Why same Navigation Drawer is not Toggling from another activity in android?

Question

I want to use same navigation drawer in multiple activities so I have implemented navigation drawer in MainActivity and extended this MainActivity in other Activities in which I want to use the same navigation drawer. When i Touch the Drawer Icon, it is highlighting but the drawer is not opening.

I have followed the code explained in this link: Same Navigation Drawer on different Activities

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

Make sure you create your ActionBarDrawerToggle.

I personally do it in Activity.OnCreate() like this:

if (mDrawerLayout != null) {//for large screens it is null
    getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
    mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, mDrawerLayout, R.drawable.ic_drawer, 0, 0);
    mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(this);
}

So in my case I should call super.onCreate() in the descendant class.

Edit

You may also look if all the methods of DrawerListener are overridden correctly.

Still it's not a standard way to use Navigation Drawer. Make sure if your design is what you really need - fragments are more flexible and easy to use. Here is another related post.

Thanks for your suggestion. I have now implemented the same **using Fragments**. Its so easy. — Chaman Saini, Oct 01 '14 at 04:23

Why same Navigation Drawer is not Toggling from another activity in android?

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