Android ActionBar - Push custom view to bottom of screen

Question

I\'ve got a split ActionBar, and I\'m trying to add functionality almost identical to google play\'s \'Now playing\'..

I can get menu items to appear at the bottom of th

Answer 1

I've done a solution based on yours, including custom layout on top + custom layout on bottom + title/subtitle + home icon. Here is the code:

public class SplitABActivity extends Activity{
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    ActionBar ab = getActionBar();
    ab.setTitle("Action Bar Title");
    ab.setSubtitle("Action Bar Subtitle");
    ab.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);

    LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(Activity.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    RelativeLayout layout = (RelativeLayout) inflater.inflate(R.layout.ab_custom_layout, null);
    ab.setCustomView(layout);
    ab.setSplitBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.BLUE));
    ab.setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM  | ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_HOME | ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_TITLE);
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_including_layout, menu);
    RelativeLayout layout = (RelativeLayout) menu.findItem(R.id.layout_item).getActionView();
    View v = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.ab_bottom_layout, null);
    layout.addView(v); 

    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
}

ab_custom_layout.xml

menu_including_layout.xml

ab_bottom_layout.xml

Code works perfect for me. I can see the split ActionBar when my tablet is on portrait. On landscape it is wide enough to store all the items on the top.

Hope it helps