Right to left menu items Android

Question

I have an Slide menu as picture one. And i need to align its items title to be right to left like slide two . I tried gravity=right but didn't work.

Here is my code :

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:gravity="end"
    android:layout_gravity="end">

    <group android:checkableBehavior="single"
        android:layout_gravity="end"
        android:gravity="end">

        <item
            android:id="@+id/nav_1"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_keyboard_arrow_left_24dp"
            android:gravity="end"
            android:layout_gravity="end"
            android:title="آگهی خود را ثبت کنید"/>

</menu>

The desired menu will be :

with RTL languages you should use "start" and "end" instead of "left" and "right" — Pooya, Apr 09 '16 at 13:04
I don't think there's a way to influence the layout when using a menu resource. You may need to define the layout as you would normally do it and handle the clicks yourself. Check this Android Developers Training on building a drawer: http://developer.android.com/training/implementing-navigation/nav-drawer.html — Valentin Kuhn, Apr 09 '16 at 13:15
@pooya Thanks pooya , to which element should I add this property , I added to group and items and drawer layout (gravity=end) but not worked — Ali Esmaeili, Apr 09 '16 at 13:22

score 11 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 29 '19 at 14:25

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To create right to left menu you just need to add android:layoutDirection="rtl" to the menu tag

android:layoutDirection="rtl"

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:gravity="end"
    android:layoutDirection="rtl"
    android:layout_gravity="end">

    <group android:checkableBehavior="single"
        android:layout_gravity="end"
        android:gravity="end">

        <item
            android:id="@+id/nav_1"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_keyboard_arrow_left_24dp"
            android:gravity="end"
            android:layout_gravity="end"
            android:title="آگهی خود را ثبت کنید"/>
    </group>
</menu>

you can see here the source:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/util/LayoutDirection.html#LTR

api 17 and above

edited Jul 29 '19 at 14:25

Azade

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answered Apr 09 '16 at 14:35

Omri Lugasi

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Perfectly works ! thanks.To complete your answer it should also be added to object. – Ali Esmaeili Apr 09 '16 at 15:38
This menu is not an options menu. – navylover May 13 '20 at 07:49
Do you know answer of this question?https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61692792/how-can-i-have-one-item-of-menu-rtl-and-another-one-ltr – MMG May 16 '20 at 12:02

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 01 '20 at 17:17

if you are going to change your Menu direction which is inside a DrawerLayout just add

android:layoutDirection="rtl"

to your NavigationView element. output should be like:

<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
    android:id="@+id/nav_view"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="right"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    android:layoutDirection="rtl"
    app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header_main"
    app:menu="@menu/activity_main_drawer" />

I have just a menu, not navigationview, how can I set for that? — MMG, May 09 '20 at 06:02

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 27 '18 at 19:59

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The layoutDirection attribute should be added to the parent activity layout XML:

android:layoutDirection="rtl"

answered Mar 27 '18 at 19:59

Pooyan Nayyeri

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 06 '21 at 19:15

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in res>values>styles add bellow item : rtl

and then in toolbar or your navigation menu XML tag add: android:textDirection="rtl" android:layoutDirection="ltr"

answered Jun 06 '21 at 19:15

Hamed samsami

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Right to left menu items Android

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