ActionBar - custom view with centered ImageView, Action Items on sides

Question

I have a requirement to center a custom logo (using an ImageView) in the Actionbar for the "Home" activity. I'm using ABS for this project. This is very similar to a another question posted on S.O. (ActionBar logo centered and Action items on sides), but I'm not sure if the ImageView or search menu makes a difference, as I'm not getting the results I'm looking for (a centered image), or if I've just got it wrong. Basically, I set an Icon on the left, insert the custom view in the center, and have a search icon on the right (OptionsMenu). The image does appear a bit to the right of the icon, but it's still left of centered. Any pointers on how to center an ImageView in the actionbar would be greatly appreciated.

Home.java:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_home);

    LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getSupportActionBar().getThemedContext()
            .getSystemService(LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);

    final View customActionBarView = inflater.inflate(
            R.layout.actionbar_custom_view_home, null);

    /* Show the custom action bar view and hide the normal Home icon and title */
    final ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
    actionBar.setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
    actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(false);
    actionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
    actionBar.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_ab_som);
    actionBar.setCustomView(customActionBarView);
    actionBar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);

}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater inflater = new MenuInflater(this);
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.search, menu);
    return true;
}

res/layout/actionbar_custom_view_home.xml:

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

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/actionBarLogo"
    android:contentDescription="@string/application_name"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:clickable="false"
    android:duplicateParentState="false"
    android:focusable="false"
    android:longClickable="false"
    android:padding="@dimen/padding_small"
    android:src="@drawable/logo_horizontal" />

</LinearLayout>

res/menu/search.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item 
        android:id="@id/search_item"
        android:icon="?attr/action_search"
        android:title="@string/search_label"
        android:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView">
    </item>
</menu>

Answer 1

If you want imageview in Center of ActionBar then use:

just replace getActionBar(); to getSupportActionBar(); in below code

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        final ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
        actionBar.setCustomView(R.layout.actionbar_custom_view_home);
        actionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
        actionBar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
        return true;
    }

your actionbar_custom_view_home.xml

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

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/actionBarLogo"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:clickable="false"
        android:focusable="false"
        android:longClickable="false"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher" />

</LinearLayout>

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Hide Actionbar Icon

final ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
actionBar.setCustomView(R.layout.actionbar_custom_view_home);
actionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
actionBar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);
actionBar.setDisplayUseLogoEnabled(false);
actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false);

Note: for < 11 API use getSupportActionBar() and > 11 API use getActionBar()

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EDITED: 02/03/16 for Toolbar

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
   style="@style/ToolBarStyle"
   xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
   android:minHeight="@dimen/abc_action_bar_default_height_material">

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:contentDescription="@string/logo"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"/>

 </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

Answer 2

Explained:

The pink container, is the real space where you will add the view.

The trick is doing some maths, to center the View (whatever) to the middle.

In my case, the View was a TextView. Here's my full method:

public void addTextToActionBar( String textToSet )
{
    mActionbar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled( true );

    // Inflate the custom view
    LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from( this );
    View header = inflater.inflate( R.layout.actionbar_header, null );

    //Here do whatever you need to do with the view (set text if it's a textview or whatever)
    TextView tv = (TextView) header.findViewById( R.id.program_title );
    tv.setText( textToSet );

    // Magic happens to center it.
    int actionBarWidth = DeviceHelper.getDeviceWidth( this ); //Google for this method. Kinda easy.

    tv.measure( 0, 0 );
    int tvSize = tv.getMeasuredWidth();

    try
    {
        int leftSpace = 0;

        View homeButton = findViewById( android.R.id.home );
        final ViewGroup holder = (ViewGroup) homeButton.getParent();

        View firstChild =  holder.getChildAt( 0 );
        View secondChild =  holder.getChildAt( 1 );

        leftSpace = firstChild.getWidth()+secondChild.getWidth();
    }
    catch ( Exception ignored )
    {}

    mActionbar.setCustomView( header );

    if ( null != header )
    {
        ActionBar.LayoutParams params = (ActionBar.LayoutParams) header.getLayoutParams();

        if ( null != params )
        {
            int leftMargin =  ( actionBarWidth / 2 - ( leftSpace ) ) - ( tvSize / 2 ) ;

            params.leftMargin = 0 >= leftMargin ? 0 : leftMargin;
        }
    }
}

Layout:

<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical|center"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/program_title"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:textColor="@android:color/white"
    android:contentDescription="@string/content_description_program_title"
    android:ellipsize="end"
    android:maxLines="1"
    android:textSize="22sp"/>

</RelativeLayout>

Enjoy.

Answer 3

I encountered this problem,here is my solution:

ActionBar.LayoutParams layoutParams = new ActionBar.LayoutParams(
        ActionBar.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, ActionBar.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
layoutParams.gravity = Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL|Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL;
actionBar.setCustomView(yourCustomView,layoutParams);

Answer 4

The ImageView in your code is centered relative to the LinearLayout, not to the Action Bar. You can add left margin (android:layout_marginLeft) to the layout to adjust image position.

Other way to do it is not to add an icon and action items to the Action Bar, but to use a custom layout with icon and buttons inside. But you will need to handle action items yourself in that case.