Permanent opened DrawerLayout

Question

Is there a way to make Android's new DrawerLayout permanently open?

I want it for the Tablet design, but I didn't find anything on Google's documentations.

Anyone knows anything?

If you want it permanently open, that defeats the purpose of the drawer. Just have a linear layout with a fixed panel ("drawer") and a match_parent one for the rest of the layout — Aleks G, May 29 '13 at 13:43
I thought of using the same layout for both. But I can still do it that way — orelzion, May 29 '13 at 13:46
Well if it is master-detail layout , then head down slidingpanelayout — gaara87, Jun 04 '13 at 15:41
Possible duplicate of [Navigation Drawer: set as always opened on tablets](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17133541/navigation-drawer-set-as-always-opened-on-tablets) — Bertram Gilfoyle, Jun 01 '18 at 17:06

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 09 '13 at 15:41

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this is method to disable swipe to open

drawerLayout.setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_OPEN);

answered Aug 09 '13 at 15:41

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 11 '13 at 13:57

I agree with the comments. That kind of defeats the purpose of the drawer layout. To answer the question though, there are 2 ways to open the DrawerLayout.

You have to call drawerLayout.closeDrawer(navDrawerList); or drawerLayout.openDrawer(navDrawerList); when the user presses something. As expected the respective call will close or open the navigation drawer.
The drawer can be opened via a Bezel swipe (A swipe from the very edge of the phone on the side of the nav drawer). I currently know of no way to disable the Bezel swipe.

Hope this helps.

Permanent opened DrawerLayout

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