How to show items on Appbar - java

Trying to create items on a toolbar but they are not showing up. I have posted all my necessary code below. My toolbar shows correctly, however my items do not show and I do not know why. Any help would be appreciated
Main_menu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu
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/left"
android:title="#string/app_name"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_left"
app:showAsAction="always"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/right"
android:title="#string/app_name"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_right"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom"/>
</menu>
App_bar.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/readerBar"
android:background="#color/colorPrimaryDark"
app:title="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark">
</androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar>
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
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"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<include
layout="#layout/app_bar"
android:id="#+id/include" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="match_parent"/>
MainActivity.java
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.readerBar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
return true;
}
This is the result I get:

Your code + menu setup looks good, I think the menu items aren't showing up because this part: setSupportActionBar(toolbar); fails (toolbar == null); because it's inside a layout include with ID.
When you remove android:id="#+id/include" the toolbar should get setup correctly and show the items.

Appbar has limitations set by google that make it difficult to work.
So I have another suggestion for you,
You can replace your Appbar with a RelativeLayout or any parent layout you want.
It's better because you can customize it any way you want.
For example, you can add your Icon by imageView and then ser listener for them and control them.
And if you want your parent height is the same with Appbar set your layout height like this.
android:layout_height="?android:attr/actionBarSize"

Related

Prominent app bar with image appears behind status bar

I am using a prominent app bar with an image in a fragment.
My style and xml files look like this:
theme.xml:
<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="Theme.MainTheme" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.DayNight.NoActionBar">
<!-- Primary brand color. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/DeepSkyBlue</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryVariant">#color/DeepSkyBlueVariant</item>
<item name="colorOnPrimary">#color/white</item>
<!-- Secondary brand color. -->
<item name="colorSecondary">#color/teal_200</item>
<item name="colorSecondaryVariant">#color/teal_700</item>
<item name="colorOnSecondary">#color/purple_500</item>
<!-- Status bar color. -->
<item name="android:statusBarColor">#android:color/transparent</item>
</style>
</resources>
main_activity.xml (which opens automatically the fragment):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
>
<androidx.fragment.app.FragmentContainerView
android:id="#+id/fragment_container_view_tag"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:name="com.example.tempapp.pkgFragments.PersonAddFragment" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
fragment_add_person.xml (which uses a layout to prevent redudancy):
<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout 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/layoutAppBar"
layout="#layout/layout_app_bar_prominent" />
<androidx.core.widget.NestedScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior">
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</androidx.core.widget.NestedScrollView>
</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
last but not least, my layout_app_bar_prominent.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Layout tag not necessary, as we don't use any binding....-->
<com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout android:id="#+id/app_bar_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/app_bar_height_image_view"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<!--- contentScrim defines what should "appear" when the bar is not collapsed.
if not set in this case, the image will remain when bar is not collapsed-->
<com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout
android:id="#+id/collapsing_toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|exitUntilCollapsed"
app:contentScrim="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:collapsedTitleTextColor="?attr/colorOnPrimary"
app:expandedTitleTextColor="?attr/colorOnPrimary"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/expandedImage"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
app:layout_collapseMode="parallax"
app:layout_collapseParallaxMultiplier="0.7"
android:contentDescription="#string/app_bar_expanded_image"
/>
<com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
app:layout_collapseMode="pin"
app:navigationIcon="?attr/homeAsUpIndicator"
>
</com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar>
</com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout>
</com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>
So here is my situation:
My aim is that the toolbar image (expandedImage) should appear in the statusbar also.
After researching, some suggested adding the following code in my activity in order to accomplish this:
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
getWindow().setFlags(
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS,
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_NO_LIMITS
);
}
This works perfect and my image appears in my status bar:
HOWEVER, the issue I am having now, is that (when i collapse my toolbar), the title and menu icons appear behind the status bar due to the code I add above:
So there is basically no margin between the statusbar and my toolbar, which by default always exists.
If I remove the flag option, I don't have that issue anymore but then the image wouldn't appear in the status bar.
Any ideas how I could solve my issue? I've tried many solutions like:
<item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
but none of the situations worked for me...
Using CoordinatorLayout instead of ConstraintLayout for your activity will probably solve your problem.
NOTE: android:fitsSystemWindows=true is (in every subview) necessary, otherwise the app bar will never "fill" the status bar or you will experience some unexpected behaviour.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
>
<androidx.fragment.app.FragmentContainerView
android:id="#+id/fragment_container_view_tag"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"ยด
android:name="com.example.tempapp.pkgFragments.PersonAddFragment" />
</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

