how to use setSupportActionBar in fragment
This site has the solution which worked for me!
Pasting it:
toolbar = (Toolbar) getView().findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
AppCompatActivity activity = (AppCompatActivity) getActivity();
activity.setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
You can setSupportActionbar like this in fragments:
((AppCompatActivity)getActivity()).setSupportActionBar(mToolbar);
You need to inflate tabbar_layout
in onCreateView
of Fragment
.
Like this:
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.tabbar_layout, container, false);
//YOUR STUFF
return rootView;
}
The suggested solution works, but it doesn't look elegant, ideally a fragment shouldn't know anything about its parent activity. An alternative might be not to use setSupportActionBar
at all. If you use navigation library it might be easier to add a Toolbar to the fragment layout and setup it using NavigationUI, for example:
<!-- my_fragment.xml -->
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout ... >
<com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
app:menu="@menu/my_fragment_menu"
... />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
class MyFragment : Fragment() {
...
override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)
val navController = findNavController()
binding.toolbar.setupWithNavController(navController)
binding.toolbar.setOnMenuItemClickListener {
when (it.itemId) {
// these ids should match the item ids from my_fragment_menu.xml file
R.id.edit -> {
Log.i("MyFragment", "edit menu item is clicked")
// by returning 'true' we're saying that the event
// is handled and it shouldn't be propagated further
true
}
else -> false
}
}
// if you prefer not to use xml menu file
// you can also add menu items programmatically
val shareMenuItem = binding.toolbar.menu.add(R.string.share)
shareMenuItem.setOnMenuItemClickListener {
Log.i("MyFragment", "share menu item is clicked")
true
}
}
}
You can find the full GitHub example here. Also take a look at another question Is setSupportActionbar required anymore? and my answer for more details.