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How to add a back button to action bar / toolbar

I have written a piece of code as part of an app where I want to implement a back button on the action bar/tool bar such that when the button is pressed, the previous page (the page/fragment immediately before the current page/fragment) will be displayed.
This is the code for the ToolBar, DrawerLayout, NavigationView and getSupportActionBar():
final DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
final NavigationView navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar toolbar = (android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
toolbar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setLogo(R.mipmap.ic_launcher);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayUseLogoEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
I am unable to use ActionBar. For some reason (I don't know why), my Android studio/ program, will not allow me to use the ActionBar. So I am substituting that with the set/getSupportActionBar().
The function used in relation to this are:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_settings, 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();
switch (id) {
case android.R.id.home:
onBackPressed();
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
if (drawer.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.START)) {
drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
} else {
super.onBackPressed();
}
}
My activity_main.xml file is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
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"
android:id="#+id/activity_main"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:openDrawer="start"
tools:context="com.example.albin.settings_menu.SettingsActivity">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#fff">
<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="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:popupTheme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
app:title="Settings"/>
<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">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/toolbar">
</FrameLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/nav_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:layout_marginTop="-24dp"
app:menu="#menu/options_menu" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
The problem is that I don't know which is the useful code, which is the useless code and how to mix/join/(add additional codes to) these (codes, methods, variables/objects, fragments, xml layouts) to get the desired outcome, that is, the application of a back button on the action bar/tool bar.
Most of the code above is implemented for the up button, not the back button. I have read at several places that up and back buttons are not the same.
I tried several links on internet as well as on this site, but none of them has just what I need.
Hope someone can give me an clear answer...

You can include the back icon in ToolBar:
Initialize ToolBar:
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
You can use an drawable icon as a back button.
toolbar.setNavigationIcon(R.drawable.your_drawable_icon);
toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// what do you want here
}
});
If you do not want to use drawable icon then:
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// what do you want here
}
});

Actually your layout having that issue because you have added toolbar in RelativeLayout so drawer layout is overlapping on it that's why you would not able to click on back arrow, i have fix your layout see below
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/activity_main"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:orientation="vertical">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:navigationIcon="#drawable/ic_back_black"
app:popupTheme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
app:title="Settings" />
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/toolbar" />
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/nav_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:menu="#menu/options_menu" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</LinearLayout>

The simplest way would be to add parent activity in manifest file as developer docs suggest.
<activity
android:name=".ChildActivity"
android:parentActivityName=".ParentActivity" >
and java code you already have done it, setSupportActionbar and setHomeAsUpEnabled.
Edited :
its necessary to add up action for icon to be visible, as mentioned in
Android Developer Docs

So toolbar gives added flexibility to modify title-bar in Android.
As far as why getActionBar is not working and you are compelled to use getSupportActionBar is because you must be using SupportLibrary. SupportLibrary gives backward compatibility to earlier SDK versions.
If you want to modify your title-bar/header/action-bar extensively
then use toolbar otherwise use action-bar.

Add a navigation click listener to your toolbar , like below
toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
onBackPressed();
}
});

If you are referencing some actions from the action bar, such as a Save action or a Share one, and you are overriding onOptionsItemSelected method, then you need to define the behavior when the back or home button is clicked:
#Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_save:
//save stuff
break;
//this is what you need to add to reference again back/home button
case android.R.id.home:
//do your stuff here, usually back to the home or close the current activity
getActivity().finish();
break;
default:
break;
}
return true;

