reduce left margin of navigation icon of toolbar in android

Question

as i'm new to android i set back button in my toolbar, i want to reduce its padding/margin from left how can i do that?? thanks in adwance.

this is my design code

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/tripidtoolbar"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:text="name"
android:textColor="#ffffff"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
/>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/dayNotoolbar"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:textColor="#ffffff"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:text="day"
android:textAllCaps="true"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
/>
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

this is how i manually set back button

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_vouchers_details);
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
toolbar.setNavigationIcon(R.drawable.arrowbackwhite);
toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
onBackPressed();
}
});
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

this is my screen (back button having left margin)

Possible duplicate of [Android: remove left margin from actionbar's custom layout](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27354812/android-remove-left-margin-from-actionbars-custom-layout) — Evgeniy Mishustin, Apr 21 '16 at 10:47
@EvgeniyMishustin: i try that question but still not solved my problem.. — Ajay Mistry, Sep 01 '16 at 07:29

score 21 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 21 '17 at 10:36

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add these line into your toolbar xml

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

answered Apr 21 '17 at 10:36

Abdul Rizwan

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 21 '16 at 11:27

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Set the style to toolbar:

<!-- Tool Bar-->
    <style name="ToolbarStyle" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Toolbar">
        <item name="contentInsetStart">0dp</item>
        <item name="android:paddingLeft">0dp</item>
    </style>

And in on Create method of activity do this,

getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(false);

answered Apr 21 '16 at 11:27

Pradeep Gupta

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For this to actually work you also have to set ` @style/ToolbarStyle` in your theme – Calin Jul 06 '18 at 09:02

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 21 '16 at 10:52

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Put this in the toolbar xml

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

answered Apr 21 '16 at 10:52

fsebek

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..Thanks for Replying....it looks work in Xml Editor .but when i run app in real device there is no change in it. it looks as it is.. do you know why it happans?? – Ajay Mistry May 03 '16 at 07:25

score -3 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 21 '16 at 11:01

You could try this:

in onCreate:

actionBar = getActionBar();
actionBar.setHomeButtonEnabled(true);

Then add this:

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    switch (item.getItemId()) {
        case android.R.id.home:
            onBackPressed();
            return true;
        default:
            return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
}

Add this in the manifest activity you want the backbutton in:

android:parentActivityName=".homeActivity"

This will create the back button for you.

i already create back button i wand to reduce that space coming by default on left side of button. — Ajay Mistry, Apr 22 '16 at 06:49

reduce left margin of navigation icon of toolbar in android

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