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Toolbar is not shown in activities when extending Base Activity that implements ToolBar

I am a beginner Android developer and I have been struggling the issue that I can't see the toolbar in any activity that inherits Base Activity. According to other resource, to use the same toolbar in the different activities. I have to implement it in Base Activity and inherit it where I need to use it. Could anyone help me figure out the problem?
styles.xml
<resources>
<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
</style>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">
</style>
</resources>
quiz.menu.xml inside of menu folder
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/contact"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_contacts_black_24dp"
android:title="Contact"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
<item android:id="#+id/language"
android:title="Language"
app:showAsAction="never" />
<item android:id="#+id/speech"
android:title="Speech"
app:showAsAction="never">
<munu>
<item android:id="#+id/subitem1"
android:title="Sub Item 1"/>
<item android:id="#+id/subitem2"
android:title="Sub Item 2"/>
</munu>
</item>
</menu>
BaseActivity
public class BaseActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_base);
Toolbar toolbar = findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.quiz_menu, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.contact:
Toast.makeText(this, "Contact is selected", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
case R.id.language:
Toast.makeText(this, "Language is selected", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
case R.id.speech:
Toast.makeText(this, "Speech is selected", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
case R.id.subitem1:
Toast.makeText(this, "Language is selected", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
case R.id.subitem2:
Toast.makeText(this, "Speech is selected", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
}
WelcomeActivity (inherits base Activity)
public class WelcomeActivity extends BaseActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_welcome);
final Button databaseButton = findViewById(R.id.database);
databaseButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
// Code here executes on main thread after user presses button
Intent databaseIntent = new Intent(WelcomeActivity.this, Questionnaire.class);
startActivity(databaseIntent);
}
});
}
Questionnaire
public class Questionnaire extends BaseActivity {
public Spinner languageSpinner;
public int languageId;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_questionnaire);
...
}
}

The answer is actually simple. You firstly set contentview in OnCreate() method of the BaseActivity class, then you change the view to another xml file in OnCreate() methods of the child classes.
What I suggest is that you do not implement OnCreate() method in BaseActivity class but implement SetContentView() method in BaseActivity.
In short, delete onCreate() method from BaseActivity() and add setContentView() method in the below.
#Override
public void setContentView(int layoutResID) {
super.setContentView(layoutResID);
Toolbar toolbar = findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
}
P.S - Your quiz_menu.xml file does not look like a menu file. :)
P.P.S - Let me know if it works, or if you have troubles. :)

ActionBarDrawerToggle right side on android with navigation view [duplicate]

My requirement is shown in the picture below My navigation drawer should be opened from the right side. I have implemented this. My navigation drawer open from right to left. But the problem is toggle icon is always on the left side. How can I set toggle icon to the right?
I have checked the following SO questions, but none of them came to any help:
Change toggle button image Icon In Navigation Drawer right to left
Drawer Toggle in right Drawer
enter link description here
Here is what I have tried:
code for my layout 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"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:openDrawer="end">
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:context="com.example.nav.MainActivity"
android:foregroundGravity="right">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="end"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:layout_gravity="right"
app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay"
android:foregroundGravity="right"
android:textAlignment="viewEnd"
android:touchscreenBlocksFocus="false" />
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<include layout="#layout/content_main" />
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/navigation_view"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="end"
app:headerLayout="#layout/nav_header"
app:menu="#menu/menu_navigation"
android:textAlignment="viewEnd" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
Code for my activity
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private DrawerLayout drawerLayout;
private Toolbar toolbar;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
initNavigationDrawer();
}
#TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.M)
public void initNavigationDrawer() {
NavigationView navigationView = (NavigationView)findViewById(R.id.navigation_view);
navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(new NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener() {
#Override
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem menuItem) {
int id = menuItem.getItemId();
switch (id){
case R.id.home:
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Home",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
drawerLayout.closeDrawers();
break;
case R.id.settings:
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Settings",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
break;
case R.id.trash:
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Trash",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
drawerLayout.closeDrawers();
break;
case R.id.logout:
finish();
}
return true;
}
});
drawerLayout = (DrawerLayout)findViewById(R.id.drawer);
ActionBarDrawerToggle actionBarDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this,drawerLayout,toolbar,R.string.drawer_open,R.string.drawer_close){
#Override
public void onDrawerClosed(View v){
super.onDrawerClosed(v);
}
#Override
public void onDrawerOpened(View v) {
super.onDrawerOpened(v);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
if (item != null && item.getItemId() == android.R.id.home) {
if (drawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(Gravity.RIGHT)) {
drawerLayout.closeDrawer(Gravity.RIGHT);
}
else {
drawerLayout.openDrawer(Gravity.RIGHT);
}
}
return false;
}
};
drawerLayout.addDrawerListener(actionBarDrawerToggle);
actionBarDrawerToggle.syncState();
toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if (drawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(Gravity.RIGHT)) {
drawerLayout.closeDrawer(Gravity.RIGHT);
} else {
drawerLayout.openDrawer(Gravity.RIGHT);
}
}
});
}
}

