Positioning menu items to the left of the ActionBar in Honeycomb

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I want to position some menu items to the left of Honycomb's ActionBar, but have found no documentation showing how to do this. It looks like it should be possible since the Contacts app has search to the immediate left of the navigation bar. Any idea as to how to set menu items to the left side?

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 17 '11 at 23:57

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The ActionBar has support for a custom layout between the application icon and the regular ActionBar icons. Example:

// Set the custom section of the ActionBar with Browse and Search.
ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
mActionBarView = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.action_bar_custom, null);
actionBar.setCustomView(mActionBarView);
actionBar.setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM);

answered Mar 17 '11 at 23:57

Sam

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How do you determine if the custom view was clicked in the ActionBar? – CACuzcatlan Aug 19 '11 at 22:19
@CACuzcatlan, use actionBar.setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM | ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_HOME); – Juozas Kontvainis Nov 02 '11 at 15:13
I used it, but layout still not coming in full width, as I mention match_parent for custom view parent...any suggestion. – CoDe Jul 09 '14 at 03:47

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 27 '13 at 19:10

here is what works for me like a dream: in the Activity I have this:

//hiding default app icon
ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false);
//displaying custom ActionBar
View mActionBarView = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.my_action_bar, null);
actionBar.setCustomView(mActionBarView);
actionBar.setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM)

my_action_bar.xml:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@color/turquoise">

    <ImageButton 
        android:id="@+id/btn_slide"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:background="@null"
        android:scaleType="centerInside"
        android:src="@drawable/btn_slide"
        android:paddingRight="50dp"
        android:onClick="toggleMenu"
        android:paddingTop="4dp"/>
</RelativeLayout>

Positioning menu items to the left of the ActionBar in Honeycomb

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