When i'm click on my drawer toggle i'm get the following exception
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No drawer view found with gravity
LEFT
This is my activity_drawer.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"/>
<FrameLayout
android:id="@+id/content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
<fragment
android:id="@+id/navigation"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:name="com.xyz.ui.navigation.NavigationFragment"
tools:layout="@layout/fragment_navigation" />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
My fragment_navigation.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ListView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start">
</ListView>
And my list item
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:text="Large Text"
android:id="@+id/navigation_item_text"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" />
</LinearLayout>
From documentation
To use a DrawerLayout, position your primary content view as the first child with a width and height of match_parent. Add drawers as child views after the main content view and set the layout_gravity appropriately. Drawers commonly use match_parent for height with a fixed width.
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"/>
<FrameLayout
android:id="@+id/content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
</LinearLayout>
<fragment
android:id="@+id/navigation"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:name="com.xyz.ui.navigation.NavigationFragment"
tools:layout="@layout/fragment_navigation" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
Ok. Let me make the things simple and clear here.
What is DrawerLayout
?https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/widget/DrawerLayout.html
DrawerLayout
Acts as a top-level container for window content that allows for
interactive "drawer" views to be pulled out from the edge of the
window. Drawer positioning and layout is controlled using the android:layout_gravity
attribute on child views corresponding to which side of the view you
want the drawer to emerge from: left or right. (Or start/end on
platform versions that support layout direction.) To use a
DrawerLayout
, position your primary content view as the first child with a width
and height of match_parent
. Add drawers as child views after the main content view and set the
layout_gravity
appropriately. Drawers commonly use match_parent
for height with a fixed width.
What is DrawerLayout
?, In Simple words:
- The layout supported by Android that allows you to have an overlay screen, called as drawer, over your main screen.
- DrawerLayout needs childviews to work, similar to the LinearLayout and RelativeLayout.
- The childview must have either of the property set
android:layout_gravity="start"
OR android:layout_gravity="left"
- DrawerLayout uses this childView to know from where to start showing the Drawer i.e. From Left to Right or Right to
Left. There are countries where the text is read from Right to Left.
Techie Stuff:
- EVENT#1: ActionBarDrawerToggle.java is set as the drawer listener for the DrawerLayout
DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawerLayout);
ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, mDrawerLayout,
toolbar,R.string.navigation_drawer_open,
R.string.navigation_drawer_close)
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
EVENT#2: The user clicks on the Toolbar.navigationIcon that calls the toggle()
function
ActionBarDrawerToggle.java (android-sdk\sources\android-22\android\support\v7\app\ActionBarDrawerToggle.java)
private void toggle() {
if (mDrawerLayout.isDrawerVisible(GravityCompat.START)) {
mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
} else {
mDrawerLayout.openDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
}
}
Gravity.java (android-sdk\sources\android-22\android\view\Gravity.java)
/** Push object to x-axis position at the start of its container,
not changing its size.*/
public static final int START = RELATIVE_LAYOUT_DIRECTION | Gravity.LEFT;
EVENT#3: Toggle()
function calls the mDrawerLayout.openDrawer(Gravity.START)
DrawerLayout.java (support-v4-22.1.1.jar library)
/*** Open the specified drawer by animating it out of view. **
@param gravity Gravity.LEFT to move the left drawer or Gravity.RIGHT
for the right. * GravityCompat.START or GravityCompat.END may also
be used. */
public void openDrawer(@EdgeGravity int gravity) {
final View drawerView = findDrawerWithGravity(gravity);
if (drawerView == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("No drawer view found with gravity " +
gravityToString(gravity));
}
openDrawer(drawerView);
}
EVENT#4: If no childView of the DrawerLayout is set with the layout_gravity="start”
or left
the No drawer view found with gravity LEFT
is thrown.
Solution:
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
<!--This will appear when the drawer is closed (default view)-->
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary" />
</LinearLayout>
<!-- This will appear when the drawer is opened -->
<!-- the property,android:layout_gravity, is used internally to identify imageView as the view to be displayed when the drawer is opened -->
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height=" match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:background="@drawable/img_shree_ganesha" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
I hope that helps. Happy Coding…
The "Android Drawer" needs to be a direct child node of the "DrawerLayout".
In your example above (re: original question example), you only have a single direct child node under "DrawerLayout" ("LinearLayout"), and no drawer view after it.
Move your drawer view out of your LinearLayout and place it after it.
in my case, because DrawerLayout attr: tools:openDrawer="start"
i added android:layout_gravity="start"
for the second element
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
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:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:openDrawer="right"
tools:context=".map.MapFragment">
<include layout="@layout/fragment_map" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="@+id/content_frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="@+id/nav_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:background="@color/white"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:menu="@menu/drawer_view"
app:headerLayout="@layout/drawer_nav_header"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
You should use the same gravity in DrawerLayout and NavigationView: for example: tools:openDrawer="right"in DrawerLayout tag and android:layout_gravity="right" in NavigationView tag
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
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:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:openDrawer="right"
tools:context=".map.MapFragment">
<include layout="@layout/fragment_map" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="@+id/content_frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="@+id/nav_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:background="@color/white"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:menu="@menu/drawer_view"
app:headerLayout="@layout/drawer_nav_header"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
If you check more closely, you will notice that there are indeed two top level elements: LinearLayout and fragment.
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No drawer view found with gravity LEFT
SOLUTION
Assign a layout_gravity = "start" or "left" attribute to one of your DrawerLayout child view if your drawer layout already have a child view. OR
Simply create a child view inside your DrawerLayout View and give it a layout_gravity = "start" or "left" attribute.
for example
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.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:id="@+id/mDrawer_Layout"
tools:context="com.rad5.matdesign.MainActivity">
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:openDrawer="start">
<!-- Notice that here an image view as a child of the Drawer layout was -->
<!-- given a layout_gravity="start" -->
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="start"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:id="@+id/appBar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"/>
<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
android:id="@+id/tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:id="@+id/viewpager"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" />
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="@+id/nav_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header"
app:menu="@menu/menu_navigation_items" />
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
Are you using right to left(RTL) layout? Setting gravity left on RTL layout would throw this exception. This can be fixed by setting gravity start instead of left