Fixed navigation header in navigation drawer while scrolling through items

Question

CURRENT STATE: NavigationDrawer with a NavigationHeader and NavigationMenu items. The items are large in number so scrolling is required in order to access the items towards the bottom.

REQUIREMENT: When scrolling down to the bottom, the NavigationHeader should stay fixed

Here's my activity_main layout file

<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
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:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:openDrawer="start">

<include
    layout="@layout/app_bar_main"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" />

<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
    android:id="@+id/nav_view"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="start"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    android:background="#00000000"
    app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header_main"
    app:menu="@menu/activity_main_drawer"
    />

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

Here's my navigation_header_main layout file

<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#3d3b3b"

android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark">

<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="100dp"
    android:src="@drawable/categories"
    android:padding="1dp"
    />

</RelativeLayout>

P.S I am new to android dev. Please ask for more resources if required

Answer 1

Found a workaround. Definitely not the most efficient one. Please suggest if anything could be done from here.

<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
  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:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
  tools:openDrawer="start">

<include
  layout="@layout/app_bar_main"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent" />

<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>
  android:id="@+id/nav_view"
  android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:layout_gravity="start"
  android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
  android:background="#00000000"
  app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header_main"
  app:menu="@menu/activity_main_drawer">

 <include layout="@layout/nav_header_main"

 <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>

Definitely works. But the header layout is redundant

Answer 2

I know its too old question but i sharing a solution that's working for me:

1. PLACE nav_header_main inside NavigationView

<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
        android:id="@+id/nav_view"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="start"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
        app:menu="@menu/activity_main_drawer" >

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

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

2. ADD some empty item as suitable for your header height in @menu/activity_main_drawer file

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:enabled="false"
          android:title=" " />
    <item android:enabled="false"
          android:title=" " />
    <group android:checkableBehavior="single">
        <item
            android:id="@+id/home"
            android:title="@string/home" />
        ......
    </group>
</menu>        

Answer 3

Just wrap the navigation view into a linear layout

<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
    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:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    tools:openDrawer="start">

    <include
        layout="@layout/app_bar_main"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical">

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

        <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
            android:id="@+id/nav_view"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_gravity="start"
            android:background="#00000000"
            android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
            app:menu="@menu/activity_main_drawer"/>

    </LinearLayout>

Answer 4

Hey guys I've come up with a solution for the nav_drawer and how we can implement the static nav_drawer without writing any extra coding.

I'm sharing git link of the project that I'm currently working on. Thanks !! Below is the activity_main.xml file and I've used Navigation View Menu

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout 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:id="@+id/drawer"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@drawable/ic_main_bg_shape"
        android:orientation="vertical">

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/whats_cool"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginStart="260dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="400dp"
            android:background="@drawable/buttonshape"
            android:fontFamily="@font/delius_unicase"
            android:shadowColor="#362802"
            android:shadowDx="4"
            android:shadowDy="3"
            android:shadowRadius="10"
            android:text="What's Cool"
            android:textColor="#003931"
            android:textSize="12sp" />

    </LinearLayout>


    <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
        app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="@color/gray_white"
        app:menu="@menu/nav_drawer"
        android:layout_gravity="start"
        app:itemTextColor="@color/darkBlue"
        app:itemIconTint="@color/darkBlue"
        >
    <include layout="@layout/nav_header"/>

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

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

And you don't need to make any changes into your header layout and nav_drawer.

Answer 5

1. Remove orientation from RelativeLayout. It doesn't support it
2. Set android:gravity="bottom" for parent RelativeLayout of header view.

My mistake, It will still scroll. You need to have custom recycler view for your navigation menu. So it scrolls in it's own container