Display buttons in main actionbar by using actionbarsherlock

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I have just started actionbar using actionbarsherlock. I have implemented it succesfully. I have used splitactionbarwhen narrow and splitted into main actionbar,tabbar,bottom bar. My question is how to add different icons in bottom bar and differnt icons in main actionbar? I am restricting my app into portrait mode only.

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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A workaround might be in order, seeing this other question right here.

Fortunately though, mimicking the bottom bar seems fairly easy. Just use a LinearLayout with a defined height, aligned to the bottom with ImageButtons with equal weights.

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answered Sep 27 '12 at 07:06

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Don't use splitActionBarWhenNarrow so it goes to the top instead. – jerieljan Sep 27 '12 at 07:22
but if there is a scroll view in that case the bottom bar will go down and the UI design looks awkward – NewLearner Sep 27 '12 at 07:24
jerieljan i want bottombar definately in my UI. so Is there any other way for me to solve my issue – NewLearner Sep 27 '12 at 07:27
in that case, I would use a vertical LinearLayout as the parent container, with a RelativeLayout or ScrollView and the bottom bar at the same level. http://pastebin.com/nLMS8FVs – jerieljan Sep 27 '12 at 07:36

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 06 '15 at 18:18

We cannot add icons in main actionbar so instead we can use custom view in actionbar by using these statements

actionbar = getSupportActionBar();
actionbar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false);
actionbar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
actionbar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);

View actionbar1 = LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(R.layout.action_custom, null);
actionbar.setCustomView(actionbar1);

Display buttons in main actionbar by using actionbarsherlock

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