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Left to right alignment in Toolbar


I have a toolbar and i want to align the text to left instead of right.

The Main.xml file code is:

 <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

        <include
            android:id="@+id/main_page_toolbar"
            layout="@layout/app_bar_layout"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            >
        </include>

The code of app_bar_layout.xml is:

   <?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/main_app_bar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@drawable/grey_border_bottom"
        android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
        app:titleTextColor="@color/link_blue">

    </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

And the relevant code in Main java file is:

  mToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.main_page_toolbar);
        setSupportActionBar(mToolbar);
        final String phoneLanguage = Locale.getDefault().toString();
        if (phoneLanguage.equals("iw_IL"))
        {
            getSupportActionBar().setTitle("פוליטיקה");
        }
        else
        {
            getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Politico");
        }

Solution

  • include Textview in your app_bar_layout.xml

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
        <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            android:id="@+id/main_app_bar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
            >
        
            <TextView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent" 
                android:textColor="#000000"
                android:text="@string/app_name"
                android:gravity="right"
                />
        </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>