I\'m trying to figure out the right way to use a custom font for the toolbar title, and center it in the toolbar (client requirement).
At the moment, i\'m using the
I use this solution:
static void centerToolbarTitle(@NonNull final Toolbar toolbar) {
final CharSequence title = toolbar.getTitle();
final ArrayList<View> outViews = new ArrayList<>(1);
toolbar.findViewsWithText(outViews, title, View.FIND_VIEWS_WITH_TEXT);
if (!outViews.isEmpty()) {
final TextView titleView = (TextView) outViews.get(0);
titleView.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
final Toolbar.LayoutParams layoutParams = (Toolbar.LayoutParams) titleView.getLayoutParams();
layoutParams.width = ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT;
toolbar.requestLayout();
//also you can use titleView for changing font: titleView.setTypeface(Typeface);
}
}
public class TestActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private Toolbar toolbar;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
super.setContentView(R.layout.activity_test);
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.tool_bar); // Attaching the layout to the toolbar object
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
customizeToolbar(toolbar);
}
public void customizeToolbar(Toolbar toolbar){
// Save current title and subtitle
final CharSequence originalTitle = toolbar.getTitle();
final CharSequence originalSubtitle = toolbar.getSubtitle();
// Temporarily modify title and subtitle to help detecting each
toolbar.setTitle("title");
toolbar.setSubtitle("subtitle");
for(int i = 0; i < toolbar.getChildCount(); i++){
View view = toolbar.getChildAt(i);
if(view instanceof TextView){
TextView textView = (TextView) view;
if(textView.getText().equals("title")){
// Customize title's TextView
Toolbar.LayoutParams params = new Toolbar.LayoutParams(Toolbar.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, Toolbar.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
params.gravity = Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL;
textView.setLayoutParams(params);
// Apply custom font using the Calligraphy library
Typeface typeface = TypefaceUtils.load(getAssets(), "fonts/myfont-1.otf");
textView.setTypeface(typeface);
} else if(textView.getText().equals("subtitle")){
// Customize subtitle's TextView
Toolbar.LayoutParams params = new Toolbar.LayoutParams(Toolbar.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, Toolbar.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
params.gravity = Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL;
textView.setLayoutParams(params);
// Apply custom font using the Calligraphy library
Typeface typeface = TypefaceUtils.load(getAssets(), "fonts/myfont-2.otf");
textView.setTypeface(typeface);
}
}
}
// Restore title and subtitle
toolbar.setTitle(originalTitle);
toolbar.setSubtitle(originalSubtitle);
}
}
You can use like the following
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/top_actionbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="@style/AppThemeToolbar">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/pageTitle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
/>
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
we don't have direct access to the ToolBar title TextView so we use reflection to access it.
private TextView getActionBarTextView() {
TextView titleTextView = null;
try {
Field f = mToolBar.getClass().getDeclaredField("mTitleTextView");
f.setAccessible(true);
titleTextView = (TextView) f.get(mToolBar);
} catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
}
return titleTextView;
}
Update from @MrEngineer13's answer: to align title center in any cases, including Hamburger icon, option menus, you can add a FrameLayout
in toolbar like this:
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar_top"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="@color/action_bar_bkgnd"
app:theme="@style/ToolBarTheme" >
<FrameLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Toolbar Title"
android:layout_gravity="center"
style="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Title"
android:id="@+id/toolbar_title" />
</FrameLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
As I see it you have two options:
1) Edit the toolbar XML. When your Toolbar is added in the XML it usually looks like that:
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:elevation="4dp"
app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay"/>
if you want to customize it just remove the '/' in the end and make it like that:
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:elevation="4dp"
app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay">
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/toolbar_iv"
android:layout_width="30dp"
android:layout_height="30dp"
android:src="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/toolbar_tv"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:gravity="center"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="@+id/toolbar_iv"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
that way you can have a toolbar and customize the textview and the logo.
2) Programrticly change the native textview and icon:
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.ic_question_mark);
getSupportActionBar().setTitle("Title");
make sure your toolbar is not null before you set anything in it.