Show the ImageView behind the Appcompat ActionBar

Question

I am using theme as:

<style name="CustomActionBarTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat">
    <item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>

    <!-- Support library compatibility -->
    <item name="windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
</style>

I want to show the ImageView partly behind the the ActionBar. I have tried Show ImageView partly behind transparent ActionBar and searched on google, but can't find the appropriate solution.

Answer 1

Better use Toolbar or Support Toolbar

With Toolbar, you can add it in your XML File just like any other View.

In your Activitys onCreate call setActionBar(toolbar) / setSupportActionBar(toolbar)

Or try to add these two lines in your style:

<item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>

<!-- Support library compatibility -->
<item name="windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>

But using the Toolbar is actually pretty simple and the new standard.

Read this to get started: http://android-developers.blogspot.de/2014/10/appcompat-v21-material-design-for-pre.html