There's really no (practical) way to make ActionBarDrawerToggle do that, as it is always set on the start/left-side navigation button. However, that class is basically just a DrawerListener that manages a specialized Drawable, and wires an ImageButton to the DrawerLayout. We can put together something similar for an end/right-side drawer with an ImageButton that we can place on that same side in a Toolbar (which is required for this example).
public class EndDrawerToggle implements DrawerLayout.DrawerListener {
private final DrawerLayout drawerLayout;
private final AppCompatImageButton toggleButton;
private final int openDrawerContentDescRes;
private final int closeDrawerContentDescRes;
private DrawerArrowDrawable arrowDrawable;
public EndDrawerToggle(DrawerLayout drawerLayout, Toolbar toolbar,
int openDrawerContentDescRes, int closeDrawerContentDescRes) {
this.drawerLayout = drawerLayout;
this.openDrawerContentDescRes = openDrawerContentDescRes;
this.closeDrawerContentDescRes = closeDrawerContentDescRes;
toggleButton = new AppCompatImageButton(toolbar.getContext(), null,
R.attr.toolbarNavigationButtonStyle);
toolbar.addView(toggleButton, new Toolbar.LayoutParams(GravityCompat.END));
toggleButton.setOnClickListener(v -> toggle());
loadDrawerArrowDrawable();
}
public void syncState() {
if (drawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.END)) {
setPosition(1f);
} else {
setPosition(0f);
}
}
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
loadDrawerArrowDrawable();
syncState();
}
#Override
public void onDrawerSlide(#NonNull View drawerView, float slideOffset) {
setPosition(Math.min(1f, Math.max(0f, slideOffset)));
}
#Override
public void onDrawerOpened(#NonNull View drawerView) {
setPosition(1f);
}
#Override
public void onDrawerClosed(#NonNull View drawerView) {
setPosition(0f);
}
#Override
public void onDrawerStateChanged(int newState) {}
private void loadDrawerArrowDrawable() {
arrowDrawable = new DrawerArrowDrawable(toggleButton.getContext());
arrowDrawable.setDirection(DrawerArrowDrawable.ARROW_DIRECTION_END);
toggleButton.setImageDrawable(arrowDrawable);
}
private void toggle() {
final int drawerLockMode = drawerLayout.getDrawerLockMode(GravityCompat.END);
if (drawerLayout.isDrawerVisible(GravityCompat.END)
&& (drawerLockMode != DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_OPEN)) {
drawerLayout.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.END);
} else if (drawerLockMode != DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_CLOSED) {
drawerLayout.openDrawer(GravityCompat.END);
}
}
private void setPosition(float position) {
if (position == 1f) {
arrowDrawable.setVerticalMirror(true);
setContentDescription(closeDrawerContentDescRes);
} else if (position == 0f) {
arrowDrawable.setVerticalMirror(false);
setContentDescription(openDrawerContentDescRes);
}
arrowDrawable.setProgress(position);
}
private void setContentDescription(int resId) {
toggleButton.setContentDescription(toggleButton.getContext().getText(resId));
}
}
The EndDrawerToggle class works exactly the same way as ActionBarDrawerToggle does when used with a Toolbar (except the constructor call doesn't need an Activity argument): first instantiate the toggle, then add it as a DrawerListener, and sync it in the Activity's onPostCreate() method. If you're already overriding the Activity's onConfigurationChanged() method, you'll want to call the toggle's corresponding method there, like you would for an ActionBarDrawerToggle.
private EndDrawerToggle drawerToggle;
public void initNavigationDrawer() {
...
drawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer);
drawerToggle = new EndDrawerToggle(drawerLayout,
toolbar,
R.string.drawer_open,
R.string.drawer_close);
drawerLayout.addDrawerListener(drawerToggle);
}
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
drawerToggle.syncState();
}
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
drawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
If you have two drawers and need to use ActionBarDrawerToggle and EndDrawerToggle simultaneously, it is possible, but we'll need to handle intercepting and dispatching drawer motion events to the correct toggle.
If you prefer fewer classes, you could subclass ActionBarDrawerToggle and merge EndDrawerToggle's functionality into it, dispatching each DrawerListener method call either to the super class, or to the local end toggle code.
