Contextual action bar does not overlay my toolbar

Question

I have created an activity and set toolbar as the actionbar which i have positioned at the bottom.

Inside that activity, I have a listview that contain some data.

Problem is, when I long press a list item, contextual action bar appears at the top instead of overlaying my toolbar which is positioned at the bottom.

my activity theme

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="myActivityTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="android:windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>
</style>

my toolbar

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
    android:id="@+id/toorbar"
    android:background="@android:color/white"
    android:layout_gravity="bottom">
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

my activity

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
    ToolBar toolbar =(ToolBar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar)
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar)
}

What should i do to make CAB overlay my toolbar?

EDIT

This is onCreateActionMode method in my class that handle long clicks

private class Selector implements AbsListView.MultiChoiceModeListener{

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateActionMode(android.view.ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
        mode.getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.my_activity_menu,menu);
        toolbar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        return true;
    }

Hulsey

why are u showing toolbar in onCreateActionMode using toolbar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE); ?? – Salimeter

You need to remove that line – Salimeter

@RajeshJadav i only want the toolbar(now my actionbar) to be visible when one long press a list item. i then set it to INVISIBLE when an action has beentaken – Hulsey

Actually you do not need to do that. when you use windowActionModeOverlay to true. contectuctual actionbar replaces toolbar but you are showing toolbar in onCreateActionMode which is not required. when you click on done button in contectuctual actionbar then toolbar automatically replaces contectuctual actionbar – Salimeter

@RajeshJadav i don't know why this CAB still think i have an actionbar at the top! imagine even after removing that toolbar.setVisibliity line. it stills shows at the top of my activity – Hulsey

@RajeshJadav have any other suggestion boss? – Hulsey

can you show your app screenshot? – Salimeter

Answer 1

Since my toolbar was at the bottom of the activity, solution was to make my own contextual action bar that will overlay it.

This project below gave me a head start.

https://github.com/afollestad/material-cab

Hulsey

Answer 2

If you want the Contextual ActionBar overlap over Toolbar then use this

<item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>

instead of

<item name="android:windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>

Salimeter

i have tried teven removing android namespace but it still appears at the top instead of overlaying my toolbar at the bottom – Hulsey

your edit is exactly what i have used in my question and still problem appears – Hulsey

no Parent theme is different in edit. it is Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar instead of Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar and also need to remove <item name="windowActionBar">false</item> – Salimeter

problem still appears even after changing parent to Theme.AppCompact.NoActionBar – Hulsey

which Activity you are using AppCompatActivity? – Salimeter

my activity extends ActionBarActivity(by the way it is marked as depricated) – Hulsey

pls check by Extending AppCompatActivity instead of ActionBarActivity – Salimeter

that doesnt solve my problem. please see my EDIT on how i have implemented oncreateactionmode – Hulsey

It solves my issue exactly i removed android:windowActionModeOverlay to windowActionModeOverlay ,Thanks alot – Eviaevict

@Rajesh It's have been a long time. I can see your answer has helped many people here solve the same problem so I'm going to accept it. – Hulsey

Answer 3

This worked For me,

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

            <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
            <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
            <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
            <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
            <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
            <item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>

     </style>

Tamqrah

Answer 4

you can try this theme this may solve your problem.

 <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

        <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
        <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>

 </style>

Dashed

This doesn't solve the problem. it only changes CAB's theme/style but not moving it to bottom where my toolbar is located – Hulsey

Answer 5

<!-- Base application theme. -->
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/color_primary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/color_primary_dark</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/color_accent</item>

        <item name="alertDialogTheme">@style/AppCompatAlertDialogStyle</item>

        <!-- required for toolbar in prelolipop -->
        <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
        **<item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>**

    </style>

use <item name="windowActionModeOverlay>true</item> for Contextual action bar to overlay toolbar. And remove if you have used <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>. It worked for me.

Felix