Ziem
Ziem

Reputation: 6697

Action Bar list navigation title

How can I add title to Action Bar's list navigation? Is it possible? I'm using Action Bar Sherlock.

How it works:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16134555/list_nav_1.png

I want to get this result:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16134555/list_nav_2.pn

Activity:

getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.logo);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_HOME);
Context context = getSupportActionBar().getThemedContext();
ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> list = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(context, R.array.menu, R.layout.sherlock_spinner_item);
list.setDropDownViewResource(R.layout.sherlock_spinner_dropdown_item);
getSupportActionBar().setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_LIST);
getSupportActionBar().setListNavigationCallbacks(list, this);

R.array.menu:

<string-array name="menu">
    <item>Menu</item>
    <item>1</item>
    <item>2</item>
</string-array>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2501

Answers (1)

Matthias Robbers
Matthias Robbers

Reputation: 15728

This can be done with a custom ArrayAdapter and a getView method that always sets the same text, the menu title.

class ActionBarArrayAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<String> {
    private Context mContext;

    public ActionBarArrayAdapter(Context context, String[] items) {
        super(context, 0, items);
        mContext = context;
    }

    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        if (convertView == null) {
            convertView = LayoutInflater.from(mContext).inflate(
                    R.layout.sherlock_spinner_item, null);
        }
        ((TextView) convertView.findViewById(android.R.id.text1))
                .setText("Menu");
        return convertView;
    }
}

This is how to initialize the Adapter:

ActionBarArrayAdapter list = new ActionBarArrayAdapter(context,
            getResources().getStringArray(R.array.menu));
list.setDropDownViewResource(R.layout.sherlock_spinner_dropdown_item);

Upvotes: 2

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