ActionBar Material - removing space to left of custom view

Question

I'm making a custom ActionBar for the first time. I was using the Theme.AppCompat.Light, but noticed that there is still space to the left of my custom view. I made a test app to analyze the effect of altering different ActionBar elements, here are the comparisons. How can I remove that annoying space?

This is what I want!

theme: Theme.Holo.Light

This is what I'm getting with material theme, LOOK AT THAT ANNOYING SPACE!

theme: Theme.Material.Light

Here are with the other toggle buttons checked

Provide your layout file code please – Kostas Drak Jan 03 '15 at 19:31 — Kostas Drak, Jan 03 '15 at 19:31

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 10 '16 at 14:03

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This happens because you are selecting DeviceDefaultTheme. You could use android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar for action bar.

answered Feb 10 '16 at 14:03

Raja Agrawal

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score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 03 '15 at 19:33

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You need to add:

app:contentInsetEnd="0dp"
app:contentInsetStart="0dp"

which app is

xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

answered Jan 03 '15 at 19:33

mmlooloo

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You've pointed me in the right direction, I'll return after implementing and seeing the results to follow up. – Tom McFarlin Jan 03 '15 at 20:12
This worked great, this link is also useful http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26455027/android-api-21-toolbar-padding – Tom McFarlin Jan 04 '15 at 04:36
Where do you place this? In the actionbar custom view's root layout ? – patrickjason91 Jan 09 '15 at 06:16
@patrickjason91 at the toolbar definition, where you define `android:layout_width` and ... – mmlooloo Jan 09 '15 at 07:08
I placed those 2 lines in the root relative layout xml of my custom action toolbar and it did not work. – Josh Aug 24 '15 at 13:19

ActionBar Material - removing space to left of custom view

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