I am new to android app development. I am trying to create a toolbar that has 3 buttons on it, left middle and center. My left are right buttons are positioned correctly but my middle button displays in the middle of the page instead of middle of the tool bar. Wondering if anyone can help with this. Thanks
Also wondering if anyone can help with the white space above the tool bar
activity_main:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout 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:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:openDrawer="start">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="bottom"
>
<include
android:id="@+id/app_bar_main"
layout="@layout/app_bar_main"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<include
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
layout="@layout/toolbarlayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/menu_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:text="Menu" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/add_new_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:text="Add New" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/home_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:text="Home" />
</RelativeLayout>
<com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView
android:id="@+id/nav_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:background="#141619"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:itemIconTint="#141619"
app:itemTextColor="#FFFFFF"
app:menu="@menu/activity_main_drawer" >
</com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView>
</androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout>
app_bar_main:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.coordinatorlayout.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=".MainActivity">
<com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="@style/Theme.MPL.AppBarOverlay">
</com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>
<include layout="@layout/content_main" />
</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
toolbarlayout:
<androidx.appcompat.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="#141619"
app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"
app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
/>
I have fixed issue with all of your layouts.
for your activity_main.xml copy and paste below layout.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout 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:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:openDrawer="start">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<include
android:id="@+id/app_bar_main"
layout="@layout/app_bar_main" />
</RelativeLayout>
<com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView
android:id="@+id/nav_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:background="#141619"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:itemIconTint="#141619"
app:itemTextColor="#FFFFFF">
</com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView>
</androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout>
change you app_bar_main to following
<?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"
android:background="#282941"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:paddingEnd="16dp">
<Button
android:id="@+id/menu_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:text="Menu" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/add_new_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:text="Add New" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/home_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:text="Home" />
</RelativeLayout>
</androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar>
That's it, you don't have to create any other layout. Now wherever you want to have this toolbar you can include your app_bar_main.xml in the layout and you will get the toolbar. Then in your activity if you want to access toolbar and button inside toolbar, do like this:
Toolbar toolbar = findViewById(R.id.account_toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
Button btnEdit = toolbar.findViewById(R.id.menu_button);
let me know if you have any questions. I'll try to help you out.