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How do I make DrawerLayout to display below the Toolbar?


How to make the drawer layout be below the actionbar/toolbar? I'm using v7:21 app compat library with the new ToolBar view.

Examples that I see looks like

<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/my_drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">

<!-- drawer view -->
<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="304dp"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="left|start">

    <!-- drawer content -->

</LinearLayout>

<!-- normal content view -->
<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <!-- The toolbar -->
    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar  
        android:id="@+id/my_awesome_toolbar"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:background="?attr/colorPrimary" />

    <!-- The rest of content view -->

</LinearLayout>  

But then the toolbar will be hidden by the drawer, which makes an animated hamburger icon (like v7.ActionBarDrawerToggle) useless since it will not be visible below the drawer, but I do want to use the new ToolBar view to support Material theme better.

So how to accomplish that? Is it possible to have DrawerLayout as a non top-level view?


Solution

  • <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">
    
        <!-- The toolbar -->
        <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar  
            android:id="@+id/my_awesome_toolbar"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
            android:background="?attr/colorPrimary" />
    
        <android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:id="@+id/my_drawer_layout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">
    
            <!-- drawer view -->
            <LinearLayout
                android:layout_width="304dp"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:layout_gravity="left|start">
    
                <!-- drawer content -->
    
            </LinearLayout>
    
            <!-- normal content view -->
            <LinearLayout
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:orientation="vertical">
    
    
    
                <!-- The rest of content view -->
    
            </LinearLayout>  
        </android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
    
    </LinearLayout>