My actionBar does not appear

I have been having trouble with my action bars, I got it set up on my xml front end like this:
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar4"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:label="#string/dadosCadastrais"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:theme="?attr/actionBarTheme" />
And on the Java activity:
Toolbar toolbar = findViewById(R.id.toolbar4);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
I have already tried changing the theme the app uses, the theme the layout uses and even the activities theme to allow/forbid a toolbar to show up. Even though my java class extends AppCompatActivity it does not show!
PS: Got it working now! The problem was the setup on java code itself, there was an hidden method which was overwritting my setup, thx for the help!
Make sure your activity inflates the correct layout containing your ToolBar.
protected void setContentView() {
setContentView(R.layout.your_activity_layout);
}
Your activity layout should contain your ToolBar. Here is a code example:
<?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:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:keepScreenOn="true"
android:orientation="vertical">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:theme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.ActionBar" />
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/frameLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"></FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Toolbar is not responding to anything

I am stuck on a very interesting problem that I have tried to solve for quite some time.
I have added toolbars to views in Android before, but have never faced the below problem.
When accessing the Toolbar directly, or assigning it by setSupportActionBar(myToolbar) The toolbar itself will not be modifiable in any way. I even tried setting the view to gone, and it would not work. As well, the toolbar has nothing on it. No app name, no hamburger menu or back arrow, nothing.
Relevant code posted below:
BaseActivity.java
#Nullable
#BindView(R.id.app_bar)
protected Toolbar mToolbar;
private Unbinder unbinder;
#Override
protected void onCreate(#Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(getLayoutResource());
unbinder = ButterKnife.bind(this);
if(mToolbar != null) {
Timber.tag("Toolbar").d("Toolbar is not null. Oh glorious day");
setSupportActionBar(mToolbar);
}
}
base_drawer_activity.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
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:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:orientation="vertical">
<include
android:id="#+id/app_bar"
layout="#layout/toolbar" />
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/container_frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:clipToPadding="true">
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/navigation_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
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="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="#color/colorPrimary"
android:clipToPadding="true"
app:layout_collapseMode="pin"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
android:popupTheme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"/>
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:windowBackground">#color/colorDefaultBackground</item>
</style>
</resources>
The application tag in my manifest also has android:theme="#style/AppTheme" set
The toolbar itself is not null in the view (have already checked that)
And it is not the SDK itself, as I opened up a project using the same method of creating a support action bar and it worked fine.
Am I missing something really obvious here?
Solved it!
After looking around a bit, I found that my child class was actually calling setContent, as well as my parent class, overriding any changes to the view I had made.
Just a simple oversight on my part.

