Android Question Making Tool Bar appear below status bar

[JMB]

Hi there.

I am experimenting with some of the AppCompat code which creates Tool bars - specifically corwin42's code.

His code nicely places the ToolBar underneath the status bar. My code doesn't. I've checked the designer and I have copied the script across to make sure the panel resizes.

Is there a particular trick to making sure a Tool bar positions itself correctly under the status bar?

And is there a way to position a tool bar at the bottom of a view rather than at the top? I tried putting it down at the bottom in the Designer, but all the content disappeared.

Confused.

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[Erel]

Check this example: AppCompat with ToolBar - minimal example
The tool bar is positioned correctly.

And is there a way to position a tool bar at the bottom of a view rather than at the top?

This is probably not possible if the tool bar is set as the main action bar.

 

[JMB]

Hi Erel,

Thanks for that. I shall check it out.

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[JMB]

Still not working. I forgot to mention that my code embeds the View with the Tool Bar inside a sliding drawer. I wonder if that mkes a difference

I will post some demo code.

JB

 

[Erel]

Still not working.

The example doesn't work properly when you run it as-is?

 

[JMB]

Here is the code.. if anyone can suggest why the Tool bar doesn't sit under the status bar I would be grateful.

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[JMB]

The example doesn't work properly when you run it as-is?

The example works with no problems. Mine doesn't, but I wonder if it is because it is embedded in a sliding drawer...

 

[Erel]

The tool bar shouldn't be inside any other container.