Here is source code of the Program to Add a Custom View to the ActionBar in Android. The program is successfully compiled and run on a Windows system using Eclipse Ide. The program output is also shown below.
Main Activity
package com.example.add_custom_view_action_bar; import android.annotation.SuppressLint; import android.app.ActionBar; import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.KeyEvent; import android.widget.EditText; import android.widget.TextView; import android.widget.TextView.OnEditorActionListener; import android.widget.Toast; @SuppressLint("NewApi") public class MainActivity extends Activity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar(); // add the custom view to the action bar actionBar.setCustomView(R.layout.actionbar_view); EditText search = (EditText) actionBar.getCustomView().findViewById( R.id.searchfield); search.setOnEditorActionListener(new OnEditorActionListener() { @Override public boolean onEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event) { Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Search triggered", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); return false; } }); actionBar.setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM | ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_HOME); } }
Activity_Main
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context=".MainActivity" > <TextView android:id="@+id/textView1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:layout_marginTop="193dp" android:text="Demonstrate Adding Custom View to Action Bar" android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" /> </RelativeLayout>
actionbar_view
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <EditText xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/searchfield" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:inputType="textFilter" android:text="Text"> </EditText>
