Add custom view to the right of toolbar

Question

I am trying to achieve this(A timer in toolbar with red background):

I am trying to add customView in toolbar. It always end's up being on extreme left just beside the back arrow. Like the text YP in image below is a custom Textview added to toolbar..

The code for toolbar:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar     android:id="@+id/base_activity_toolbar"     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"     android:elevation="4dp"     android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"     android:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"     android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" /> 

The code for adding the layout:

    LayoutInflater mInflater= LayoutInflater.from(context);     View mCustomView = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.textview, null);     toolbar.addView(mCustomView); 

This is the layout I am adding right now for testing:

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

I am missing something majorly, could not figure out. Pulling my hairs out.

Answer 1

I just set layout_gravity to the rightand it worked

  <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar     android:id="@+id/toolbar"     android:layout_width="0dp"     android:layout_height="?android:actionBarSize"     app:title="NEW REQUESTS"   >     <TextView       android:layout_width="wrap_content"       android:layout_height="wrap_content"       android:text="blahblah"       android:layout_gravity="right"         />   </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar> 

Answer 2

You can add ViewGroups inside Toolbar

          <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar             android:id="@+id/toolbar"             android:layout_width="match_parent"             android:layout_height="@dimen/toolbar_height"             app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"             app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">              <RelativeLayout              ....             </RelativeLayout>             </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>