How to disable manual sliding-out of navigation view

I have two navigation views in my Activity. One enters from the right and the other enters from the left.
In the navigtionview that enters from from the left, different fragments are started when when the items are clicked. And also, this same navigationview has menu items which is common to all the launched fragments. I don't have any problem with this one.
Now, the navigationview that enters from the right has menu items which are only peculiar to the particular fragment started when the first item in the left entering navigationview is clicked. What this means is that, when you clicked the first item in the left entering navigation drawer, a fragament is started, and items in the right entering navigationview has items related to this fragment.
So, this right navigationview is stared when a menuitem in the toolbar is clicked. And this menu item is not visible when other fragments (apart from the aforementioned) is in view.
The problem I have is that, even when the right entering navigationview cannot be launched through the menuitem in other fragments, it can still be started by sliding the right edge of the screen. So I want to totally disable the sliding feature of this right entering navigationview, so it can only be launched when the menu item is clicked.
Codes
activity_main
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
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: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="false"
app:headerLayout="#layout/nav_header_main"
app:menu="#menu/activity_main_drawer"/>
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/cat_nav_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="end"
android:fitsSystemWindows="false">
/** This navigationview enters from the right, I start a fragment with framelayout below.
The fragment contains a recyclerview **/
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/transport_cat_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
</android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
Snippets of MainActivity
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
ButterKnife.bind(this);
ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
this, drawer, toolbar, R.string.navigation_drawer_open, R.string.navigation_drawer_close) {
#Override
public void onDrawerClosed(View v){
super.onDrawerClosed(v);
}
#Override
public void onDrawerOpened(View v) {
super.onDrawerOpened(v);
}
};
drawer.addDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(this);
}
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
if (drawer.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.START)) {
drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
} else if (drawer.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.END)) {
drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.END);
} else {
super.onBackPressed();
}
}
ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
this, drawer, toolbar, R.string.navigation_drawer_open, R.string.navigation_drawer_close) {
#Override
public void onDrawerClosed(View v){
super.onDrawerClosed(v);
}
#Override
public void onDrawerOpened(View v) {
super.onDrawerOpened(v);
}
};
drawer.addDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(this);
Override
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle navigation view item clicks here.
Fragment fragment;
if (id == R.id.menu_cars) {
fragment = new CarsFragment();
startCarsFrag() //Method to start CarsFragment()
//The right entering drawer should only be enabled for this fragment
}
if (id == R.id.menu_trains) {
fragment = new TrainsFragment();
startTrainFrag() //Method to start TrainsFragment
}
if (id == R.id.menu_lorries) {
fragment = new LorriesFragment();
startLorriesFrag() //Method to start LorriesFragment
}
if (drawer != null) {
drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
}
return true;
}

The DrawerLayout#setDrawerLockMode() method is what you're looking for. When locked, a drawer View cannot be dragged open/closed, though it will still respond to the openDrawer() and closeDrawer*() methods.
Since you're using two drawers, and want to lock only the one, you'll need to call the method with a second argument to indicate which drawer to lock/unlock. For example, to lock your secondary drawer closed:
drawer.setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_CLOSED, GravityCompat.END);

Implementing Navigation Drawer Without TitleBar

I'm planning to implement a navigation bar to let users navigate to different activites.
But here's the problem,
I've found plenty articles about creating a navigation drawer but it seems doesn't work for me , because my UI doesn't have any titlebar.
And what i actually want is to call up the navigation drawer whenever users press on a button near to the navigation drawer.
Is there any possible way to do this ?

It is very simple.
Here is your main activity's layout, activity_main.xml:
<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/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<FrameLayout
android:animateLayoutChanges="true"
android:id="#+id/container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity"
tools:ignore="MergeRootFrame" />
<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/drawer_list_header"
app:menu="#menu/navigation"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
And here's your MainActivity:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
NavigationView navigationView;
DrawerLayout drawerLayout;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.navigation_view);
navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(new NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener() {
#Override
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem menuItem) {
switch (menuItem.getItemId()) {
case R.id.navi_1:
// on 1st item in the menu, do something
break;
case R.id.navi_2:
// on 2nd item in the menu, do something
break;
}
drawerLayout.closeDrawers();
return false;
}
});
drawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
}
// [...]
private void openDrawer() {
if (!drawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(navigationView)) {
drawerLayout.openDrawer(navigationView);
}
}
private void closeDrawer() {
if (drawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(navigationView)) {
drawerLayout.closeDrawers();
}
}
}
Now you can open the drawer with openDrawer() and close it with closeDrawer().
A sample navigation.xml file which is located under the menu dir in the res (resources) folder:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<group android:checkableBehavior="single">
<item
android:id="#+id/navi_1"
android:checked="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_android"
android:title="First item"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/navi_2"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_android"
android:title="Second item"/>
</group>
</menu>
Sample drawer_list_header.xml file, located under the layout dir in the res folder:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ImageView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/list_header"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:paddingBottom="8dp"
android:src="#drawable/list_header_final">
</ImageView>
Here are some notes:
You have to declare a menu file for the drawer, see app:menu="#menu/navigation" in the layout file.
You might want to declare a header layout, which is displayed over the menu elements in the drawer, see app:headerLayout="#layout/drawer_list_header".
The drawer can be opened by a fling-like action from the edge of the screen. To prevent the users from doing that, you might want to lock/unlock your drawer on action using drawerLayout.setDrawerLockMode(...);, see the documentation for details.
Also note that in order to use NavigationView, you'll need the latest design support lib by adding the dependency to your module's gradle file: compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.0'.
See more about it here.

