HI friends I'm newbie in android and need Your help very much. I have an Activity extended ListActivity I want to add Custom ActionBar to it. Some friends suggested to use ListFragment but i couldn't do it. To using custom ActionBar in other activities like MainActivity I extended it from custom ActionBar activity and called actionbar method.
Tank You All.
ListActivity:
public class AlbumsActivity extends ListActivity {
// Connection detector
ConnectionDetector cd;
// Alert dialog manager
AlertDialogManager alert = new AlertDialogManager();
// Progress Dialog
private ProgressDialog pDialog;
// Creating JSON Parser object
JSONParser jsonParser = new JSONParser();
ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> albumsList;
// albums JSONArray
JSONArray albums = null;
// albums JSON url
private static final String URL_ALBUMS = "http://api.androidhive.info/songs/albums.php";
// ALL JSON node names
private static final String TAG_ID = "id";
private static final String TAG_NAME = "name";
private static final String TAG_SONGS_COUNT = "songs_count";
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_albums);
cd = new ConnectionDetector(getApplicationContext());
// Check for internet connection
if ( !cd.isConnectingToInternet()) {
// Internet Connection is not present
alert.showAlertDialog(AlbumsActivity.this, "Internet Connection Error",
"Please connect to working Internet connection", false);
// stop executing code by return
return;
}
// Hashmap for ListView
albumsList = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>();
// Loading Albums JSON in Background Thread
new LoadAlbums().execute();
// get listview
ListView lv = getListView();
/**
* Listview item click listener
* TrackListActivity will be lauched by passing album id
* */
lv.setOnItemClickListener(new android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View view, int arg2,
long arg3) {
// on selecting a single album
// TrackListActivity will be launched to show tracks inside the album
Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), TrackListActivity.class);
// send album id to tracklist activity to get list of songs under that album
String album_id = ((TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.album_id)).getText().toString();
i.putExtra("album_id", album_id);
startActivity(i);
}
});
}
/**
* Background Async Task to Load all Albums by making http request
* */
class LoadAlbums extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {
/**
* Before starting background thread Show Progress Dialog
* */
@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
pDialog = new ProgressDialog(AlbumsActivity.this);
pDialog.setMessage("Listing Albums ...");
pDialog.setIndeterminate(false);
pDialog.setCancelable(false);
pDialog.show();
}
/**
* getting Albums JSON
* */
@Override
protected String doInBackground(String... args) {
// Building Parameters
List<NameValuePair> params = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
// getting JSON string from URL
String json = jsonParser.makeHttpRequest(URL_ALBUMS, "GET",
params);
// Check your log cat for JSON reponse
Log.d("Albums JSON: ", "> " + json);
try {
albums = new JSONArray(json);
if (albums != null) {
// looping through All albums
for (int i = 0; i < albums.length(); i++) {
JSONObject c = albums.getJSONObject(i);
// Storing each json item values in variable
String id = c.getString(TAG_ID);
String name = c.getString(TAG_NAME);
String songs_count = c.getString(TAG_SONGS_COUNT);
// creating new HashMap
HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
// adding each child node to HashMap key => value
map.put(TAG_ID, id);
map.put(TAG_NAME, name);
map.put(TAG_SONGS_COUNT, songs_count);
// adding HashList to ArrayList
albumsList.add(map);
}
} else {
Log.d("Albums: ", "null");
}
}
catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
/**
* After completing background task Dismiss the progress dialog
* **/
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) {
// dismiss the dialog after getting all albums
pDialog.dismiss();
// updating UI from Background Thread
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
/**
* Updating parsed JSON data into ListView
* */
ListAdapter adapter = new SimpleAdapter(
AlbumsActivity.this, albumsList,
R.layout.list_item_albums, new String[]{ TAG_ID,
TAG_NAME, TAG_SONGS_COUNT }, new int[]{
R.id.album_id, R.id.album_name, R.id.songs_count });
// updating listview
setListAdapter(adapter);
}
});
}
}
CustomActionBar:
public class CustomActionBar extends Activity {
public void actionbarMethod() {
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View actionBarView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.custom_actionbar, null);
ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_STANDARD);
actionBar.setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM);
actionBar.setCustomView(actionBarView, new ActionBar.LayoutParams
(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT));
final DrawerLayout drawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
ImageView btnmenu = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.btnmenu);
btnmenu.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
if (drawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(Gravity.RIGHT)) {
drawerLayout.closeDrawer(Gravity.RIGHT);
} else {
drawerLayout.openDrawer(Gravity.RIGHT);
}
}
});
}
}
MainActivity:
public class MainActivity extends CustomActionBar {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
actionbarMethod();
..................
}
}
You can create a layout with a custom
Toolbar(which is the newer version ofActionBarspecifically made to allow customizations) and then include that layout in the layout for any activity you want to use it in.