Android Toolbar - How to implement Spinner for navigation mode?
android, android-actionbar, android-layout, android-toolbar
Solution
As you rightly said, the `setNavigationMode()` method is now considered passé. To get the spinner in API 21, you need to use the `Toolbar` in this way:
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar_actionbar"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary">
<Spinner
android:id="@+id/spinner_toolbar"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
Add the above code to your `Activity`'s layout. To set up the `Toolbar` in this `Activity`, you need to do this:
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_layout);
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar_actionbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
}
Try this. This will work.
Problem
What is currently the correct way to implement the View Control (No. 2 from the below screenshot taken from Android's design guide): I found this example but when I tried to replicate it, I noticed that methods like: actionBar.setNavigationMode() are already deprecated. So how should I implement it? I thought at first that it's a Spinner but I see apparently that it's not exactly the same and can I still use ActionBar or should I better move to use Toolbar (yes, I am confused...)