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Android

Alex Hedley
Alex Hedley
16,381 Points
Posted by Alex Hedley
Alex Hedley
16,381 Points

Android iOS Toolbar equivalent

Hi

I'm creating an app on both iOS and Android. I've not done Android dev before so this is new waters for me. The iOS one is mostly completed and now I've replicating it in Android. I'm using a web view to display a page. On this page I want to input a value into a textbox. On iOS I have a toolbar along the bottom of the app which has a button i click with allows me to enter the value I want to pass to the textbox.

Is there an Android equivalent of a toolbar?

I've done some research but not come across any tutorials that have helped, maybe I'm searching the wrong this.

I've looked at 'LinearLayout' is this the route to go down?

Any pointers would be helpful.

Thanks

1 Answer

Alex Hedley
Alex Hedley
16,381 Points
Alex Hedley
Alex Hedley
16,381 Points

'activity.java'

private Toolbar toolbar;
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.myToolbar);

In the 'activity.xml'

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    android:id="@+id/myToolbar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:background="@color/orange"
    />