How to show Snackbar when Activity starts?

Question

I want to show android Snackbar (android.support.design.widget.Snackbar) when the activity starts just like we show a Toast.

But the problem is we have to specify the parent layout when creating Snackbar like this:

Snackbar.make(parentlayout, "This is main activity", Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG)
            .setAction("CLOSE", new View.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(View view) {

                }
            })
            .setActionTextColor(getResources().getColor(android.R.color.holo_red_light ))
            .show();

How to give parent layout when we show Snackbar at the start of the activity without any click events (If it was a click event we could've easily pass the parent view)?

Written an article to http://onetouchcode.com/2016/12/24/use-snackbar-android-apps/ , This will be helpful to know more details of Snackbar — Shailendra, Dec 25 '16 at 13:47

score 262 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 03 '17 at 07:10

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Just point to any View inside the Activity's XML. You can give an id to the root viewGroup, for example, and use:

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
   super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);    
   setContentView(R.layout.main_activity);
   View parentLayout = findViewById(android.R.id.content);
   Snackbar.make(parentLayout, "This is main activity", Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG) 
        .setAction("CLOSE", new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override 
            public void onClick(View view) {

            } 
        }) 
        .setActionTextColor(getResources().getColor(android.R.color.holo_red_light ))
        .show(); 
   //Other stuff in OnCreate();
}

edited Jul 03 '17 at 07:10

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answered Jun 22 '15 at 11:16

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For the root view, you can also generally use `findViewById(android.R.id.content)` as indicated here http://stackoverflow.com/a/4488149/1518546 – John Cummings Oct 30 '15 at 15:03
View parentLayout = findViewById(R.id.root_view); throws nullpointer exception in 5.0 or lower version. How to solve this problem ? – Anand Savjani Dec 31 '15 at 04:43
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@AnandSavjani The code is working perfectly with me for 5.0 and below 5.0, there must be some error in your layout(root_view). If you are using fragment you should write rootview.findViewById(R.id.your_parent_view); And also dont give same id as layout name. – Sudheesh Mohan Jan 11 '16 at 10:07
I believe it throws NullpointerException if you are not using CoordinatorLayout as the root. – Ishaan Sep 07 '16 at 15:48
Don't forget to include the support design library : 'com.android.support:design:27.0.0' – Nikola Nov 26 '17 at 11:11
'getColor()' deprecated in api 23. Use ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.color_name) instead. – Arpit Patel Nov 25 '20 at 14:11

devDeejay · Answer 2 · 2019-05-05T06:48:28.390

I have had trouble myself displaying Snackbar until now. Here is the simplest way to display a Snackbar. To display it as your Main Activity Starts, just put these two lines inside your OnCreate()

    Snackbar snackbar = Snackbar.make(findViewById(android.R.id.content), "Welcome To Main Activity", Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG);
    snackbar.show();

P.S. Just make sure you have imported the Android Design Support.(As mentioned in the question).

For Kotlin,

Snackbar.make(findViewById(android.R.id.content), message, Snackbar.LENGTH_SHORT).show()

score 11 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 24 '17 at 07:55

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Try this

Snackbar.make(findViewById(android.R.id.content), "Got the Result", Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG)
                        .setAction("Submit", mOnClickListener)
                        .setActionTextColor(Color.RED)
                        .show();

answered Sep 24 '17 at 07:55

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score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 23 '18 at 07:28

A utils function for show snack bar

fun showSnackBar(activity: Activity, message: String, action: String? = null,
    actionListener: View.OnClickListener? = null, duration: Int = Snackbar.LENGTH_SHORT) {
    val snackBar = Snackbar.make(activity.findViewById(android.R.id.content), message, duration)
        .setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#CC000000")) // todo update your color
        .setTextColor(Color.WHITE)
    if (action != null && actionListener!=null) {
        snackBar.setAction(action, actionListener)
    }
    snackBar.show()
}

Example using in Activity

  showSnackBar(this, "No internet")
  showSnackBar(this, "No internet", duration = Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG)
  showSnackBar(activity, "No internet", "OK", View.OnClickListener { 
       // handle click 
  })