However, composition is arguably much cleaner here, and it will let us use EndDrawerToggle as is. This example is a DrawerListener that relays syncState() and onConfigurationChanged() calls to each toggle, but dispatches the listener method calls only to the appropriate one, depending on which drawer is moving.
public class DualDrawerToggle implements DrawerLayout.DrawerListener {
private final DrawerLayout drawerLayout;
private final Toolbar toolbar;
private final ActionBarDrawerToggle actionBarDrawerToggle;
private final EndDrawerToggle endDrawerToggle;
public DualDrawerToggle(Activity activity, DrawerLayout drawerLayout, Toolbar toolbar,
int startDrawerOpenContDescRes, int startDrawerCloseContDescRes,
int endDrawerOpenContDescRes, int endDrawerCloseContDescRes) {
this.drawerLayout = drawerLayout;
this.toolbar = toolbar;
this.actionBarDrawerToggle =
new ActionBarDrawerToggle(activity, drawerLayout, toolbar,
startDrawerOpenContDescRes, startDrawerCloseContDescRes);
this.endDrawerToggle =
new EndDrawerToggle(drawerLayout, toolbar,
endDrawerOpenContDescRes, endDrawerCloseContDescRes);
}
public void syncState() {
actionBarDrawerToggle.syncState();
endDrawerToggle.syncState();
}
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
actionBarDrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
// Fixes bug in ABDT, which only reloads the up nav indicator, for some reason.
final DrawerArrowDrawable dad = new DrawerArrowDrawable(toolbar.getContext());
actionBarDrawerToggle.setDrawerArrowDrawable(dad);
endDrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
#Override
public void onDrawerSlide(#NonNull View drawerView, float slideOffset) {
if (isStartDrawerView(drawerView, drawerLayout.getLayoutDirection())) {
actionBarDrawerToggle.onDrawerSlide(drawerView, slideOffset);
} else {
endDrawerToggle.onDrawerSlide(drawerView, slideOffset);
}
}
#Override
public void onDrawerOpened(#NonNull View drawerView) {
if (isStartDrawerView(drawerView, drawerLayout.getLayoutDirection())) {
actionBarDrawerToggle.onDrawerOpened(drawerView);
} else {
endDrawerToggle.onDrawerOpened(drawerView);
}
}
#Override
public void onDrawerClosed(#NonNull View drawerView) {
if (isStartDrawerView(drawerView, drawerLayout.getLayoutDirection())) {
actionBarDrawerToggle.onDrawerClosed(drawerView);
} else {
endDrawerToggle.onDrawerClosed(drawerView);
}
}
#Override
public void onDrawerStateChanged(int newState) {}
#SuppressLint("RtlHardcoded")
static boolean isStartDrawerView(View drawerView, int layoutDirection) {
final int gravity = ((DrawerLayout.LayoutParams) drawerView.getLayoutParams()).gravity;
final int horizontalGravity = gravity & GravityCompat.RELATIVE_HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK;
if ((horizontalGravity & GravityCompat.RELATIVE_LAYOUT_DIRECTION) > 0) {
return horizontalGravity == GravityCompat.START;
} else {
if (layoutDirection == View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL) {
return horizontalGravity == Gravity.RIGHT;
} else {
return horizontalGravity == Gravity.LEFT;
}
}
}
}
Again, DualDrawerToggle works exactly the same way as ActionBarDrawerToggle does when used with a Toolbar, except for the extra content description resource IDs in the constructor.
Do note that the one DualDrawerToggle creates and manages both other toggles internally. You don't need to set up any other toggle instances in your Activity; just the DualDrawerToggle.
Notes:
If you read through the code, you'll see that EndDrawerToggle – and therefore also DualDrawerToggle – can be readily adapted to put a toggle on pretty much anything that can display a Drawable and register clicks; e.g., a FloatingActionButton, an options menu item, a TextView's compound drawable, etc. Simply replace the AppCompatImageButton with your target UI component, which can be passed in the constructor in place of the Toolbar, since the toggle won't be added to that anymore.
Additionally, this could be modified to work with the start/left-aligned drawer, too – completely replacing ActionBarDrawerToggle – so that its toggle could be placed on those various components, as well.
The AppCompatImageButton used here is a regular child of the Toolbar. If you're using a menu on the Toolbar, that menu will take precedence in the layout, and push the toggle inward. To keep it on the outside, you can modify the class as described above to set the toggle on an action menu item. I've an example of that in my answer here.
That menu item example might also be useful if your design requires you use the decor-supplied ActionBar in lieu of your own Toolbar. Though ActionBarDrawerToggle can work with a decor-supplied ActionBar, this example can not, as is.

