Toolbar adds extra space at its left

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I am using a custom toolbar in my app. Toolbar adds extra space at its left side. This is my Xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:id="@+id/customActionBar"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@color/titleBar">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="horizontal">

    <ImageButton
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:id="@+id/leftIcon"
        android:src="@drawable/abc_btn_rating_star_on_mtrl_alpha"
        android:background="@android:color/transparent"
        android:layout_weight="0.2"/>

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/actionTitleText"
        android:text="@string/app_name"
        android:textColor="@color/abc_primary_text_disable_only_material_dark"
        android:textSize="@dimen/text_22sp"
        android:padding="@dimen/size_12dip"
        android:gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:layout_weight="0.6"/>

    <ImageButton
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/rightIcon"
        android:src="@drawable/abc_btn_rating_star_on_mtrl_alpha"
        android:background="@android:color/transparent"
        android:layout_weight="0.2"/>
</LinearLayout>


</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

Can you please help? it gives some margin from left of screen, but i have not given any margin attribute. This is code to inflate that into activity:

 @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        super.setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        baseViewContent = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.main_activity_content_view);
        viewController = new ViewController(this, baseViewContent);
        activity = this;

        // Set a toolbar to replace the action bar.
        android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar toolbar = (android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.customActionBar);
        setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

Show us how you inflate that layout, and post the layout in which you inflate this (if any, for example the layout of the activity in which you are placing the toolbar). — lorenzo-s, Aug 06 '15 at 07:24
@Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); super.setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); baseViewContent = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.main_activity_content_view); viewController = new ViewController(this, baseViewContent); activity = this; // Set a toolbar to replace the action bar. android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar toolbar = (android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.customActionBar); setSupportActionBar(toolbar); — Yogi, Aug 06 '15 at 07:26
Possible duplicated http://stackoverflow.com/q/26455027/1384010 — Adarsh Yadav, Aug 06 '15 at 07:59

score 12 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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Use

app:contentInsetLeft="0dp" app:contentInsetStart="0dp"

to remove the extra space.

Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/a/27309500

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

Community

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answered Aug 28 '15 at 13:32

Kedar Tendolkar

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 06 '15 at 07:33

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The solution is

toolbar.setContentInsetsAbsolute(0,0);

answered Aug 06 '15 at 07:33

EpicPandaForce

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Well that is odd, because this is what fixed the problem for us when we had the same issue. – EpicPandaForce Aug 06 '15 at 07:42

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 22 '20 at 13:49

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For other people like me: It was the title in the toolbar that I was not seeing because it had the same color as background. You can remove it if you want with getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false)

answered Dec 22 '20 at 13:49

navid

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Toolbar adds extra space at its left

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