Action bar custom view

android android-3.0-honeycomb android-actionbar
FHan picture FHan · Apr 21, 2011 · Viewed 25.5k times · Source

I want to declare a custom view, BUT I also want the home logo with up icon to appear on the left with its default functionality. How can I achieve to use both?

Answer

alexanderblom picture alexanderblom · Apr 22, 2011

Best way is to use XML styles:

<style name="Theme.Main" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light">
    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/Widget.ActionBar</item>
</style>

<style name="Widget.ActionBar" parent="android:Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:displayOptions">showHome|useLogo|showCustom</item>
    <item name="android:customNavigationLayout">@layout/custom</item>
</style>

Then simply set this theme as either the application theme or activity them in AndroidManifest.xml

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