In your android manifest add this line:
android:supportsRtl="true"
to your application, like so:
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
Then in your onCreate method, add this line:
getWindow().getDecorView().setLayoutDirection(View.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL);
WARNING::: This only works for SdkVersion 17+, so if your application targets a lower minimum SDK, you will have to create a custom menu and override the OnCreateOptions method(Unless there's another way which I'm not aware of, which is definitely possible).
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/application-element.html#supportsrtl

Using one navigation drawer that shows different options depending on the activity that is currently showing

I am trying to implement a navigation drawer in a BaseActivity, that shows different options depending on the activity that is currently showing. For that, I developed a BaseActivity, that implements the navigation drawer, and decides what to show, depending on the activity that is currently showing. The purpose of this, is to make all other activities that need to use the navigation drawer, expand the BaseActivity.
The following code, shows no errors, but the navigation drawer shows itself completely empty, and does not show when I click the 'home' button, neither the 'menu' button, a functionality that I implemented with the 'onKeyDown' method. It just shows, when I use the following gesture: move the finger from the left to the right in the left side of the screen.
When I do the same in each class I need, instead of using a BaseActivity, everything works perfeclty fine.
I have been trying this for days now and I still do not understand why, the content of the navigation drawer is still not showing. I would appreciate some help please. Thanks in advance.
Here, the core classes of the problem:
BaseActivity.java
public abstract class BaseActivity extends ActionBarActivity
{
public DrawerLayout drawerLayout = null;
public ActionBarDrawerToggle drawerToggle = null;
public Activity currentActivity = null;
public ArrayList<Item> navDrawerItems = new ArrayList<Item>();
public ItemListAdapter adapter = null;
public ListView drawerList = null;
int id = 0;
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState, int resLayoutID)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(resLayoutID);
currentActivity = this;
drawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
drawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(currentActivity,
drawerLayout,
R.drawable.ic_drawer,
R.string.open_menu,
R.string.close_menu)
{
public void onDrawerClosed(View view)
{
Log.e("", "Close drawer");
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(getTitle());
ActivityCompat.invalidateOptionsMenu(currentActivity);
}
public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView)
{
Log.e("", "Open drawer");
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(getTitle());
ActivityCompat.invalidateOptionsMenu(currentActivity);
}
};
drawerLayout.setDrawerListener(drawerToggle);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
// Populate navigation drawer depending on the activity
// that is currently showing.
if (this.getClass().getSimpleName().equals("Z"))
setUpNavigationForZActivity();
}
private void setUpNavigationForZActivity()
{
Log.e("", "In setUpNavigationForZActivity");
// Prepare list items.
id = R.string.title_activity_A;
navDrawerItems.add(new NavigationDrawerItem(getString(id), Utils.activityIcon().get(id)));
id = R.string.title_activity_B;
navDrawerItems.add(new NavigationDrawerItem(getString(id), Utils.activityIcon().get(id)));
// Populate view.
drawerList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.left_menu);
adapter = new ItemListAdapter(currentActivity, navDrawerItems;
drawerList.setAdapter(adapter);
drawerList.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener()
{
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position,
long id)
{
Intent intent = null;
switch(position)
{
case 0:
intent = new Intent(currentActivity, A.class);
startActivity(intent)
break;
case 1:
intent = new Intent(currentActivity, B.class);
startActivity(intent)
break;
default:
}
}
});
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item)
{
if (drawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item))
return true;
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
drawerToggle.syncState();
}
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig)
{
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
drawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
#Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent e)
{
Log.e("", "onKeyDown");
if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU)
{
if(!drawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(Gravity.LEFT))
drawerLayout.openDrawer(Gravity.LEFT);
else
drawerLayout.closeDrawer(Gravity.LEFT);
}
return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, e);
}
}
Z.java
public class Z extends BaseActivity
{
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState, R.layout.Z);
setContentView(R.layout.Z);
//Other things to do...
}
}
Z.xml
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<!-- Main content view -->
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:fillViewport="true" >
// Other layout and views configurations...
</ScrollView>
<!-- Navigation drawer -->
<ListView
android:id="#+id/left_menu"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:background="#color/gray_7_5"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

