Android - Snackbar vs Toast - usage and difference

Question

We have been using just Toasts in our application so far and as we are planning to adopt some new features from Support Design Library I am wondering what\'s the recommended

Answer 1

Difference between Toast and Snackbar Android

• Toast messages can be customized and printed anywhere on the screen, but a Snackbar can be only shown in the bottom of the screen.
• A Toast message doesn’t have action button, but Snackbar may have action button optionally.
• Toast message cannot be off until the time limit finish, but Snackbar can be swiped off before the time limit.
• You can set how long the message will be shown using this three different values.

    Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG
    Snackbar.LENGTH_SHORT
    Snackbar.LENGTH_INDEFINITE

Usage

Toast

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Hello",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

Snackbar

Snackbar snackbar = Snackbar.make(view,"This is Simple Snackbar",Snackbar.LENGTH_SHORT);
snackbar.show();