Get Toolbar's navigation icon view reference

Question

I would like to highlight drawer icon in my Toolbar (working on a tutorial). For that, I need its position. How do I get a reference to drawer's navigation icon (hamburger) view?

Answer 1

You can make use of content description of the view and then use findViewWithText() method to get view reference

 public static View getToolbarNavigationIcon(Toolbar toolbar){
        //check if contentDescription previously was set
        boolean hadContentDescription = !TextUtils.isEmpty(toolbar.getNavigationContentDescription());
        String contentDescription = hadContentDescription ? toolbar.getNavigationContentDescription() : "navigationIcon";
        toolbar.setNavigationContentDescription(contentDescription);
        ArrayList<View> potentialViews = new ArrayList<View>();
        //find the view based on it's content description, set programatically or with android:contentDescription
        toolbar.findViewsWithText(potentialViews,contentDescription, View.FIND_VIEWS_WITH_CONTENT_DESCRIPTION);
        //Nav icon is always instantiated at this point because calling setNavigationContentDescription ensures its existence 
        View navIcon = null;
        if(potentialViews.size() > 0){
            navIcon = potentialViews.get(0); //navigation icon is ImageButton
        }
         //Clear content description if not previously present
        if(!hadContentDescription)
            toolbar.setNavigationContentDescription(null);
        return navIcon;
     }

More

Kotlin extension property:

val Toolbar.navigationIconView: View?
        get() {
            //check if contentDescription previously was set
            val hadContentDescription = !TextUtils.isEmpty(navigationContentDescription)
            val contentDescription = if (hadContentDescription) navigationContentDescription else "navigationIcon"
            navigationContentDescription = contentDescription
            val potentialViews = arrayListOf<View>()
            //find the view based on it's content description, set programatically or with android:contentDescription
            findViewsWithText(potentialViews, contentDescription, View.FIND_VIEWS_WITH_CONTENT_DESCRIPTION)
            //Clear content description if not previously present
            if (!hadContentDescription) {
                navigationContentDescription = null
            }
            //Nav icon is always instantiated at this point because calling setNavigationContentDescription ensures its existence
            return potentialViews.firstOrNull()
        }