How to implement DrawerArrowToggle from Android appcompat v7 21 library

Question

So now that Android 5.0 was released i was wondering how to implement the animated actionbar icons.

This library here implements it fine for me but since the appcompat v7 library has it how can it be implemented?

The library references it in themes.xml

 <item name="drawerArrowStyle">@style/Widget.AppCompat.DrawerArrowToggle</item>

Under this style

 <style name="Base.V7.Theme.AppCompat" parent="Platform.AppCompat">

UPDATE

I got this implemented using the v7 DrawerToggle. However I cannot style it. Please Help

I found the styling for it in the v7 styles_base.xml

<style name="Base.Widget.AppCompat.DrawerArrowToggle" parent="">
    <item name="color">?android:attr/textColorSecondary</item>
    <item name="thickness">2dp</item>
    <item name="barSize">18dp</item>
    <item name="gapBetweenBars">3dp</item>
    <item name="topBottomBarArrowSize">11.31dp</item>
    <item name="middleBarArrowSize">16dp</item>
    <item name="drawableSize">24dp</item>
    <item name="spinBars">true</item>
</style>

I added this to my styles and did not work. Also added to my attr.xml

<declare-styleable name="DrawerArrowToggle">
    <!-- The drawing color for the bars -->
    <attr name="color" format="color"/>
    <!-- Whether bars should rotate or not during transition -->
    <attr name="spinBars" format="boolean"/>
    <!-- The total size of the drawable -->
    <attr name="drawableSize" format="dimension"/>
    <!-- The max gap between the bars when they are parallel to each other -->
    <attr name="gapBetweenBars" format="dimension"/>
    <!-- The size of the top and bottom bars when they merge to the middle bar to form an arrow -->
    <attr name="topBottomBarArrowSize" format="dimension"/>
    <!-- The size of the middle bar when top and bottom bars merge into middle bar to form an arrow -->
    <attr name="middleBarArrowSize" format="dimension"/>
    <!-- The size of the bars when they are parallel to each other -->
    <attr name="barSize" format="dimension"/>
    <!-- The thickness (stroke size) for the bar paint -->
    <attr name="thickness" format="dimension"/>
</declare-styleable>

But crashes and says color type error when doing so. What am i missing?

Answer 1

First, you should know now the android.support.v4.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle is deprecated.

You must replace that with android.support.v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle.

Here is my example and I use the new Toolbar to replace the ActionBar.

MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    Toolbar mToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
    setSupportActionBar(mToolbar);
    DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
    ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
        this,  mDrawerLayout, mToolbar,
        R.string.navigation_drawer_open, R.string.navigation_drawer_close
    );
    mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
    getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
    getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
    mDrawerToggle.syncState();
}

styles.xml

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
    <item name="drawerArrowStyle">@style/DrawerArrowStyle</item>
</style>

<style name="DrawerArrowStyle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.DrawerArrowToggle">
    <item name="spinBars">true</item>
    <item name="color">@android:color/white</item>
</style>

You can read the documents on AndroidDocument#DrawerArrowToggle_spinBars

This attribute is the key to implement the menu-to-arrow animation.

public static int DrawerArrowToggle_spinBars

Whether bars should rotate or not during transition
Must be a boolean value, either "true" or "false".

So, you set this: <item name="spinBars">true</item>.

Then the animation can be presented.

Hope this can help you.

Answer 2

If you are using the Support Library provided DrawerLayout as suggested in the Creating a navigation drawer training, you can use the newly added android.support.v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle (note: different from the now deprecated android.support.v4.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle):

shows a Hamburger icon when drawer is closed and an arrow when drawer is open. It animates between these two states as the drawer opens.

While the training hasn't been updated to take the deprecation/new class into account, you should be able to use it almost exactly the same code - the only difference in implementing it is the constructor.

Answer 3

I created a small application which had similar functionality

MainActivity

public class MyActivity extends ActionBarActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_my);

        DrawerLayout drawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer);
        android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar toolbar = (android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
        ActionBarDrawerToggle actionBarDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
                this,
                drawerLayout,
                toolbar,
                R.string.open,
                R.string.close
        )

        {
            public void onDrawerClosed(View view)
            {
                super.onDrawerClosed(view);
                invalidateOptionsMenu();
                syncState();
            }

            public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView)
            {
                super.onDrawerOpened(drawerView);
                invalidateOptionsMenu();
                syncState();
            }
        };
        drawerLayout.setDrawerListener(actionBarDrawerToggle);

        //Set the custom toolbar
        if (toolbar != null){
            setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
        }

        getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);

        actionBarDrawerToggle.syncState();
    }
}

My XML of that Activity

<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MyActivity"
    android:id="@+id/drawer"
    >

    <!-- The main content view -->
    <FrameLayout
        android:id="@+id/content_frame"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" >
        <include layout="@layout/toolbar_custom"/>
    </FrameLayout>
    <!-- The navigation drawer -->
    <ListView
        android:layout_marginTop="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:id="@+id/left_drawer"
        android:layout_width="240dp"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="start"
        android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
        android:divider="@android:color/transparent"
        android:dividerHeight="0dp"
        android:background="#457C50"/>


</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

My Custom Toolbar XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    android:background="?attr/colorPrimaryDark">
    <TextView android:text="U titel"
        android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.Theme"
        android:textColor="@android:color/white"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        />
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

My Theme Style

<resources>
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat"/>

    <style name="AppTheme.Base" parent="Theme.AppCompat">
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/primaryDarker</item>
        <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
        <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
        <item name="drawerArrowStyle">@style/DrawerArrowStyle</item>
    </style>

    <style name="DrawerArrowStyle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.DrawerArrowToggle">
        <item name="spinBars">true</item>
        <item name="color">@android:color/white</item>
    </style>

    <color name="primary">#457C50</color>
    <color name="primaryDarker">#580C0C</color>
</resources>

My Styles in values-v21

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="AppTheme.Base">
        <item name="android:windowContentTransitions">true</item>
        <item name="android:windowAllowEnterTransitionOverlap">true</item>
        <item name="android:windowAllowReturnTransitionOverlap">true</item>
        <item name="android:windowSharedElementEnterTransition">@android:transition/move</item>
        <item name="android:windowSharedElementExitTransition">@android:transition/move</item>
    </style>
</resources>