I do not exactly know why you would want to implement it that way but if you still want to do it this way i would suggest making your navdrawer use a listview with an adapter to draw items from an array and then have your base activity have a getData() call that you can override in your derived activities that will supply the data that the Adapter so that the listview will then draw the appropriate items in the navdrawer. You will then have to implement the onItemClick event for each listview per activity.

How to create an interface to get info from a Fragment to an Android Activity?

Over the past days I've desperately been trying to build an android app with a simple fragment (which I use twice). I want to pass the contents of the fragments' EditText-boxes to a new activity. I just can't figure out how to get those contents from the fragments. What I have so far is this:
I've got my edit_text_fragment.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/my_edit_text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="my hint" />
</LinearLayout>
and the corresponding MyEditTextFragment.java:
public class MyEditTextFragment extends Fragment {
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.edit_text_fragment, container, false);
return view;
}
}
I then use this fragment twice in my main.xml like this:
<LinearLayout 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"
android:orientation="vertical">
<fragment
android:id="#+id/detailfragment_placeholder"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
class="com.example.fragmenttester5.MyEditTextFragment" />
<fragment
android:id="#+id/detailfragment_placeholder2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
class="com.example.fragmenttester5.MyEditTextFragment" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/submit_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Submit all of it" />
</LinearLayout>
and in my MainActivity I hooked up the button to a new activity:
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Button submitButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.submit_button);
submitButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v){
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, OtherActivity.class);
intent.putExtra("result1", "the_result_from_the_first_editText");
intent.putExtra("result2", "the_result_from_the_second_editText");
startActivity(intent);
}
});
}
}
I think I now need to define some kind of interface in the Fragment, but I can't find how. I read a couple examples and tutorials (like this one), but they make no sense to me at all. I don't understand the code given and I just don't understand how to adjust it for my use case.
So my question; can anybody help me to get the contents of the fragment from within the activity? Examples would be very very welcome since I'm just banging my head against the wall here..

You are right, that's kind of a standard way to pass data from a Fragment to an activity.
Basically you define a Listener interface which the Activity implements, and the Activity registers itself as a Listener with the Fragment.
Here's a simple example:
Fragment
class MyFragment extends Fragment {
interface Listener {
public void somethingHappenedInFragment(Object... anyDataYouWantToPassToActivity);
}
private Listener mListener;
public void setListener(Listener listener) {
mListener = listener;
}
// ... your code ...
// Now here you pass the data to the activity
mListener.somethingHappenedInFragment(some, data);
// ... more of your code
}
Activity
public MyActivity extends Activity implements MyFragment.Listener {
// ... your code ...
// creating the Fragment
MyFragment f = new MyFragment();
// register activity as listener
f.setListener(this);
// ... more of your code
// implementation of MyFragment.Listener interface
#Override
public void somethingHappenedInFragment(Object... anyDataYouWantToPassToActivity) {
// here you have the data passed from the fragment.
for (Object o : anyDataYouWantToPassToActivity {
System.out.println(o.toString();
}
}
}

On a high level, there are two tasks that you commonly need to solve with Fragments. The first is communicating data from an Activity to a Fragment. The second is communicating data from a Fragment to an Activity.
An Activity knows which Fragments it contains since it creates them, so it's easy to communicate that way - just call methods on the Fragment itself. But the inverse is not true; Fragments might be attached to any number of random Activities, so it doesn't know anything about it's parent.
The solution is to implement an interface that the Activity implements and the Fragment knows how to communicate with. That way, your Fragment has something it knows how to talk with. There are specific code examples for how to do it here: http://developer.android.com/guide/components/fragments.html#CommunicatingWithActivity
(In particular, check out the "Creating event callbacks to the activity" code examples).

