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cyrill
cyrill

Reputation: 73

Xamarin Android: How to align items to the left of an Actionbar

I have a custom Actionbar and currently im trying to align the menu-icon to be on the left of the title. My actionbar

How can i achieve that?

Heres my "menu.xml":

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item 
  android:id="@+id/menu_OpenMenu"
  android:title="OpenMenu"
  android:icon="@drawable/Image_OpenMenu"
  app:showAsAction="always" />
<item 
  android:id="@+id/action_Search"
  android:title="Search"
  android:icon="@drawable/Image_Search"
  android:queryHint="Search..."
  app:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
  app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"/>  
</menu>

And heres how i inflate it:

public override bool OnCreateOptionsMenu(IMenu menu)
    {
        MenuInflater.Inflate(Resource.Menu.Top_Menus_Main, menu);

        // SearchView
        var item = menu.FindItem(Resource.Id.action_Search);
        var searchActionView = MenuItemCompat.GetActionView(item);
        searchView = searchActionView as Android.Support.V7.Widget.SearchView;

        return base.OnCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
    }

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1110

Answers (1)

Fahad Rehman
Fahad Rehman

Reputation: 1199

Action bar button are aligned at the right side you can not align them at the left side without custom view.

check out this How to set two custom actionbar button in left and right in android?

Upvotes: 1

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