In android how to set navigation drawer header image and name programmatically in class file?

Question

In android studio 1.4.1, I have created new Navigation Drawer Project which is default.My issue is in this project there is nav_header_main.xml file which is for navigation header image and name. I want this image and name should be set programmatically in my main class activity. How to do this, I tried lot but the app crashes.

nav_header_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout         android:layout_width="match_parent" android:id="@+id/headerView" android:layout_height="@dimen/nav_header_height" android:background="@drawable/side_nav_bar" android:gravity="bottom" android:orientation="vertical" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark">  <ImageView     android:id="@+id/imageView"     android:layout_width="wrap_content"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:paddingTop="@dimen/nav_header_vertical_spacing"     android:src="@android:drawable/sym_def_app_icon" />  <TextView     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:paddingTop="@dimen/nav_header_vertical_spacing"     android:text="Android Studio"     android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Body1" />  <TextView     android:id="@+id/textView"     android:layout_width="wrap_content"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:text="[email protected]" />  </LinearLayout> 

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout              xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:id="@+id/drawer_layout" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:fitsSystemWindows="true" tools:openDrawer="start">  <include     layout="@layout/app_bar_main"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="match_parent" />  <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView     android:id="@+id/nav_view"     android:layout_width="wrap_content"     android:layout_height="match_parent"     android:layout_gravity="start"     android:fitsSystemWindows="true"     app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header_main"     app:menu="@menu/activity_main_drawer" />      </android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout> 

MainActivity.Class

import android.os.Bundle; import android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton; import android.support.design.widget.NavigationView; import android.support.design.widget.Snackbar; import android.support.v4.view.GravityCompat; import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout; import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle; import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.MenuItem; import android.view.View; import android.widget.LinearLayout; import android.widget.Toast;  public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity         implements NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener {      @Override     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);          LinearLayout headerImageView= (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.headerView);           Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);         setSupportActionBar(toolbar);          FloatingActionButton fab = (FloatingActionButton) findViewById(R.id.fab);         fab.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {             @Override             public void onClick(View view) {                 Snackbar.make(view, "Replace with your own action", Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG)                         .setAction("Action", null).show();             }         });          DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);         ActionBarDrawerToggle toggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(                 this, drawer, toolbar, R.string.navigation_drawer_open, R.string.navigation_drawer_close);         drawer.setDrawerListener(toggle);         toggle.syncState();          NavigationView navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view);         navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(this);      }      @Override     public void onBackPressed() {         DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);         if (drawer.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.START)) {             drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);         } else {             super.onBackPressed();         }     }      @Override     public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {         // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.         getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);         return true;     }      @Override     public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {         // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will         // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long         // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.         int id = item.getItemId();          //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement         if (id == R.id.action_settings) {             Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"working",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();             return true;         }          return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);     }      @SuppressWarnings("StatementWithEmptyBody")     @Override     public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem item) {         // Handle navigation view item clicks here.         int id = item.getItemId();          if (id == R.id.nav_camara) {             // Handle the camera action         } else if (id == R.id.nav_gallery) {          } else if (id == R.id.nav_slideshow) {          } else if (id == R.id.nav_manage) {          } else if (id == R.id.nav_share) {          } else if (id == R.id.nav_send) {          }          DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);         drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);          return true;     } } 

Answer 1

NavigationView navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view); View hView = navigationView.getHeaderView(0); TextView nav_user = (TextView) hView.findViewById(R.id.nav_name); nav_user.setText(user); 

Answer 2

As mentioned in the bug 190226, Since version 23.1.0 getting header layout view with: navigationView.findViewById(R.id.navigation_header_text) no longer works.

A workaround is to inflate the headerview programatically and find view by ID from the inflated header view.

For example:

View headerView = navigationView.inflateHeaderView(R.layout.navigation_header); headerView.findViewById(R.id.navigation_header_text); 

Ideally there should be a method getHeaderView() but it has already been proposed, let's see and wait for it to be released in the feature release of design support library.