So you'd create an Interface to talk with the Activity if the event happened in the Fragment. For situations like this, you can simply make an accessible method in the Fragment that the Activity can call. So
public class MyEditTextFragment extends Fragment {
private EditText mEditText;
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.edit_text_fragment, container, false);
return view;
}
#Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
mEditText = (EditText) getView().findViewById(R.id.my_edit_text);
}
public Editable getText() {
return mEditText.getText();
}
}
Then
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
final MyEditTextFragment fragment1 = (MyEditTextFragment)
getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.detailfragment_placeholder);
final MyEditTextFragment fragment2 = (MyEditTextFragment)
getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.detailfragment_placeholder2);
Button submitButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.submit_button);
submitButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v){
String firstResult = fragment1.getText().toString();
String secondResult = fragment2.getText().toString();
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, OtherActivity.class);
intent.putExtra("result1", firstResult);
intent.putExtra("result2", secondResult);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
}
}
This assumes that you assigned the Fragment tags in your FragmentTransaction. Be sure to check for null Fragments (omitted for brevity)

Activity will be received data from updateDetail() method in Fragment
//// Activity
public class RssfeedActivity extends Activity implements MyListFragment.OnItemSelectedListener {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_rssfeed);
Button btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn);
btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Log.d("Annv - Fragment", "onClick here");
}
});
}
// if the wizard generated an onCreateOptionsMenu you can delete
// it, not needed for this tutorial
#Override
public void onRssItemSelected(String link) {
// DetailFragment fragment = (DetailFragment) getFragmentManager()
// .findFragmentById(R.id.detailFragment);
// if (fragment != null && fragment.isInLayout()) {
// fragment.setText(link);
// }
// Intent start = new Intent(this, RssfeedSecondActivity.class);
// startActivity(start);
DetailFragment fragment = (DetailFragment) getFragmentManager()
.findFragmentById(R.id.detailFragment);
if (fragment != null && fragment.isInLayout()) {
fragment.setText(link);
}
}
}
/// Fragment
public class MyListFragment extends Fragment {
private OnItemSelectedListener listener;
private OnItemStartActivityListener listenerStartAct;
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_rsslist_overview,
container, false);
Button button = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.button1);
Log.d("Annv - Fragment", "run on " + getActivity().toString());
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
updateDetail();
}
});
return view;
}
public interface OnItemSelectedListener {
public void onRssItemSelected(String link);
}
public interface OnItemStartActivityListener {
public void onRssStartActivity(String link);
}
#Override
public void onAttach(Activity activity) {
super.onAttach(activity);
if (activity instanceof OnItemSelectedListener) {
Log.d("Annv - Fragment", "activity " + activity.getLocalClassName());
listener = (OnItemSelectedListener) activity;
} else if (activity instanceof OnItemStartActivityListener) {
Log.d("Annv - Fragment", "activity " + activity.getLocalClassName());
listenerStartAct = (OnItemStartActivityListener) activity;
} else {
throw new ClassCastException(activity.toString()
+ " must implemenet MyListFragment.OnItemSelectedListener");
}
}
// May also be triggered from the Activity
public void updateDetail() {
// create fake data
// String newTime = String.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis());
// // Send data to Activity
// listenerStartAct.onRssItemSelected(newTime);
if (getActivity() instanceof OnItemSelectedListener) {
listener.onRssItemSelected("start start");
} else {
String newTime = String.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis());
listenerStartAct.onRssStartActivity(newTime);
}
}
}

