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We can also do this programmatically by using setNavigationIcon() method.Below we set the icon for the navigation button. navigationIcon:This attribute is used to set the Icon drawable for the navigation button that located at the start of the toolbar.We can also do this programmatically by using setLogoDescription() method.īelow we set the description for the displayed logo. logoDescription: This attribute is used to set the content description string to describe the appearance of the associated logo image.We can also do this programmatically by using setLogo() method.Below we set the logo for the Toolbar. logo: This attribute is used to set as the drawable logo that appears at the starting side of the Toolbar means just after the navigation button.Id is used to uniquely identify a Toolbar. id: This attribute is used to set the id for the Toolbar.Now let’s we discuss some common attributes of a Toolbar that helps us to configure it in our layout (xml). SetSupportActionBar(toolbar) // Setting/replace toolbar as the ActionBar Attributes of Toolbar In Android: Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar) // get the reference of Toolbar

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Here is the code of replacing ActionBar with Toolbar. We can easily replace ActionBar with Toolbar by using setSupportActionBar() method. Action buttons are aligned vertically within the Toolbar’s minimum height if we set.

Action Menu: The menu of Actions will pin to the end of the Toolbar offering a few important, typical or frequent actions along with an optional overflow menu for additional actions.

If child view’s Toolbar.LayoutParams indicates CENTER_HORIZONTAL Gravity then view will attempt to center within the available space remaining in the Toolbar after all other element’s have been measured.

One or More Custom Views: An Application may add arbitrary child views to the Toolbar.

If an app uses a logo then it should strongly consider omitting a title and subtitle. Subtitle represents any extended information about the current content.

Title and SubTitle: A title should be a signpost for the current position of Toolbar’s navigation hierarchy and the content contained there.

Brand Logo Image: It may extend to the height of the toolbar and can be arbitrarily wide.

Navigation Button: It may be a Navigation menu toggle, up arrow, close, done, collapse or any other glyph of the app’s choosing.

In AppCompat, Toolbar is implemented in the 7.widget.Toolbar class.

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In Material Design Android has updated the AppCompat support libraries so that we can use Toolbar’s in our devices running API Level 7 and up. We can also add labels, logos, navigation icons and other views in it. We can easily modify its color, size and position. Important Note: Toolbar’s are more flexible than ActionBar. A Toolbar may contain a combination of elements from start to end. Toolbar provides more feature than ActionBar. Material Design brings lot of new features in Android that changed a lot the visual design patterns regarding the designing of modern Android applications.Īn Action bar is traditionally a part of an Activity opaque window decor controlled by the framework but a Toolbar may be placed at any level of nesting within a view hierarchy. Toolbar was introduced in Material Design in API level 21 (Android 5.0 i.e Lollipop). We can easily replace an ActionBar with Toolbar. Toolbar is a Viewgroup that can be placed at anywhere in the Layout. In Android Toolbar is similar to an ActionBar(now called as App Bars). To that end, I've finally completed a layout that I feel does so.ToolBar Tutorial With Example In Android Studio

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Since my last layout update in February to create a Android homescreen to look like the phone from The Expanse, I began thinking of creating a layout that more or less matched the taskbar in kubuntu. If you've been following me for a while, you know I'm big on Android customization and for this year, I've being going all in on using Linux (via Kubuntu).