Android appcompat toolbar stretches when searchview gets focus

Question

I\'m updating an app to use the new Toolbar instead of the regular ActionBar. In my app the user must be able to select a contact from their contac

Answer 1

I had the same issue with a SearchView on a Toolbar with a TextView and Spinner in it. Closing the SearchView (either by pressing the Toolbar back button or by switching to a different tab in the ViewPager) caused the Toolbar to stretch out to just below the top of the keyboard.

I solved it by placing an extra layout around the views in my Toolbar.

Before:

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

        <TextView             
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

        <Spinner
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

After

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="horizontal">

        <TextView 
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

        <Spinner             
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

    </LinearLayout>

</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

Answer 2

The accepted answer works fine, however I needed an alternative that would allow to view the Toolbar under translucent status bar.

The problem is that Toolbar uses paddings to cover for system components. As a result, the paddingBottom of the Toolbar is being set to soft keyboard's height whenever the keyboard appears. Solution was to reset the padding before calling super.onMeasure in my custom Toolbar class:

public class MyToolbar extends Toolbar {

   (...)

   @Override
   protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
       setPadding(getPaddingLeft(), getPaddingTop(), getPaddingRight(), 0);
       super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
    }
}

Answer 3

I had the same problem than OP, I tried the android:fitsSystemWindows="true" solution, but it was half resolved: the searchview didn't expand anymore but the notification bar (top of screen) became totally white (like the layout background) instead of red (my app theme).

I found an alternative way and it's working like a charm, so for those who are stuck, try this:

In your manifest, just add this line in your activity section:

android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"

Example:

<activity
    android:name=".MainActivity"
    android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan"
    android:label="My main activity" >
</activity>

Answer 4

Ok, I figured it out. There was no problem with the SearchView, because the same happened with ordinary EditTexts which were placed normally inside a layout xml. The Toolbar wasn't the problem either.

I created an empty activity and played around with anything I changed in my app and finally came to my theme. On KitKat and later I had <item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item> set on the theme, so the navigation drawer would appear behind the status bar.

Disabling/removing this would resolve the issue. This reminded me of the android:fitsSystemWindows="true" property. It is set on the Toolbar, but not in the layout xml of the main activity that contains the DrawerLayout. I guess the DrawerLayout sets itself to fit the system windows. E.g. there's no fitSystemWindows property here:

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

The activity where the problem occurred did not have a NavigationDrawer, it was a new activity. Setting android:fitsSystemWindows="true" on the root node of the layout of the activity made things work fine.

So, for anyone to read this: if you have <item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item> in your theme, make sure any root node containing a toolbar contains a android:fitsSystemWindows="true".

Working sample:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    android:orientation="vertical">

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

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

            <EditText
                android:id="@+id/editText"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:singleLine="true" />

            <Button
                android:id="@+id/button2"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="New Button" />
        </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Answer 5

I ran into a similar issue and setting showAsAction="always|collapseActionView" inside the Search Menu Item (menu.xml) solved the stretching of the toolbar for me.

Answer 6

I had same issue like this but did't help above answers but after lots of search found something.

may help you too.!!

after add this attribute in toolbar

android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
style="@style/ToolBarStyle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="@color/myPrimaryColor"
android:minHeight="@dimen/abc_action_bar_default_height_material" >

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/toolbar_title"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:textSize="18sp"
    android:textColor="@color/myTextPrimaryColor"
    android:layout_gravity="center" />

</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>