Open Android Navigation Drawer from an activity class

I am working on android Navigation Drawer and through their documentation it looks like, the drawer can only extend Fragment Activity, so that to open drawer from all my activities, I need to make all my activities a fragment, which is not a feasible solution.
Is there a way I can open a drawer that extends FragmentActivity from an Activity?
When I try to extend my drawer activity from Activity class, and another activity that will open the drawer extending the draweractivity class (here SlideMenuActivity), the app crashes giving NullPointerException.
Below is the code for opening a drawer layout but once the first activity launches, I am unable to access the drawer.
App is crashing on syncState point in onPostCreate method
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
getActionDrawerToggle().syncState();
}
public class SlideMenuActivity extends FragmentActivity implements OnItemClickListener
{
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
setDrawerLayout();
setDrawerList();
if (savedInstanceState == null)
{
getDrawerListView().setSelectionAfterHeaderView();
getDrawerListView().setSelection(1);
selectItem(1);
}
}
//
// #Override
// public void setContentView(int layoutResID) {
// // TODO Auto-generated method stub
// super.setContentView(layoutResID);
// }
private DrawerLayout getDrawerView()
{
return (DrawerLayout)findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
}
private ListView getDrawerListView()
{
return (ListView) findViewById(R.id.left_drawer);
}
private ActionBarDrawerToggle getActionDrawerToggle()
{
ActionBarDrawerToggle drawerToggle=new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
this, /* host Activity */
getDrawerView(), /* DrawerLayout object */
R.drawable.ic_drawer, /* nav drawer image to replace 'Up' caret */
R.string.drawer_open, /* "open drawer" description for accessibility */
R.string.drawer_close /* "close drawer" description for accessibility */
) {
#Override
public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {
super.onDrawerClosed(view);
}
#Override
public void onDrawerOpened(View view) {
super.onDrawerOpened(view);
}
};
return drawerToggle;
}
private void setDrawerLayout(){
// set a custom shadow that overlays the main content when the drawer opens
getDrawerView().setDrawerShadow(R.drawable.drawer_shadow, GravityCompat.RELATIVE_HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK);
// enable ActionBar app icon to behave as action to toggle navigation drawer
getDrawerView().setDrawerListener(getActionDrawerToggle());
}
/**
* Set up the drawer's list view with items and click listener
*/
private void setDrawerList()
{
ImageView imageView=new ImageView(this);
imageView.setImageDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.precision_logo));
CustomBaseAdapter adapter=new CustomBaseAdapter();
adapter.list=getListViewData();
adapter.context=this;
ListView drawerList=getDrawerListView();
drawerList.setHeaderDividersEnabled(true);
drawerList.addHeaderView(imageView, null, false);
drawerList.setScrollingCacheEnabled(false);
drawerList.setAdapter(adapter);
drawerList.setOnItemClickListener(this);
}
private void selectItem(int position){
// update the main content by replacing fragments
// Fragment fragment=null;
// FragmentManager manager=getSupportFragmentManager();
switch (position) {
case 1:
this.startActivity(new Intent(this,SavedTankListActivity.class));
// fragment = new SavedMixesFragment();
// fragment = new SavedTankListActivity();
// manager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.content_frame, fragment).commit();
break;
case 2:
// fragment=new MixGuideFragment();
// manager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.content_frame, fragment).commit();
break;
default:
// fragment = new SavedMixesFragment();
// manager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.content_frame, fragment).commit();
break;
}
getDrawerView().closeDrawer(getDrawerListView());
}
#Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
getActionDrawerToggle().syncState();
}
#Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
getActionDrawerToggle().onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}
private ArrayList<DrawerListModel> getListViewData()
{
ArrayList<DrawerListModel> listViewData=new ArrayList<DrawerListModel>();
String[] listItemArray=getResources().getStringArray(R.array.slide_bar_list_item_array);
for(int index=0;index<listItemArray.length;index++)
{
DrawerListModel model=new DrawerListModel();
model.listItem=listItemArray[index];
listViewData.add(model);
}
return listViewData;
}
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position,long id)
{
view.setSelected(true);
selectItem(position);
}
public void openDrawerList(View view){
getDrawerView().openDrawer(getDrawerListView());
}
}

I too was looking through the documentation and thought that I had to switch all my activities into fragments. Just to clear it up, this is simply not the case. You can have as many elements under the linear layout or whatever as needed.
For example if your base activity without the appdrawer is:
<RelativeLayout>
<TextView>
</TextView>
<Button>
<Button>
</RelativeLayout>
Simply do
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
<RelativeLayout>
<TextView>
</TextView>
<Button>
<Button>
</RelativeLayout>
<ListView>
</ListView>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

Supposedly you can have a main activity where you put the navigation drawer and all sub activity classes get to use the drawer, but what i don't understand is how do you avoid repeating the layout containing the drawerfor all sub activities.

Navigation Drawers do NOT need to be in a fragment. You can create a class that will then be extended from all of your activities (as you were attempting to do).
public class SlideMenuActivity extends Activity{..}
your main activity would look like
public class MainActivity extends SlideMenuActivity{..}
The SlideMenuActivity can be implemented in the same way as described in creating a navigation activity.
All of your XML pages would include this:
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#FFFFFF" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/left_drawer"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:background="#111"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#CCCCCC"
android:dividerHeight="1dp" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
Without seeing your logcat output, I am not sure why you are receiving an error, but hopefully this can help you get through a bit more of the navigation drawer code.