Toolbar can still be interacted with in Contextual ActionBar

Question

The Contextual ActionBar doesn't integrate with the toolbar, like it did with the ActionBar. It will appear above the toolbar. This can be fixed by placing

`<item `name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>`

inside styles.xml

The problem is that while the CAB now overlays the toolbar, that's all it does. This means, that I can still interact with the toolbar when in action mode.

I have included a picture of the problem below. Here you can see that the spinner found on the toolbar, still comes up when I press area where the spinner is located on the toolbar.

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Is there a way to fix this?

Are you setting the `ToolBar` as the `ActionBar` using `setSupportActionBar()` or `setActionBar()`? — Emmanuel, Apr 21 '15 at 19:31
support AB. Here is my code: Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.app_bar); setSupportActionBar(toolbar); — HaloMediaz, Apr 21 '15 at 19:32
Post your solution as an answer, not as an edit to the question — Chris Stratton, Apr 23 '15 at 20:24
@Hey you. Undeleted it :) Any help would be much appreciated :) — HaloMediaz, Aug 08 '15 at 18:02

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 23 '15 at 22:06

Solution

hide the toolbar when actionmode is first created. Do not set View.GONE, as this will remove the space of the toolbar. Instead user View.INVISIBLE. This keeps the toolbar space.

@Override
    public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode actionMode, Menu menu) {
        getActivity().getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.contextual_action_bar, menu);
        toolbar.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);

        return true;
    }

Make toolbar visible when action mode is destroyed.

@Override
    public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode mode) {
        this.mActionMode = null;
        toolbar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
    }

While this absolutely works it seems more like a workaround than a real solution for me. — reVerse, Apr 24 '15 at 16:08
I agree. I tried everything I could think of. This was the only thing that worked :) — HaloMediaz, Apr 24 '15 at 17:01

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 21 '15 at 21:35

0

You should use android:dropDownVerticalOffset="60dp"

<Spinner
    android:id="@+id/toolbar_spinner"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:dropDownVerticalOffset="60dp"
    android:dropDownWidth="match_parent"
    android:spinnerMode="dropdown" />

edited Apr 21 '15 at 21:35

Ziem

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answered Apr 21 '15 at 19:46

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But that doesn't fix the problem, as this doesn't disable the toolbar while in CAB. – HaloMediaz Apr 21 '15 at 23:04

Toolbar can still be interacted with in Contextual ActionBar

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