ToolBar
A Toolbar widget is a customizable app bar placed at the top of an activity or fragment and contains various UI elements such as a title, navigation icon, menu items, and actions. It was introduced as a replacement for the older ActionBar, providing more flexibility and customization options.
Some of the main features include:- Toolbar is more flexible then ActionBar.
- It looks modern and follows new material design.
- Define it and place it just like any other widget anywhere in the parent layout.
- Any widget can be placed inside toolbar.
- Multiple toolbars can be defined.
- An application may choose to designate a Toolbar as the action bar for an Activity using the setActionBar() method.
activity_main.xmlimport androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() { private lateinit var toolbar: Toolbar override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState) setContentView(R.layout.activity_main) toolbar = findViewById(R.id.toolbar) setSupportActionBar(toolbar) // Customize the toolbar as needed supportActionBar?.apply { title = "My Toolbar" // Additional customization options } } }
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"? /> <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent"/> <androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar android:id="@+id/toolbar" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize" android:background="@color/colorPrimary" app:title="Example Toolbar" app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent" /> <!-- Rest of layout -- > </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
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