how to change the padding or margin of the action

Question

how to change the top and bottom padding or margin of the action bar icon or logo space by using XML theme?

<style name="Theme.Whycheck" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="actionBarItemBackground">@drawable/selectable_background_whycheck</item>
    <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/ActionBar.Solid.Whycheck</item>
    <item name="actionModeBackground">@drawable/cab_background_top_whycheck</item>
    <item name="actionModeSplitBackground">@drawable/cab_background_bottom_whycheck</item>

            <!-- Light.DarkActionBar specific -->
    <item name="actionBarWidgetTheme">@style/Theme.Whycheck.Widget</item>

</style>

<style name="ActionBar.Solid.Whycheck" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
    <item name="background">@drawable/ab_solid_whycheck</item>
    <item name="backgroundStacked">@drawable/ab_stacked_solid_whycheck</item>
    <item name="backgroundSplit">@drawable/ab_bottom_solid_whycheck</item>
</style>

<style name="ActionBar.Transparent.Whycheck" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar">
    <item name="background">@drawable/ab_transparent_whycheck</item>
</style>

<!-- this style is only referenced in a Light.DarkActionBar based theme -->
<style name="Theme.Whycheck.Widget" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat">
</style>

Provided my styles.

Answer 1

you can try to make a custom view, and specifi the icon margin in it as you want: getActionBar().setCustomView(R.id.your_custom_view);

Answer 2

You can try to create a new style for your icon in action bar like this : *Add this code in your styles.xml

    <!-- style for Action Bar -->
<style name="MyActionBarTabStyle" parent="android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBarView">
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/actionbar_tab_bg</item>
    <item name="android:paddingLeft">32dp</item>
    <item name="android:paddingRight">32dp</item>
</style>

*add your style to the UI action bar .

Also you can see this exemple customizing-action-bar

Answer 3

add this line to your theme android:theme="@style/MyTheme"applied under application tag in manifest

<item name="android:actionButtonStyle">@style/ActionButtonStyle</item>

And

<style name="ActionButtonStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionButton">
        <item name="android:minWidth">80dip</item>
        <item name="android:paddingLeft">10dip</item>
        <item name="android:paddingRight">10dip</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/jd_white</item>
    </style> 

in your same style.xml

Answer 4

<style name="Theme.Whycheck" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="android:actionBarItemBackground">@drawable/selectable_background_whycheck</item>
    <item name="actionBarItemBackground">@drawable/selectable_background_whycheck</item>

    <item name="android:popupMenuStyle">@style/PopupMenu.Whycheck</item>
    <item name="popupMenuStyle">@style/PopupMenu.Whycheck</item>

    <item name="android:dropDownListViewStyle">@style/DropDownListView.Whycheck</item>
    <item name="dropDownListViewStyle">@style/DropDownListView.Whycheck</item>

    <item name="android:actionBarTabStyle">@style/ActionBarTabStyle.Whycheck</item>
    <item name="actionBarTabStyle">@style/ActionBarTabStyle.Whycheck</item>

    <item name="android:actionDropDownStyle">@style/DropDownNav.Whycheck</item>
    <item name="actionDropDownStyle">@style/DropDownNav.Whycheck</item>

    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/ActionBar.Solid.Whycheck</item>
    <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/ActionBar.Solid.Whycheck</item>

    <item name="android:actionModeBackground">@drawable/cab_background_top_whycheck</item>
    <item name="actionModeBackground">@drawable/cab_background_top_whycheck</item>

    <item name="android:actionModeSplitBackground">@drawable/cab_background_bottom_whycheck</item>
    <item name="actionModeSplitBackground">@drawable/cab_background_bottom_whycheck</item>

    <item name="android:actionModeCloseButtonStyle">@style/ActionButton.CloseMode.Whycheck</item>
    <item name="actionModeCloseButtonStyle">@style/ActionButton.CloseMode.Whycheck</item>

            <!-- Light.DarkActionBar specific -->
    <item name="android:actionBarWidgetTheme">@style/Theme.Whycheck.Widget</item>
    <item name="actionBarWidgetTheme">@style/Theme.Whycheck.Widget</item>
</style>

<style name="ActionBar.Solid.Whycheck" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/ab_solid_whycheck</item>
    <item name="background">@drawable/ab_solid_whycheck</item>

    <item name="android:backgroundStacked">@drawable/ab_stacked_solid_whycheck</item>
    <item name="backgroundStacked">@drawable/ab_stacked_solid_whycheck</item>

    <item name="android:backgroundSplit">@drawable/ab_bottom_solid_whycheck</item>
    <item name="backgroundSplit">@drawable/ab_bottom_solid_whycheck</item>

    <item name="android:progressBarStyle">@style/ProgressBar.Whycheck</item>
    <item name="progressBarStyle">@style/ProgressBar.Whycheck</item>
</style>

<style name="ActionBar.Transparent.Whycheck" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar">
    <item name="background">@drawable/ab_transparent_whycheck</item>
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/ab_transparent_whycheck</item>

    <item name="progressBarStyle">@style/ProgressBar.Whycheck</item>
    <item name="android:progressBarStyle">@style/ProgressBar.Whycheck</item>
</style>

<style name="PopupMenu.Whycheck" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.PopupMenu">    
    <item name="android:popupBackground">@drawable/menu_dropdown_panel_whycheck</item>  
</style>

<style name="DropDownListView.Whycheck" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ListView.DropDown">
    <item name="android:listSelector">@drawable/selectable_background_whycheck</item>
</style>

<style name="ActionBarTabStyle.Whycheck" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar.TabView">
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/tab_indicator_ab_whycheck</item>
</style>

<style name="DropDownNav.Whycheck" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Spinner.DropDown.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/spinner_background_ab_whycheck</item>
    <item name="android:popupBackground">@drawable/menu_dropdown_panel_whycheck</item>
    <item name="android:dropDownSelector">@drawable/selectable_background_whycheck</item>
</style>

<style name="ProgressBar.Whycheck" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar.Horizontal">
    <item name="android:progressDrawable">@drawable/progress_horizontal_whycheck</item>
</style>

<style name="ActionButton.CloseMode.Whycheck" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionButton.CloseMode">
    <item name="android:background">@drawable/btn_cab_done_whycheck</item>
</style>

<!-- this style is only referenced in a Light.DarkActionBar based theme -->
<style name="Theme.Whycheck.Widget" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat">
    <item name="popupMenuStyle">@style/PopupMenu.Whycheck</item>
    <item name="android:popupMenuStyle">@style/PopupMenu.Whycheck</item>

    <item name="dropDownListViewStyle">@style/DropDownListView.Whycheck</item>
    <item name="android:dropDownListViewStyle">@style/DropDownListView.Whycheck</item>
</style>

Answer 5

use your custom view for action bar and set the view using actionBar.setCustomView(View) & also set actionBar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true) . Refer to the link ActionBar - custom view with centered ImageView, Action Items on sides