Alignment in custom Action bar

Question

I have created a custom action bar

ActionBar actionBar = getActivity().getActionBar();
    actionBar.setCustomView(R.layout.action_bar_draft);
    actionBar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);
    actionbarFeed = (TextView) actionBar.getCustomView().findViewById(R.id.textView_blogtest);  
    actionbarFeed.setText("My Photos and videos");

The problem is Text View is not align center

In my layout the text view is at center. when it come to action bar it is shifted to right side.

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<RelativeLayout
    android:id="@+id/relativeLayout1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerInParent="true" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView_blogtest"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:text="Medium Text"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
        android:textColor="#000" />
</RelativeLayout>

 <style name="AppTheme.ActionBarStyle" parent="@style/Widget.Sherlock.ActionBar.Solid">
    <item name="android:icon">@drawable/menu</item>
    <item name="android:background">#ffca36</item>
    <item name="background">#f66605</item>
    <item name="android:customNavigationLayout">@layout/action_bar</item>
</style>

I have done this issue with this :- https://stackoverflow.com/a/45628064/3946958 — Ravindra Kushwaha, Mar 01 '19 at 09:54

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

look for an answer here: How to center align the ActionBar title in Android?

basically you should change your xml file for the action bar.

EDIT:

post your xml file for the action bar to get a more precise answer...

EDIT2:
i don't know it. But a hint for debugging: Set background color of your textview to another color and post a screenshot of it. From this you can see if the problem is that the content of textview is placed wrong, or the whole textview is not placed correctly.

Maybe you only need the line

android:gravity="center"

in your TextView?

score 0 · Answer 2 · 2015-10-12T11:11:12.930

please use below function for set actionbar

public void setMainScreenActionBar(String p_title)
{

        LayoutInflater m_inflator = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        ActionBar m_actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
        View m_viewActionBar = m_inflator.inflate(R.layout.custom_actionbar_title_layout, null);
        ActionBar.LayoutParams m_params = new ActionBar.LayoutParams(ActionBar.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, ActionBar.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, Gravity.CENTER);
        TextView m_tvTitle = (TextView) m_viewActionBar.findViewById(R.id.title);
        m_tvTitle.setText(p_title);
        m_actionBar.setCustomView(m_viewActionBar, m_params);
        m_actionBar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);
        m_actionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
        m_actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
        m_actionBar.setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
}

custom_actionbar_title_layout.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/title"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:paddingTop="10dp"
        android:textColor="@android:color/black"
        android:textSize="18sp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

</LinearLayout>

Write below code in your style.xml

<resources>

    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
        <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
        <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    </style>


     <style name="MyCustomTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light">
        <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
        <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
    </style>
    <!-- ActionBar styles -->
    <style name="MyActionBar" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
        <item name="android:background">@color/orange</item>
        <item name="background">@color/orange</item>
         <item name="android:homeAsUpIndicator">@drawable/ic_backarrow</item>
        <item name="homeAsUpIndicator">@drawable/ic_backarrow</item>
    </style>

</resources>

it will hide my navigation drawer icon . – DKV Oct 12 '15 at 11:08 — DKV, Oct 12 '15 at 11:08

Aditya Vyas-Lakhan · Answer 3 · 2015-10-12T12:14:32.687

In your onCreate() method:

    actionBar.setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM);
LayoutInflater mInflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
actionBar.setCustomView(mInflater.inflate(R.layout.custom_layout, null),
    new ActionBar.LayoutParams(
        ActionBar.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
        ActionBar.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
        Gravity.CENTER
));

custom_layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:text="Your title"
        android:textColor="#ffffff"
        android:id="@+id/mytext"
        android:textSize="14dp" />

</LinearLayout>

Then you will have an Actionbar with just a title.

The shift that happen in action bat is due to the menu icon . Is there is any problem with my style? — DKV, Oct 12 '15 at 11:32
why to use more than one relative..better use linear and give gravity — Aditya Vyas-Lakhan, Oct 12 '15 at 11:36

Alignment in custom Action bar

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