Android: Positioning Action Items on the left of the Action Bar

Question

Hello everyone,

The first two pictures from the top is currently what I have. The arrow changes images when you click it. I want to make the arrow(action item) closer to the title(sort by) due to design requirements. I have tried to add blank action items to push the arrow over closer to the title but will not work to the various screen sizes.I also realize that the action bar is quite limited as you can only add action items to the right of the action bar.

I gave an example by displaying the bottom two pictures. As you can see the arrow is close to the Chinese title.

Any Ideas will be greatly appreciated as I am quite stuck. Thanks in advance !

Regards,

Ryan

Answer 1

You might be able to tell what the Chinese app is doing via uiautomatorviewer. Possibilities include:

• They are using the logo, where the Chinese characters and the arrow are both part of the graphic image. See setDisplayUseLogoEnabled().

• They have disabled the title and are using a custom navigation view. See setCustomView().