Yes you can implement DrawerLayout with out ActionBar. You can manually open and close the DrawerLayout like
drawerLayout.openDrawer(Gravity.LEFT);
drawerLayout.closeDrawer(Gravity.LEFT);

Android 5 Hamburger doen't open the drawer

I'm trying to make a simple navigation drawer, matching the material guidelines. I'm following along the official training. Everything is running well, only a tap on the hamburger icon won't open the drawer. I can open the drawer with a swipe from the side, only the hamburger isn't working. I already looked up some other questions like this one, but nothing helped. What did I miss?
Here is my code:
Activity.java:
public class stream extends ActionBarActivity {
private DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;
private ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;
private String[] mDrawerTitles;
private ListView mDrawerList;
private Toolbar mToolbar;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_stream);
// Init the Support-toolbar
mToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
if (mToolbar != null) {
setSupportActionBar(mToolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
}
mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, mDrawerLayout, mToolbar,
R.string.navigation_drawer_open, R.string.navigation_drawer_close);
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
// enable ActionBar app icon to behave as action to toggle nav drawer
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = new MenuInflater(this);
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
if (mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item)) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
}
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
if(mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(Gravity.START|Gravity.LEFT)){
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawers();
return;
}
super.onBackPressed();
}
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
// Pass any configuration change to the drawer toggle
mDrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
}
Layout.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="de.square7.gtz.lwenzahn.stream"
android:background="#color/ColorBackground">
<!-- Toolbar -->
<include layout="#layout/toolbar"/>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!-- Content View -->
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/content_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingTop="56dp"/>
<!-- Drawer -->
<ListView
android:id="#+id/left_drawer"
android:layout_width="270dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:background="#ffffffff"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:elevation="8dp" >
</ListView>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

You are not using the DrawerLayout as the root layout of the activity. You are almost there but you see how you use the RelativeLayout as the root (or at least that is what I infer from the posted xml - the RelativeLayout does not look like it has a closing tag so maybe you just missed it)?
The NavigationDrawer opens on the tap of the "hamburger" (or icon) only when it is the root so that Android knows that the DrawerLayout is encompassing everything. My guess is the toolbar you are including is interfering with the layout.

DrawerLayout Double Drawer (Left and Right Drawers simultaneously)

I have an application, in which i want to implement a double drawer - one from the left and one from the right. Left drawer is for app navigation, right drawer is for result filtering.
So, the layout is like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/light_grey"
android:orientation="vertical">
<GridView
android:id="#+id/gridview"
style="#style/GridViewStyle"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:horizontalSpacing="7dp"
android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
android:verticalSpacing="7dp" />
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/left_drawer"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:background="#111"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp" />
<ListView
android:id="#+id/right_drawer"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="end"
android:background="#111"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
You can clearly see here "left_drawer" and "right_drawer", and their respective gravity - "start" and "end"
And this actually works! You can pull them both out.
The problem is, when i implement the DrawerToggle - it only opens the left drawer, and does not close the right one, so if the right drawer is opened and i press the DrawerToggle button - the left drawers opens ALSO, and overlaps the right drawer.
There are a couple of solutions i'am trying to get:
Make the same DrawerToggle button on the right side, with the same behavior and animation as the left side.
Make the drawer on the opposite side of the drawer i am trying to open - automatically close (if the left drawer is open and i press the toggle of the right drawer and vise-versa).
And i haven't figured how to do that, because DrawerToggle accepts the DrawerLayout itself as a parameter, and not the individual drawers...
I am using the Support Library.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thank you in advance.

