How to Place ActionBar Items in Main ActionBar and Bottom Bar

Question

The Google+ app has a layout where it has action bar items in the main action bar and the bottom. Currently I am using android:uiOptions="splitActionBarWhenNarrow" to place items in the bottom bar. How can I place items on both the top and bottom?

Answer 1

Hope my answer is not too late for you.

1. Use android:uiOptions="splitActionBarWhenNarrow" (this adds stuff into bottom bar).

2. Create new layout like the below code (this layout will handle all your items on the top bar).

   <?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="right" >
   <Switch
       android:id="@+id/switch1"
       android:layout_width="wrap_content"
       android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
   <ImageButton
       android:id="@+id/action_starred"
       android:layout_width="wrap_content"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       style="?android:attr/actionButtonStyle"
       android:src="@android:drawable/ic_menu_compass" 
       android:onClick="FakeMenu"/>
   </LinearLayout>
   

3. Paste this in your activity

   ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();               
   actionBar.setCustomView(R.layout.actionbar_top); //load your layout
   actionBar.setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_HOME|ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM); //show it 
   

4. That's all :)

Answer 2

I don't think it is possible using the standard ActionBar. When enabling a split ActionBar, ALL actions will appear at the bottom on a narrow screen.

The bottom bar in the Google+ app's "create a post" Activity seems to be a custom implementation. Notice the long press to reveal an action's label does not work, and the bottom bar remains even when you switch to landscape orientation. The location item is a toggle switch which is also non-standard ActionBar behavior.