Padding between ActionBar's home icon and titl

Question

Does anybody know how to set padding between the ActionBar's home icon and the title?

Answer 1

I used \t before the title and worked for me.

Answer 2

I used this method setContentInsetsAbsolute(int contentInsetLeft, int contentInsetRight) and it works!

int padding = getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.toolbar_content_insets);
mToolbar.setContentInsetsAbsolute(padding, 0);

Answer 3

I adapted Cliffus answer and assigned the logo-drawable in my actionbar style definition, for instance like this in res/style.xml:

<item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>

<style name="MyActionBar" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar">
        <item name="android:background">#3f51b5</item>
        <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/ActionBar.TitleText</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">#fff</item>
        <item name="android:textSize">18sp</item>
        <item name="android:logo">@drawable/actionbar_space_between_icon_and_title</item>
</style>

The drawable looks like Cliffus' one (here with the default app launcher icon) in res/drawable/actionbar_space_between_icon_and_title.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item
        android:drawable="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:right="20dp"/>
</layer-list>

In the android_manifest.xml you can still set a different app icon (launcher icon on 'desktop'. Any different logo definition here are visible in activities without an action bar.

Answer 4

EDIT: make sure you set this drawable as LOGO, not as your app icon like some of the commenters did.

Just make an XML drawable and put it in the resource folder "drawable" (without any density or other configuration).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

    <item
        android:drawable="@drawable/my_logo"
        android:right="10dp"/>


</layer-list>

The last step is to set this new drawable as logo in your manifest (or on the Actionbar object in your activity)

Good luck!

Answer 5

You can change drawableSize of your DrawerArrow like this:

<style name="MyTheme" parent="android:Theme.WithActionBar">
    <item name="drawerArrowStyle">@style/DrawerArrowStyle</item>
</style>

<style name="DrawerArrowStyle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.DrawerArrowToggle">
    <item name="barLength">24dp</item>
    <item name="arrowShaftLength">24dp</item>
    <item name="arrowHeadLength">10dp</item>
    <item name="drawableSize">42dp</item> //this is your answer
</style>

It isn't correct answer, because you can't choose padding side and DrawerArrow icon scaling when change drawableSize (drawableSize = width = height). But you can margin from left. To margin from right do

findViewById(android.R.id.home).setPadding(10, 0, 5, 0);

Answer 6

I used AppBarLayout and custom ImageButton do to so.

<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
    android:id="@+id/appbar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:elevation="0dp"
    android:background="@android:color/transparent"
    android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">

   <RelativeLayout
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
       android:layout_height="match_parent">

       <ImageView
           android:layout_width="32dp"
           android:layout_height="32dp"
           android:src="@drawable/selector_back_button"
           android:layout_centerVertical="true"
           android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
           android:id="@+id/back_button"/>

       <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
           android:id="@+id/toolbar"
           android:layout_width="match_parent"
           android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
           app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"/>
    </RelativeLayout>    
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

My Java code:

findViewById(R.id.appbar).bringToFront();
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
final ActionBar ab = getSupportActionBar();
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);