Using a SupportToolbar for phone layout and a standalone actionbar for tablet layout

Question

Today I was thinking of a way to improve my tablet design, and I found this image

I wanted that so bad, as it looks amazing. I am searching google for about a hour now and I haven't come across any good tutorials. I've found this one: v21 Material Design for Pre Lollipop.

I started implementing this right away and everything I tried went completely wrong. The theming for the standalone actionbar needs to be the ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.ActionBar however on my phone layout I am extending the Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar theme. (Theme is below)

It's just not clear what I should do to make something like the image above on Tablets and show the normal (custom) supportActionBar on Phones without messing up one of them.

Here is my AppTheme style (that I apply to my app)

<!-- Base application theme. -->
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
        <!--   your app branding color for the app bar -->
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primaryColor</item>
        <!--   darker variant for the status bar and contextual app bars -->
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
        <!--   theme UI controls like checkboxes and text fields -->
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
    </style>

Before you ask, yes I've found this quesion on SO, but no this isn't a duplicate question. The post that Chris Banes wrote didn't make things clear for me as well.

Is it possible to do this without destroying both the layouts? Thinking out loud, the reason for me to pick the custom toolbar was because I had included a custom searchview, but removed it. There is another view in the toolbar but I think that it could be removed if it's really necessary.

This is the layout of my phone version.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
    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/coordinatorLayout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    app:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">

    <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
        android:id="@+id/appBarLayout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:animateLayoutChanges="true"
        android:orientation="vertical">

        <include android:id="@+id/toolbar" layout="@layout/toolbar"
            app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways" />

        <android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
            android:id="@+id/tabs"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@+id/toolbar"
            android:background="@color/primaryColor"
            android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"/>

    </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

    <android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
        android:id="@+id/drawerLayout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_below="@+id/appBarLayout"
        app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior">

    <android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
        android:id="@+id/pager"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        tools:context=".MainActivity" />

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent">

            <FrameLayout
                android:id="@+id/replaceFrameLayout"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

                <RelativeLayout
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="match_parent"
                    android:id="@+id/errorWarnings"
                    android:visibility="gone"
                    android:gravity="center"
                    android:layout_gravity="center">

                    <ImageView
                        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                        android:id="@+id/errorIcon"
                        android:tint="@color/fab_material_red_500"
                        android:layout_centerVertical="true"/>

                    <TextView
                        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                        android:id="@+id/errorDescription"
                        android:layout_below="@+id/errorIcon"/>

                </RelativeLayout>

            <com.tim.koers.wallpapers.UI.FilterButton
                android:id="@+id/filterButton"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="right|bottom"
                android:layout_margin="16dp"
                android:clickable="true"
                android:src="@drawable/ic_menu_filter"
                android:elevation="6dp"
                android:tint="@color/fab_material_white"
                android:visibility="gone"/>

        </FrameLayout>

        <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
            android:id="@+id/navigation_view"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_gravity="start"
            app:menu="@menu/drawer"/>

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

</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

Here is my tablet layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
    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/coordinatorLayout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    >

    <FrameLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

        <android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
            android:id="@+id/drawerLayout"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
            android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

            <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
                android:id="@+id/appBarLayout"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:animateLayoutChanges="true"
                android:orientation="vertical"
                android:background="@android:color/white"
                android:layout_marginEnd="64dp"
                android:layout_marginStart="64dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="56dp">

                <RelativeLayout
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="match_parent"
                    android:orientation="vertical">

                    <!-- This is the secondary toolbar, 72dp also according to specs -->
                    <include android:id="@+id/toolbar" layout="@layout/toolbar"
                        app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways" />

                    <android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
                        android:id="@+id/tabs"
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                        android:layout_below="@+id/toolbar"
                        android:background="@color/primaryColor"
                        android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"/>

                </RelativeLayout>

            </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>



            <android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
                android:id="@+id/pager"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:layout_marginTop="56dp"
                android:layout_marginEnd="64dp"
                android:layout_marginStart="64dp"
                tools:context=".MainActivity" />

            <FrameLayout
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent">

                <FrameLayout
                    android:id="@+id/replaceFrameLayout"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

                <RelativeLayout
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="match_parent"
                    android:id="@+id/errorWarnings"
                    android:visibility="gone"
                    android:gravity="center"
                    android:layout_gravity="center">

                    <ImageView
                        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                        android:id="@+id/errorIcon"
                        android:tint="@color/fab_material_red_500"
                        android:layout_centerVertical="true"/>

                    <TextView
                        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                        android:id="@+id/errorDescription"
                        android:layout_below="@+id/errorIcon"/>

                </RelativeLayout>

                <com.tim.koers.wallpapers.UI.FilterButton
                    android:id="@+id/filterButton"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_gravity="right|bottom"
                    android:layout_margin="16dp"
                    android:clickable="true"
                    android:src="@drawable/ic_menu_filter"
                    android:elevation="6dp"
                    android:tint="@color/fab_material_white"
                    android:visibility="gone"/>

            </FrameLayout>

            <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
                android:id="@+id/navigation_view"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:layout_gravity="start"
                app:menu="@menu/drawer"/>

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

    </FrameLayout>

</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

Answer 1

I found an article that implements this layout.

Create a Card Toolbar (Nested Toolbar) in Android

You can implement it to your tablet layout.

It is composed of a extended-height toolbar (blue) and a CardView with title and regular menu.

The basic structure:

<FrameLayout>
<!-- Extended Toolbar holding Drawer icon -->
    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar />
    <android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
        <LinearLayout>
            <!-- Card Toolbar -->
            <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar />
            <!-- Divider -->
            <View />
        </LinearLayout>
    </android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
</FrameLayout>

step1 double the height of the toolbar

step2 setting up the CardView as the secondary toolbar

step3 Java code

1. origin toolbar: set Navigation Icon
2. CardView toolbar: set menu and title

See More

1. Android 5.0 - How to implement this tablet layout from Material Design guidelines
2. Googling this Picture