Contextual action bar does not overlay my toolbar

Question

I have created an activity and set toolbar as the actionbar which i have positioned at the bottom.

Inside that activity, I have a listview that contain some data.

Problem is, when I long press a list item, contextual action bar appears at the top instead of overlaying my toolbar which is positioned at the bottom.

my activity theme

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="myActivityTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="android:windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>
</style>

my toolbar

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
    android:id="@+id/toorbar"
    android:background="@android:color/white"
    android:layout_gravity="bottom">
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

my activity

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
    ToolBar toolbar =(ToolBar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar)
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar)
}

What should i do to make CAB overlay my toolbar?

EDIT

This is onCreateActionMode method in my class that handle long clicks

private class Selector implements AbsListView.MultiChoiceModeListener{

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateActionMode(android.view.ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
        mode.getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.my_activity_menu,menu);
        toolbar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        return true;
    }

why are u showing toolbar in onCreateActionMode using toolbar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE); ?? — Rajesh Jadav, Nov 17 '15 at 12:25
@RajeshJadav i only want the toolbar(now my actionbar) to be visible when one long press a list item. i then set it to `INVISIBLE` when an action has beentaken — Edijae Crusar, Nov 17 '15 at 12:27
Actually you do not need to do that. when you use windowActionModeOverlay to true. contectuctual actionbar replaces toolbar but you are showing toolbar in onCreateActionMode which is not required. when you click on done button in contectuctual actionbar then toolbar automatically replaces contectuctual actionbar — Rajesh Jadav, Nov 17 '15 at 12:31
@RajeshJadav i don't know why this CAB still think i have an actionbar at the top! imagine even after removing that `toolbar.setVisibliity` line. it stills shows at the top of my activity — Edijae Crusar, Nov 17 '15 at 12:38

Rajesh Jadav · Answer 1 · 2018-01-29T09:27:57.507

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If you want the Contextual ActionBar overlap over Toolbar then use this

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

instead of

<item name="android:windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>

edited Jan 29 '18 at 09:27

answered Nov 17 '15 at 11:47

Rajesh Jadav

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i have tried teven removing `android namespace` but it still appears at the top instead of overlaying my toolbar at the bottom – Edijae Crusar Nov 17 '15 at 11:52
**your edit is exactly what i have used in my question and still problem appears** – Edijae Crusar Nov 17 '15 at 11:57
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no Parent theme is different in edit. it is Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar instead of Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar and also need to remove false – Rajesh Jadav Nov 17 '15 at 11:58
problem still appears even after changing parent to `Theme.AppCompact.NoActionBar` – Edijae Crusar Nov 17 '15 at 12:02
which Activity you are using AppCompatActivity? – Rajesh Jadav Nov 17 '15 at 12:03
my activity extends `ActionBarActivity`(by the way it is marked as depricated) – Edijae Crusar Nov 17 '15 at 12:06
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pls check by Extending AppCompatActivity instead of ActionBarActivity – Rajesh Jadav Nov 17 '15 at 12:07
that doesnt solve my problem. please see my **EDIT** on how i have implemented `oncreateactionmode` – Edijae Crusar Nov 17 '15 at 12:25
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It solves my issue exactly i removed android:windowActionModeOverlay to windowActionModeOverlay ,Thanks alot – kondal Nov 08 '16 at 03:33
@Rajesh It's have been a long time. I can see your answer has helped many people here solve the same problem so I'm going to accept it. – Edijae Crusar Apr 24 '18 at 17:07

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 11 '18 at 07:00

This worked For me,

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

            <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
            <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
            <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
            <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
            <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
            <item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>

     </style>

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 17 '15 at 11:43

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you can try this theme this may solve your problem.

 <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

        <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
        <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>

 </style>

answered Nov 17 '15 at 11:43

vishal jangid

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This doesn't solve the problem. it only changes CAB's theme/style but **not moving it to bottom where my toolbar is located** – Edijae Crusar Nov 17 '15 at 11:54

Aman Srivastava · Answer 4 · 2016-10-20T12:34:19.213

<!-- Base application theme. -->
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/color_primary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/color_primary_dark</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/color_accent</item>

        <item name="alertDialogTheme">@style/AppCompatAlertDialogStyle</item>

        <!-- required for toolbar in prelolipop -->
        <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
        **<item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>**

    </style>

use <item name="windowActionModeOverlay>true</item> for Contextual action bar to overlay toolbar. And remove if you have used <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>. It worked for me.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '18 at 12:23

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Since my toolbar was at the bottom of the activity, solution was to make my own contextual action bar that will overlay it.

This project below gave me a head start.

https://github.com/afollestad/material-cab

answered May 25 '18 at 12:23

Edijae Crusar

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