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.
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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.
I want to have an action bar placed vertically(Tablet App)
Can I have this? I know the default action bar does not support this.
Can sherlock action bar?
Can any other?
I have given this time but I dont see any solution to this.
Can sherlock action bar?
No. It backports what's available in the built-in ActionBar.
Can any other?
AFAIK no library provides such functionality.
Can I have this?
Of course you can. Depending on what you use from ActionBar this could be easy. On The image you have provided there is a FrameLayout with two Buttons and additionally hidden overlay ListView after pressing bottom Button. Not too much work.
I am reading about action bars in BusyCoder's Android guide. There is an example:
<item
android:id="#+id/add"
android:actionLayout="#layout/add"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_add"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:title="#string/add"/>
What is the point to have both android:actionLayout and android:icon defined? What are the conditions when the icon would show up?
Thanks for helping out Android noob
What are the conditions when the icon would show up?
I can't rule out the possibility that the action bar will decide that there is not enough room for the actionLayout, but there is enough room for an action item, which would therefore show the icon. Also, with ActionBarSherlock, the icon is shown even in the overflow on Android 2.x devices, and so again if the actionLayout would be too large, the icon might get used. Also, if I used ifRoom|collapseActionView instead of just ifRoom, the icon would be used.
That being said:
My sample does not actually watch for this theoretical action item, should it appear, to do anything if the user clicks on it
I am guessing at possible action bar behavior, as I have not tried any experiments to force the action bar to decide whether there is enough room for all actionLayout-configured items
here android:icon is defined to supply an icon for your menu item. This is always optional but it is recommended to have an icon for the menu item.
android:actionLayout is defined to supply a custom view for the menu item again this is optional but if u need some Image Views, Text Views, Edit Text Views etc. in your menu item, this is the way to go.
If you need more help see these guides. These I think will be more helpful to you.
Action Bar Android Developer Guide
Menu Resource Android Developer Guide
Also take a look at this example. This may give you a much better idea about android Action bars.
vimaltuts.com/android-tutorial-for-beginners/android-action-bar-tab-menu-example
Thank You!
I would like to override (add more buttons that would take me to several activities/fragments) to the system Navigation Bar on a tablet (according to this android ui-overview it is a "Combined bar" (for tablets)
Is there a way to do this?
I couldn't find a Navigation class in the android.app package, like ActionBar.
If adding buttons to the combined/navigation bar is not possible, I think there are several options, but I'd like to explore this first:
- use the action bar on top instead
- add a bottom bar above the navigation bar (not really fine, since it would be on top of the combined bar), like they are showing here:
Action Bar
Thanks a lot,
Cristian
Is there a way to do this?
No. The only thing you can add to the system bar are Notifications, which are not meant for this sort of navigation.
If adding buttons to the combined/navigation bar is not possible, I think there are several options, but I'd like to explore this first: - use the action bar on top instead - add a bottom bar above the navigation bar (not really fine, since it would be on top of the combined bar), like they are showing here: Action Bar
If you are referring to the section titled "Layout Considerations for Split Action Bars", that is referred to as a "split action bar", and can be enabled on an <activity> via android:uiOptions="splitActionBarWhenNarrow". However, that will only take effect for -small/-normal screens in portrait orientation. Your buttons will automatically be placed in the action bar at the top of the screen in other circumstances.
I'd like to create a navigation menu in my Android app: a bar always at the bottom of the screen, with 4 choices Home|Categories|Search|Favorites, and the current page highlighted.
It seems the options menu can hardly be customized, so I can't use it.
Do I have to add this navigation bar in every layout or is there any better solutions?
Thanks
Julien
It sounds like you're replicating an iPhone interface. As most Android phones have buttons along the bottom of the screen (Home, Back, etc) it's likely to be a bad idea to put navigation there as it's easy to hit the wrong one.
The Google-recommended approach is to use the Action Bar pattern, across the top of the screen, which is very clear, and means your app is consistent with others (look at Twitter, Google Maps, Facebook - they all use the action bar pattern).
From Honeycomb (v3.0) onwards:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ActionBar.html
A simple library to create an Action Bar on any version of Android
https://github.com/johannilsson/android-actionbar
To create an action bar that uses that library on versions earlier than 3.0, but uses the official implemention for v3.0+, try this:
https://github.com/JakeWharton/ActionBarSherlock
The action bar is highly customisable, but remember that a key to a nice user interface is consistency across the platform, i.e. your app consistent with other apps and the OS.
If you need a navigation with more items or items within a specific page, you can use TabLayout, but for your primary nav, use the action bar, that's what it's for.
Use the TabLayout