Using Navigation Drawer without TitleBar or ActionBar

Question

I\'m adding a Navigation Drawer to this app that I am developing and I have scoured the internet; forums, stackoverflow, android developer documentation, and still have not

Answer 1

It's quite simple actually. Easier than with ActionBar. I'm writing the answer with almost simplest of layouts

make your xml something like this:

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

<!-- This is how your main page will look, just 2 buttons -->

    <RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="100dp" >

        <Button
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:onClick="onLeft"
            android:text="left" />

        <Button
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:onClick="onRight"
            android:text="right" />
    </RelativeLayout>

<!-- Left Drawer -->
    <RelativeLayout
    android:id="@+id/whatYouWantInLeftDrawer"
    android:layout_width="240dp"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="start" >

        <ListView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="@android:color/background_dark" />
    <!-- you can have many more widgets here like buttons or labels -->
    </RelativeLayout>


<!-- Right Drawer -->
    <RelativeLayout
    android:id="@+id/whatYouWantInRightDrawer"
    android:layout_width="200dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="right" >

        <ListView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="@android:color/holo_green_light" />
    <!-- you can have many more widgets here like buttons or labels -->
    </RelativeLayout>

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

Then make your activity something like this:

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

RelativeLayout leftRL;
RelativeLayout rightRL;
DrawerLayout drawerLayout;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
//      I'm removing the ActionBar.
        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        leftRL = (RelativeLayout)findViewById(R.id.whatYouWantInLeftDrawer);
        rightRL = (RelativeLayout)findViewById(R.id.whatYouWantInRightDrawer);
        drawerLayout = (DrawerLayout)findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
    }

    public  void onLeft(View view) {
         drawerLayout.openDrawer(leftRL);
    }

    public  void onRight(View view) {
         drawerLayout.openDrawer(rightRL);
    }
}

That's it. Hope it helps.

Answer 2

I was trying to add navigation drawer to an already existing activity (Which was without action bar) solution for me was to remove the line:

android:fitsSystemWindows="true" 

from <android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout in my Activity's xml file.

Answer 3

I know that it is possible to do this without using either of these things. What I am wondering is how.

Step #1: Follow the instructions for using DrawerLayout, such as the steps in this training guide, skipping anything related to the action bar.

Step #2: There is no step #2.

While DrawerLayout can work with the action bar, it is not required, and actually requires additional setup.