Add views below toolbar in CoordinatorLayout

Question

I have the following layout:

<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
    android:id="@+id/main_content"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
        android:id="@+id/appBar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.ActionBar">

        <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
            android:id="@+id/toolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
            app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways"
            app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"/>

    </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

    <FrameLayout
        android:id="@+id/content"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        />
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

I add Fragments into the FrameLayout, replacing them. One of my Fragments is a list, which has the following layout:

<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/recyclerView"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"/>

My problem here that the toolbar is drawn over the list. I tried to solve that by wrapping the content of the CoordinatorLayout into a LinearLayout, that solved the overdraw, but that way the appbar scrolling behavior no longer work.

Any help is much appreciated!

Sigmund

Answer 1

Take the attribute

app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"

off the RecyclerView and put it on the FrameLayout that you are trying to show under the Toolbar.

I've found that one important thing the scrolling view behavior does is to layout the component below the toolbar. Because the FrameLayout has a descendant that will scroll (RecyclerView), the CoordinatorLayout will get those scrolling events for moving the Toolbar.

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One other thing to be aware of: That layout behavior will cause the FrameLayout height to be sized as if the Toolbar is already scrolled, and with the Toolbar fully displayed the entire view is simply pushed down so that the bottom of the view is below the bottom of the CoordinatorLayout.

This was a surprise to me. I was expecting the view to be dynamically resized as the toolbar is scrolled up and down. So if you have a scrolling component with a fixed component at the bottom of your view, you won't see that bottom component until you have fully scrolled the Toolbar.

So when I wanted to anchor a button at the bottom of the UI, I worked around this by putting the button at the bottom of the CoordinatorLayout (android:layout_gravity="bottom") and adding a bottom margin equal to the button's height to the view beneath the toolbar.

Measurable

Thanks very much, this really works! My only problem after that if the toolbar was moved out, it did not return after replacing the Fragment containing with a list with another Fragment. I managed to manually show the toolbar this way. – Sigmund

Having the layout of the view coupled with the scrolling behavior is a problem if you want to expand/collapse the app bar programmatically without any scroll event. – Ejaculate

Answer 2

I managed to fix this by adding:

android:layout_marginTop="?android:attr/actionBarSize"

to the FrameLayout like so:

 <FrameLayout
        android:id="@+id/content"
        android:layout_marginTop="?android:attr/actionBarSize"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
       />

Feudal

Instead of adding marginTop add app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" – Deaconry

Perfect solution when @string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior is not available – Raffinate

Please use android:layout_marginTop="?android:attr/actionBarSize" – Nancienancy

This is kinda hacky, adding a margin of what the size MIGHT be (assuming you will always have a toolbar that size) is going to break at some point – Zeringue

It will definitely break if you use a CollapsingToolbarLayout, the height will not be constant in that case – Ejaculate

Answer 3

To use collapsing top ToolBar or using ScrollFlags of your own choice we can do this way:From Material Design get rid of FrameLayout

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">

<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">

        <com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            app:contentScrim="?attr/colorPrimary"
            app:expandedTitleGravity="top"
            app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways">


        <androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            app:layout_collapseMode="pin">

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/ic_back"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:src="@drawable/ic_arrow_back" />

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="back"
                android:textSize="16sp"
                android:textStyle="bold" />

        </androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar>


        </com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout>
    </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

        <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
            android:id="@+id/post_details_recycler"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:orientation="vertical"
            android:padding="5dp"
            app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
            />

</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

Calore

Answer 4

As of Android studio 3.4, You need to put this line in your Layout which holds the RecyclerView.

app:layout_behavior="android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout$ScrollingViewBehavior"

Resale

Answer 5

Take a look at it. Try giving margin of the same size as that of toolbar

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    app:layout_behavior="android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout$ScrollingViewBehavior"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

        <com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
            android:id="@+id/toolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize" />

    </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>


    <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
        android:id="@+id/constraintLayout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_marginTop="?attr/actionBarSize">

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="TextView"
            app:layout_anchor="@+id/constraintLayout"
            app:layout_anchorGravity="center"
            app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />


    </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>


</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

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