By default, with fab in the center, all icons are aligned to the right, but I need to have 3 icons on one side and the other, like in the example below.
The screenshot shows a click on one of the buttons, such a ripple is in the bottom appbar (not in the bottom navigation), a toast also appears when clicked, this can only be with a non-fake menuitem, and not for example an imageButton.
It is important that each icon is a real menuitem (not an imageButton), a long press on the menuitem should display a toast over the icon (as you can see in the screenshot), which is very important. I would be extremely grateful for your help!
menu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
app:showAsAction="always"
android:id="@+id/menu_home"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_home"
android:title="@string/title_home" />
<item
app:showAsAction="always"
android:id="@+id/menu_tasks"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_tasks"
android:title="@string/title_tasks" />
<item
app:showAsAction="always"
android:id="@+id/menu_habits"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_timer"
android:title="@string/title_pomo" />
<item
android:id="@+id/menu_timer"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_habit"
android:title="@string/title_habits" />
</menu>
Current result:
I did it! I inflated the left side of the menu in the ActionMenuView.
In layout:
<com.google.android.material.bottomappbar.BottomAppBar
android:id="@+id/bottomAppBar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:contentInsetStart="0.0dip"
android:contentInsetLeft="0dp"
app:contentInsetLeft="0dp"
app:contentInsetStart="0dp"
app:menu="@menu/bottom_nav_menu_right">
<androidx.appcompat.widget.ActionMenuView
android:id="@+id/additional_menu"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="?actionBarSize" />
</com.google.android.material.bottomappbar.BottomAppBar>
bottom_nav_menu_left:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:id="@+id/menu_tasks"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_tasks"
android:title="tasks"
app:showAsAction="always" />
<item
android:id="@+id/menu_habit"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_habit"
android:title="habits"
app:showAsAction="always" />
<item
android:id="@+id/menu_add"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_add"
android:title="add"
app:showAsAction="always" />
</menu>
bottom_nav_menu_right:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:id="@+id/menu_nav"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu"
android:title="menu"
app:showAsAction="always" />
<item
android:id="@+id/menu_home"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_home"
android:title="home"
app:showAsAction="always" />
<item
android:id="@+id/menu_timer"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_timer"
android:title="timer"
app:showAsAction="always" />
</menu>
Inflating menu with left icons:
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
...
val actionMenuView = findViewById<ActionMenuView>(...)
menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.bottom_nav_menu_left, actionMenuView.menu)
...
}
}