How to add the toolbar?

Question

After looking some similar questions I couldn't find why I have the Error inflating class android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar and how to fix it.

First in my main_activity.java I imported the two androidx statements as I found on other questions and I added the 2 lines for the toolbar as shown in point 5:

package com.example.tp01_android;
import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AlertDialog;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar;
...
import com.google.android.material.floatingactionbutton.FloatingActionButton;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    final Context context = this;
    private ArrayList<String> itemslistArray = new ArrayList<String>();
    private EditText newItemTextField;
    private ArrayAdapter simpleAdapter;
    private FloatingActionButton fab;

    @RequiresApi(api = Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP)
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        // ------------------------------- TOOLBAR -------------------------------------------------
        **Toolbar myToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.my_toolbar);
        setSupportActionBar(myToolbar);**
   }
...

Now in my main_activity.xml I added my toolbar following the point 4

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 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:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/my_toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
        android:elevation="4dp"
        android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.ActionBar"
        app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"/>

    <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">


        <com.google.android.material.floatingactionbutton.FloatingActionButton
            android:id="@+id/fab"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:clickable="true"
            android:focusable="auto"
            app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.98"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.389"
            app:srcCompat="@android:drawable/ic_input_add" />

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/editText2"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginTop="28dp"
            android:ems="10"
            android:inputType="textPersonName"
            android:text="Custom list:"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/listSimple" />


        <ListView
            android:id="@+id/listSimple"
            android:layout_width="397dp"
            android:layout_height="211dp"
            android:gravity="center_horizontal"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/editText">

        </ListView>

        <ListView
            android:id="@+id/customListView"
            android:layout_width="408dp"
            android:layout_height="294dp"
            android:gravity="center_horizontal"
            app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/editText2">

        </ListView>

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/editText"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:ems="10"
            android:inputType="textPersonName"
            android:text="Simple list:" />
    </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

What did I make wrong or what should I change ?

Answer 1

Your Toolbar import is wrong. Use the androidx one instead of support lib version. In your xml use androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar instead of android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar

See this for more info.

The guide you pointed hasn't been updated and is using the old support artifacts. Shift to the androidx.* version of toolbar as you have done with other components.

Answer 2

Use androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar instead of android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar in your main_activity.xml