How to add buttons like refresh and search in ToolBar in Android

Question

I have made a ToolBar  but when I add menu items in menu xml it always shows as an overflow  How do I add it separately  Moreover the Title is shown in the middle  vertically   how do I show it at the top   menu xml   lt menu 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      tools context  com example toolbar MainActivity   gt           lt item android id    id action search            android icon   drawable ic launcher            android title   string action search            android showAsAction  ifRoom            android orderInCategory  1             android menuCategory  secondary   gt        lt item         android id    id action settings          android orderInCategory  100          android title   string action settings          app showAsAction  never   gt    lt  menu gt    MainActivity java  package com example toolbar   import android support v7 app ActionBarActivity  import android support v7 widget Toolbar  import android os Bundle  import android view Menu  import android view MenuItem    public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity         Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout activity main           Toolbar toolbar    Toolbar  findViewById R id my awesome toolbar           setSupportActionBar toolbar             toolbar setNavigationIcon R drawable back           toolbar setLogo R drawable ic launcher             toolbar setTitle  Title              toolbar setSubtitle  Subtitle                      Override     public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu Menu menu               Inflate the menu  this adds items to the action bar if it is present          getMenuInflater   inflate R menu main  menu           return true              Override     public boolean onOptionsItemSelected MenuItem item               Handle action bar item clicks here  The action bar will            automatically handle clicks on the Home Up button  so long            as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest xml          int id   item getItemId            if  id    R id action settings                return true                    return super onOptionsItemSelected item             activity main xml   lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent       tools context  com example toolbar MainActivity   gt         lt android support v7 widget Toolbar          xmlns app  http   schemas android com apk res-auto           android id    id my awesome toolbar           android layout width  fill parent           android layout height  128dp           android layout alignParentLeft  true           android layout alignParentTop  true           android background   attr colorPrimary           android minHeight   attr actionBarSize           app theme   style ActionBarThemeOverlay  gt        lt  android support v7 widget Toolbar gt      lt  RelativeLayout gt

User · Answer

Try to do this   getSupportActionBar   setDisplayShowTitleEnabled false   getSupportActionBar   setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled false   getSupportActionBar   setDisplayShowTitleEnabled false     and if you made your custom toolbar  which i presume you did  then you can use the simplest way possible to do this   toolbarTitle    TextView findViewById R id toolbar title   toolbarSubTitle    TextView findViewById R id toolbar subtitle   toolbarTitle setText  Title    toolbarSubTitle setText  Subtitle      Same goes for any other views you put in your toolbar  Hope it helps

User · Answer

To control the location of the title you may want to set a custom font as explained here  by twaddington   Link   Then to relocate the position of the text  in updateMeasureState   you would add p baselineShift     int   p ascent     R   Similarly in updateDrawState   add tp baselineShift     int   tp ascent     R   Where R is double between -1 and 1

User · Answer

OK  I got the icons because I wrote in menu xml android showAsAction  ifRoom  instead of app showAsAction  ifRoom  since i am using v7 library   However the title is coming at center of extended toolbar  How to make it appear at the top

User · Answer

Add this line at the top    xmlns app  http   schemas android com apk res-auto   and then use   app showasaction  ifroom

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