Android collapsable Toolbar menu icons disappearing

So I've implemented collapsable Toolbar inside my app and in Java class I override onCreateOptionsMenu and onOptionsItemSelected like this:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_details, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_share:
break;
case R.id.action_addToFavorites:
break;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
And now when I open the activity I can see the menu icons and do stuff with them until the toolbar is colapsed. When user colapses the toolbar the icons disappears.
Second problem, with using the getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true); method i get back button of black color instead of white so now I'm using this method:
tToolbar.setNavigationIcon(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_action_navigation_arrow_back));
My question for this problem is how to handle click events for this navigation icon? This icon also disappears when toolbar colapses and leaves the left padding like it's there, but it's not.
Here's my code:
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout 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"
tools:context="com.darioradecic.topmusicandartists.Details">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:id="#+id/MyAppbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="256dp"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
<android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout
android:id="#+id/collapse_toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:contentScrim="#color/colorPrimary"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|exitUntilCollapsed">
<com.android.volley.toolbox.NetworkImageView
android:id="#+id/imageViewDetailsTopGlobalSongs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
app:layout_collapseMode="pin" />
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/tToolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
/>
</android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="fill_vertical"
android:padding="10dp"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior">
What am I doing wrong?
Are you using old version of Support Library(23.0.1) ? If yes then see if the icons doesn't disappear with the latest version .
To use white color back button , add this to style.xml
<style name="MyToolbarLight" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="colorControlNormal">#color/white</item>
</style>
Then in your layout xml , add the style .
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/tToolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
app:theme="#style/MyToolbarLight"
/>
Your icon is disappearing because you haven't set collapse mode for the toolbar so it doesn't stay fixed when you start scrolling, simpy add this to your toolbar :
app:layout_collapseMode="pin"
Note: if you're including your toolbar layout you must specify (or repeat) the width and height values, collapseMode will not be enough:
<include layout="#layout/view_toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
app:layout_collapseMode="pin"/>

Trying to include toolbar to Application that used NavDrawer template

I am trying to move an old app over to the new Material design guidelines. I used the Navigation Drawer Template previously to create the Main Activity. However I am having some massive problems trying to implement the Toolbar to the main Activity. I am continuously getting NullPointer Exceptions.
I am creating a toolbar xml file 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_main"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/blue" >
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
After that I am trying to add it to my main layout using the include command:
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.medinfo.main.MainActivity" >
<include layout="#layout/toolbar_database_edit" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<fragment
android:id="#+id/navigation_drawer"
android:name="com.medinfo.fragments.NavigationDrawerFragment"
android:layout_width="#dimen/navigation_drawer_width"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
tools:layout="#layout/fragment_navigation_drawer" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
In my activity_main I am doing the following:
The NPE is occuring when I call setSupportActionBar or when the Setup NavDrawer is called.
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.layout.toolbar_database_edit);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
mNavigationDrawerFragment = (NavigationDrawerFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.navigation_drawer);
mTitle = getTitle();
// Set up the drawer.
mNavigationDrawerFragment.setUp(R.id.navigation_drawer, (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout));
}
I tried wrapping the DrawerLayout in a linear-layout, what that did was create the toolbar behind the container that contains my fragments, when I started the activity I saw the toolbar rendered in the background then hidden once the Container and fragments were loaded. It did however remove the NPE. I also tried creating the toolbar within the layout instead of using a separate toolbar XML file. I still got the same NPE error.
While I am asking about the new Material Design Stuff, I would also like to know if there is a way to get my EditText Widgets and Spinner Widgets to use the old Holo Theme/Style.
I am really hoping there is a simple way to revert to those styles.
Thank you for the help everyone
1) First, your layout is incorrect. DrawerLayout accepts two children: layout container and drawer layout itself.
Simplified,
<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"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
<include layout="#layout/activity" />
<include layout="#layout/drawer" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
Second, you incorrectly findViewById your toolbar.
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.layout.toolbar_database_edit);
Here you're referencing to layout, but should reference to id.
Given the layout resource above, we have activity.xml:
<LinearLayout
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"
android:background="#color/white"
android:orientation="vertical">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="#color/blue"
android:foreground="?android:attr/windowContentOverlay"
app:theme="#style/Toolbar"/>
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1">
. . . contents of activity layout
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
In code:
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar)findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
2) To use old Holo style, you should use Holo theme as parent of your app theme in styles.xml. But users would expect native theme on each Android version, so it's a bad practice.

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