I am trying to create an ActionBar that has:
- Home button with heading on (left)
- TextView (centered)
- Overflow menu items (right)
I followed this answer to an almost identical question. The difference is that I would like to show the name. I tried actionBar.setTitle("Title"), but it is cut off by LinearLayout and is not visible.
How to create a custom view in the center of my ActionBar with the above elements?
Can I do without overriding the entire ActionBar?
Edit:
I installed an ActionBar here:
final ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
actionBar.setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
actionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(true);
actionBar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);
actionBar.setTitle("Title");
actionBar.setCustomView(R.layout.some_layout);
Here is the file some_layout.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/text_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Some Text" />
</LinearLayout>
Here is the result from the ActionBar that I get from this (I set the LinearLayout background to green and the text to white):

Here is what I am trying to get (without a green background):
