Custom Toolbar Views not centered

Question

When using ActionBarDrawerToggle with my custom Toolbar, the TextViews in the Toolbar are no longer centered.

main_layout.xml

<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical">

        <include layout="@layout/toolbar" />

        <FrameLayout
            android:id="@+id/flContent"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_marginTop="?attr/actionBarSize"
            android:fitsSystemWindows="true" />
    </RelativeLayout>

    <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
        android:id="@+id/nvView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="start"
        android:background="@android:color/white"
        app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header"
        app:menu="@menu/drawer_view" />

</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

toolbar.xml

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
    android:background="?attr/colorPrimaryDark"
    android:elevation="5dp"
    android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
    app:contentInsetLeft="0dp"
    app:contentInsetStart="0dp"
    app:contentInsetStartWithNavigation="0dp"
    app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize">

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_centerInParent="true"
            android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
            android:orientation="vertical">

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/tvNavTitle"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:background="@color/colorBackgroundBlack"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:textColor="@color/colorWhite"
                android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_large" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/tvNavDate"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:background="@color/colorBackgroundBlack"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:textColor="@color/colorWhite"
                android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_small" />
        </LinearLayout>

        <ImageView
            android:layout_width="35dp"
            android:layout_height="35dp"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:src="@mipmap/ic_launcher" />
    </RelativeLayout>

</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

I tried setting the contentInsetStart and other attributes on the Toolbar, but nothing changed.

Answer 1

The problem here is that ActionBarDrawerToggle's icon is set as the navigation button on the Toolbar. This button is a special child of Toolbar that will take precedence in the layout. Any other child Views added to the Toolbar will be allotted only the space remaining after that ImageButton is placed. This is pushing the left side of your RelativeLayout to the right, so the TextViews you have centered in that will not be centered with respect to the Toolbar itself.

Fortunately, Toolbar's LayoutParams has a gravity property that we can utilize to center the LinearLayout and its TextViews directly in the Toolbar, without having to wrap them in another ViewGroup. We can also set the gravity appropriately on your ImageView to similarly align that to the right side.

In this example, we apply that center gravity by setting the LinearLayout's layout_gravity to center. Be sure to also change the layout_width values to wrap_content, or you'll be in the same boat as before. The ImageView here has its layout_gravity set to right|center_vertical, replacing those layout_* attributes specific to RelativeLayout.

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
    android:background="?attr/colorPrimaryDark"
    android:elevation="5dp"
    android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
    app:contentInsetLeft="0dp"
    app:contentInsetStart="0dp"
    app:contentInsetStartWithNavigation="0dp"
    app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:orientation="vertical">

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/tvNavTitle"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textColor="@color/colorWhite"
            android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_large" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/tvNavDate"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textColor="@color/colorWhite"
            android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_small" />

    </LinearLayout>

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="35dp"
        android:layout_height="35dp"
        android:layout_gravity="right|center_vertical"
        android:src="@mipmap/ic_launcher" />

</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

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Answer 2

I had the same issue and I fixed with the android:contentInset

Try with this code:

<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" 
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

        <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
            android:id="@+id/app_bar_layout"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

            <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
                android:id="@+id/toolbar"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
                android:background="@color/colorPrimary"
                android:contentInsetEnd="50dp"
                android:contentInsetLeft="50dp"
                android:contentInsetRight="50dp"
                android:contentInsetStart="50dp"
                android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
                app:contentInsetEnd="50dp"
                app:contentInsetLeft="50dp"
                app:contentInsetRight="50dp"
                app:contentInsetStart="50dp"
                app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light">

                <LinearLayout
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:gravity="center_horizontal"
                    android:layout_centerInParent="true"
                    android:orientation="vertical">

                    <TextView
                        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                        android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
                        android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
                        android:text="@string/app_name_short"
                        android:textColor="#fff"
                        android:textSize="20dp" />

                </LinearLayout>

            </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

        </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>


        <FrameLayout
            android:id="@+id/main_fragment_container"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_below="@+id/app_bar_layout" />


    </RelativeLayout>

</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>