Here is the code for a Double Drawer Activity than can be extended by other activities to implement the double drawer, assuming they have a layout like the one propposed by OP.
public class DoubleDrawerActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
private DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;
private ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;
private View mLeftDrawerView;
private View mRightDrawerView;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
}
#Override
protected void onStart() {
super.onStart();
if(mDrawerLayout == null || mLeftDrawerView == null || mRightDrawerView == null || mDrawerToggle == null) {
// Configure navigation drawer
mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
mLeftDrawerView = findViewById(R.id.left_drawer);
mRightDrawerView = findViewById(R.id.right_drawer);
mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, mDrawerLayout, R.drawable.ic_navigation_drawer, R.string.drawer_open, R.string.drawer_close) {
/** Called when a drawer has settled in a completely closed state. */
public void onDrawerClosed(View drawerView) {
if(drawerView.equals(mLeftDrawerView)) {
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(getTitle());
supportInvalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
}
}
/** Called when a drawer has settled in a completely open state. */
public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
if(drawerView.equals(mLeftDrawerView)) {
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(getString(R.string.app_name));
supportInvalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
}
}
#Override
public void onDrawerSlide(View drawerView, float slideOffset) {
// Avoid normal indicator glyph behaviour. This is to avoid glyph movement when opening the right drawer
//super.onDrawerSlide(drawerView, slideOffset);
}
};
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle); // Set the drawer toggle as the DrawerListener
}
}
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Sync the toggle state after onRestoreInstanceState has occurred.
mDrawerToggle.syncState();
}
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
mDrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// If the nav drawer is open, hide action items related to the content view
for(int i = 0; i< menu.size(); i++)
menu.getItem(i).setVisible(!mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mLeftDrawerView));
return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch(item.getItemId()) {
case android.R.id.home:
mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
if(mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mRightDrawerView))
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mRightDrawerView);
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}

You can call it like this in a ToggleButton's handler for example :
mDrawerLayout.openDrawer(mDrawer);
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawer);
Where mDrawer is a reference to the specific drawer you need to open (be it a view or a layout), in your case, the actual ListView you wish to display.

You can use NavigationView from material design.
<?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="true"
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.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/nav_view2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="end"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:headerLayout="#layout/nav_header_main"
app:menu="#menu/activity_main_drawer1" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

Here is my short solution for all who want to prevent the animation of drawer indicator if they swipe the right view. Simply implement the onDrawerSlide Method like this.
mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, mDrawerLayout, R.drawable.ic_drawer_white, 0, 0) {
#Override
public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {
invalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()
}
#Override
public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
invalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()
}
#Override
public void onDrawerSlide(View drawerView, float slideOffset) {
if (drawerView == mSlidingMenuNavigationList) {
super.onDrawerSlide(drawerView, slideOffset);
}
else {
// do nothing on all other views
}
}
};

Use the gravity constant (Gravity.LEFT or Gravity.RIGHT) of whatever drawer you want to close (as you open the other one) in onOptionsItemSelected() as shown below.
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
if (mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item)) {
// Close the right side drawer if visible
if(mDrawerLayout.isDrawerVisible(Gravity.RIGHT)) {
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(Gravity.RIGHT);
}
return true;
}
// Regular stuff
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_example:
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Example action.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
mDrawerToggle = Listener object implementing DrawerLayout.DrawerListener
See: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/app/ActionBarDrawerToggle.html

I have solved adding this code in the onOptionsItemSelected method:
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case android.R.id.home:
if (mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mDrawerList_right)){
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList_right);
}
mDrawerLayout.openDrawer(mDrawerList_left);
}
break;
case R.id.action_drawer:
if (mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mDrawerList_left)){
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList_left);
}
mDrawerLayout.openDrawer(mDrawerList_right);
}
default:
break;
}
I have added an action button and overrided the home button of the actionbar

make a custom item and add it the right, pass to it the right drawer.
final ToggleButton ic_nav = (ToggleButton) customNav.findViewById(R.id.ic_nav);
ic_nav.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
{
#Override
public void onClick(View arg0)
{
if ( mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mDrawerList) && arg0.isSelected()) {
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList);
arg0.setSelected(false);
}
else if (!mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mDrawerList) && !arg0.isSelected()){
mDrawerLayout.openDrawer(mDrawerList);
ic_nav.setSelected(false);
arg0.setSelected(true);
}
}
});

You can show two navigation views to the same drawer as:
<androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="false">
<com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/NAVIGATION_VIEW_LEFT"
android:layout_width="270dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"/>
<com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/NAVIGATION_VIEW_RIGHT"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="right"/>
</androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout>
And for activity do this:
actionBarDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(context, drawerLayout, R.string.nav_open, R.string.nav_close);
// pass the Open and Close toggle for the drawer layout listener
// to toggle the button
drawerLayout.addDrawerListener(actionBarDrawerToggle);
actionBarDrawerToggle.syncState();
nav_drawer_left_Iv.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
drawerLayout.openDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
}
});
nav_drawer_right_Iv.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
drawerLayout.openDrawer(GravityCompat.END);
}
});