Example using in Fragment

  showSnackBar(getActivity(), "No internet")

Hope it help

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 28 '16 at 14:05

call this method in onCreate

Snackbar snack = Snackbar.make(
                    (((Activity) context).findViewById(android.R.id.content)),
                    message + "", Snackbar.LENGTH_SHORT);
snack.setDuration(Snackbar.LENGTH_INDEFINITE);//change Duration as you need
            //snack.setAction(actionButton, new View.OnClickListener());//add your own listener
            View view = snack.getView();
            TextView tv = (TextView) view
                    .findViewById(android.support.design.R.id.snackbar_text);
            tv.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);//change textColor

            TextView tvAction = (TextView) view
                    .findViewById(android.support.design.R.id.snackbar_action);
            tvAction.setTextSize(16);
            tvAction.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);

            snack.show();

Jarin Rocks · Answer 6 · 2019-01-17T10:17:53.000

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It can be done simply by using the following codes inside onCreate. By using android's default layout

Snackbar.make(findViewById(android.R.id.content),"Your Message",Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG).show();

edited Jan 17 '19 at 10:17

answered Dec 28 '18 at 12:31

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on android version 5.x - suddenly `getWindow().getDecorView()` return ALL screen, include 'bottom buttons' (such home, back etc). So my snack was showing down to this buttons, not in app – alena_fox_spb Jan 17 '19 at 09:27
check the updated answer. It will solve your problem. Use android's default layout – Jarin Rocks Jan 17 '19 at 10:18
yes, when I changed from `window` to `android.R.id.content` all start work. So I wrote my comment to solve someones else issue with it in future) – alena_fox_spb Jan 17 '19 at 10:28

Sid110307 · Answer 7 · 2023-03-20T13:04:28.617

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Simple way to show some text:

Snackbar.make(view, "<text>", Snackbar.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
// or
Snackbar.make(view, "<text>", Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG).show();

and to show text with a button:

Snackbar.make(view, "<text>", Snackbar.LENGTH_SHORT).setAction("<button_text>", new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override 
            public void onClick(View view) {
                    // operation to perform when the button is clicked
            } 
        }).show();

edited Mar 20 '23 at 13:04

answered Dec 04 '20 at 05:58

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an Activity doesn't have a "view' so this doesn't work. – Marty Miller Mar 16 '23 at 16:57
you can still use `findViewById(android.R.id.content)` or `requireActivity().findViewById(android.R.id.content)` – Sid110307 Mar 20 '23 at 13:06

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 03 '17 at 07:29

You can try this library. This is a wrapper for android default snackbar. https://github.com/ChathuraHettiarachchi/CSnackBar

Snackbar.with(this,null)
    .type(Type.SUCCESS)
    .message("Profile updated successfully!")
    .duration(Duration.SHORT)
    .show();

This contains multiple types of snackbar and even a customview intergrated snackbar

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 22 '20 at 18:44

You can also define a super class for all your activities and find the view once in the parent activity.

for example

AppActivity.java :

public class AppActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    protected View content;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        changeLanguage("fa");
        content = findViewById(android.R.id.content);
    }
}

and your snacks would look like this in every activity in your app:

Snackbar.make(content, "hello every body", Snackbar.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

It is better for performance you have to find the view once for every activity.

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered May 06 '22 at 05:27

For those developers who use data binding in their project.

Snackbar.make(binding.getRoot(), "This is your text", Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG)
                        .setAction("CLOSE", view -> {
                            //close
                        })
                        .setActionTextColor(getResources().getColor(android.R.color.holo_red_light ))
                        .show();

score 0 · Answer 11 · edited Mar 21 '23 at 15:10

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if you use Snackbar in Activity, use this code

View view = findViewById(android.R.id.content);

Snackbar.make(view, "Hello, world!", Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG).show();

edited Mar 21 '23 at 15:10

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answered Jul 27 '22 at 06:25

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Hello there! I suggest formatting your code. If you do not know how to, please refer to [this link](https://stackoverflow.com/help/formatting). Have a nice day! – JumperBot_ Jul 29 '22 at 04:29

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