Android - How to center a title (TextView) in a toolbar?

Question

On the left of my toolbar I have a logo, and I want to center a TextView in the same toolbar to act as my title. For some reason, the title does not center, and is instead on th

Answer 1

If you give gravity as center then it should work. One more way is to setting width of your textview as match_parent and giving text_alignment as center

Answer 2

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize">

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:text="@string/title_activity_add_medication"
            android:textSize="16sp"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:textAllCaps="true"
            android:layout_marginEnd="72dp"
            android:gravity="center"/>
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

Answer 3

There are a couple of ways to solve your problem. The quickest one would be to change your TextView as follows.

<TextView
            android:id="@+id/toolbar_title"
            android:layout_width="match_parent" // Fill parent
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            android:text="Sign Up"
            android:gravity="center" // Make the text center aligned
            android:textColor="#ffffff"
            android:textSize="21dp"
            android:textStyle="bold" />
    </LinearLayout>

This makes sure that your text would cover the entire space next to the icon and center the text within it. You dont even need a LinearLayout for that. It can be removed and it'll still work.