu : the most important will be displayed as actions in the action bars and the others will be displayed in the "menu" : the action overflow.
You should think of actions in a functional way, not a graphical way.
With ref to Image that you attached you should decide which design pattern you want to use in your application, there are many UI patterns available for mobiles, tablets. The image you attached looks like Side Navigation UI pattern. It's better you decide which UI pattern perfect for your app.. then start implementing it with custom action bar libs (if you want action bar in less than Android 3.0 ver) or any other.
I'm On Honeycomb (3.1) and my first problem is that I don't know what is the name of the bar at the bottom of the OS (appears in every application). I've seen some apps add options to this bottom bar (it has by default the back button the home button and the show active programs button, besides the watch, battery indicator and signal connection strength). When a certain program uses options it sometimes adds them to this bottom bar (it is usually seen as a grid-like icon next to the show active programs buttons, which you can click and a menu pops up.
I've described it as best as I can, but My question is simple: how can I create a menu like this on in my app?
Thanks for any help!
EDIT:
Ok, I've just read it's a compatibility feature. And it's not supposed to be there in an Android App.
I feel stupid...
I'm On Honeycomb (3.1) and my first problem is that I don't know what is the name of the bar at the bottom of the OS (appears in every application).
That is the "system bar".
I've seen some apps add options to this bottom bar
This happens automatically for applications that set up an options menu using onCreateOptionsMenu(). However, once the application switches to the Honeycomb look-and-feel (e.g., via android:targetSdkVersion="11"), the options menu moves to the action bar.
how can I create a menu like this on in my app?
Long-term, you do not want to do this, because it means that you will not have the action bar and will not look like you belong on Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, etc.
Short-term, simply do not have android:targetSdkVersion="11", and implement an options menu as normal.