How to add checkbox to material navigation drawer?

Question

I use Menu items Icon Menu but I want to add checkbox to all menu item. This is my drawer_menu.xml

Answer 1

In response to @Alex's answer, you can use it like this :

<item
    android:id="@+id/checkboxX-axis"
    android:title="Show x-axis"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_x_axis_black_24dp"
    app:actionViewClass="android.widget.CheckBox"
    />

and to access the checkBox programatically you can do this :

MenuItem menuItem = navigationView.getMenu().findItem(R.id.checkboxX_axis);
CompoundButton compundButton = (CompoundButton) menuItem.getActionView();
compundButton.setChecked(true) // or set an eventListener to it.

Answer 2

After long research i decide to use custom sliding drawer. I solved my problem maybe you can use my way.So i have checkbox now.

First of all i defined drawer_list_item.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="30dp"
android:background="@color/list_item_title">

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/icon"
    android:layout_width="25dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_marginLeft="12dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="12dp"
    android:contentDescription="@string/desc_list_item_icon"
    android:src="@drawable/ic_home"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/title"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_toRightOf="@id/icon"
    android:minHeight="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeightSmall"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceListItemSmall"
    android:textColor="@color/counter_text_bg"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:text="text"
    android:paddingRight="40dp"/>

<CheckBox
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/checkBox"
    android:checked="false"
    android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
    android:buttonTint="@color/md_indigo_500"
    android:layout_marginEnd="19dp"
    android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/title"
    android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/title"
    android:layout_alignParentEnd="true" />

</RelativeLayout>

now we have icon,text, and lovely checkbox.

after that i add listview in activity_main.xml

<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout   
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!-- Framelayout to display Fragments -->
<FrameLayout
    android:id="@+id/frame_container"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" />

<!-- Listview to display slider menu -->
<ListView
    android:id="@+id/list_slidermenu"
    android:layout_width="240dp"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="start"
    android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
    android:divider="@android:color/transparent"
    android:dividerHeight="0dp"
    android:listSelector="@drawable/list_selector"
    android:background="@color/list_item_title"/>

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

i put the ListView here. finally i defined programmatically code in onCreate in MainActivity.java

    mTitle = mDrawerTitle = getTitle();     
    navMenuTitles = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.nav_drawer_items);
    navMenuIcons = getResources().     
    obtainTypedArray(R.array.nav_drawer_icons);

    mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
    mDrawerList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list_slidermenu);

    navDrawerItems = new ArrayList<NavDrawerItem>();
    navDrawerItems.add(new NavDrawerItem(navMenuTitles[0],   
    navMenuIcons.getResourceId(0, -1)));

    navDrawerItems.add(new NavDrawerItem(navMenuTitles[1],  
    navMenuIcons.getResourceId(1, -1)));

    navDrawerItems.add(new NavDrawerItem(navMenuTitles[2], 
    navMenuIcons.getResourceId(2, -1)));

    navDrawerItems.add(new NavDrawerItem(navMenuTitles[3], 
    navMenuIcons.getResourceId(3, -1)));

    navDrawerItems.add(new NavDrawerItem(navMenuTitles[4], 
    navMenuIcons.getResourceId(4, -1)));

    navDrawerItems.add(new NavDrawerItem(navMenuTitles[5],   
    navMenuIcons.getResourceId(5, -1)));

    navMenuIcons.recycle();


    adapter = new NavDrawerListAdapter(getApplicationContext(),
            navDrawerItems);
    mDrawerList.setAdapter(adapter);


    getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
    getActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);

    mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, mDrawerLayout,         
      R.string.app_name, 
    ){
        public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {
            getActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);
            invalidateOptionsMenu();
        }

        public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
            getActionBar().setTitle(mDrawerTitle);
            invalidateOptionsMenu();
        }
    };
    mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);

@Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    boolean drawerOpen = mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mDrawerList);
    menu.findItem(R.id.action_settings).setVisible(!drawerOpen);
    return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}

@Override
public void setTitle(CharSequence title) {
    mTitle = title;
    getActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);
}

@Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);.
    mDrawerToggle.syncState();
}

@Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
    mDrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}

and also you have use

i take icon and text in string.xml you have to define string array for text and array for icon. i follow this tutorial for this code this is very useful you can find more detail in http://www.androidhive.info/2013/11/android-sliding-menu-using-navigation-drawer/

I hope this solution is useful.

Answer 3

With app:actionLayout you can make miracles happen.

Here's an example achieving custom widgets in drawer without any Java code:

<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:openDrawer="end"
    >
    <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="end"
        android:background="@android:color/white"
        app:menu="@menu/widgets"
        />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

menu/widgets.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
    <item
        android:title="Widgets"
        >
        <menu>
            <item
                android:title="Checkable menu item (checked)"
                android:checkable="true"
                android:checked="true"
                />
            <item
                android:title="CheckBox"
                app:actionLayout="@layout/widget_check" />
            <item
                android:title="Switch"
                app:actionLayout="@layout/widget_switch" />
            <item
                android:title="EditText"
                app:actionLayout="@layout/widget_edit" />
            <item
                android:title=""
                app:actionLayout="@layout/widget_wide" />
            <item
                android:title="NumberPicker"
                app:actionLayout="@layout/widget_number" />
            <item
                android:title="Custom LinearLayout number"
                app:actionLayout="@layout/widget_custom" />
        </menu>
    </item>
</menu>

All the layouts (each is a single file)

<!-- layout/widget_check.xml -->
<CheckBox
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:text="check"
    android:checked="true"
    />

<!-- layout/widget_edit.xml -->
<EditText
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="hello"
    android:inputType="text"
    />

<!-- layout-v14/widget_switch.xml
     for older versions you can add a CheckBox into layout/widget_switch.xml
     and treat both as Checkable or CompoundButton -->
<Switch
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:checked="true"
    tools:targetApi="ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH"
    />

<!-- layout/widget_wide.xml
     Just some text, notice that it's wide on the UI because it has a lot of text,
     and not because it has match_parent -->
<TextView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:background="#888"
    android:text="Wide can be only forced by content, match_parent doesn't work"
    />

<!-- layout-v11/widget_number.xml
     you're probably better off creating a custom widget anyway -->
<NumberPicker
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    tools:targetApi="HONEYCOMB"
    />

<!-- layout/widget_custom.xml -->
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    >
    <Button
        android:layout_width="32dp"
        android:layout_height="32dp"
        android:padding="0dp"
        android:text="&lt;"
        android:gravity="center"
        />
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="12"
        />
    <Button
        android:layout_width="32dp"
        android:layout_height="32dp"
        android:padding="0dp"
        android:text="&gt;"
        android:gravity="center"
        />
</LinearLayout>

Connecting with code

You can access it just like any other menu:

// <item android:id="@+id/switch" title="Switch" ... />
NavigationView nav = (NavigationView)findViewById(R.id.navigation_view);
MenuItem switchItem = nav.getMenu().findItem(R.id.switch);
CompoundButton switchView = (CompoundButton)MenuItemCompat.getActionView(switchItem);
switchView.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new OnCheckedChangeListener() {
    @Override public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) { }
});

Answer 4

Alternative solution to TWiStErRob code is to use actionViewClass

   <item
        android:id="@+id/nav_switch"
        android:title="Switch"
        app:actionViewClass="android.widget.Switch"
    />

So u dont need to create the layout file. Of course, for case of Switch, it should be menu for API 14+