setDrawerLayout(androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout) is deprecated

Question

I am trying set up Navigation Drawer Layout with App Bar Configuration using the new Android Architecture. The problem am having is that android studio is telling me the way am setting up the drawer layout is deprecated.

Here is my xml configuration


<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/container"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">

        <com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
            android:id="@+id/top_app_bar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            android:theme="@style/MaterialTheme"
            style="@style/Widget.MaterialComponents.Toolbar.Primary"
            />

    </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

    <androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:id="@+id/drawer_layout">

        <fragment
            android:id="@+id/nav_host_fragment"
            android:name="androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            app:defaultNavHost="true"
            app:navGraph="@navigation/navigation_graph"/>

        <com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView
            android:id="@+id/navigation_view"
            android:layout_width="230dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="@drawable/gradient_background"
            app:itemTextColor="@android:color/black"
            app:menu="@menu/drawer_menu"
            android:layout_gravity="start"
            android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
            android:theme="@style/Theme.Design">

        </com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView>

    </androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout>

</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

Here is how i declare the AppBarConfiguration and Drawer Layout


    private AppBarConfiguration appBarConfiguration;
    private NavController navController;
    MaterialToolbar topAppBar;

    private ActionBarDrawerToggle actionBarDrawerToggle;
    DrawerLayout drawerLayout;
    NavigationView navigationView;

Here is where i find the NavController, topAppBar, drawerLayout and NavigationView

        navController = Navigation.findNavController(this, R.id.nav_host_fragment);

        topAppBar = findViewById(R.id.top_app_bar);
        drawerLayout = findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
        navigationView = findViewById(R.id.navigation_view);

Here is the way am setting the drawer layout which is deprecated is there a new way of setting up the drawer layout that is not deprecated


    appBarConfiguration = new AppBarConfiguration.Builder(navController.getGraph())
                        .setDrawerLayout(drawerLayout)
                        .build();

Here is where am setting up with the NavigatioUi

NavigationUI.setupWithNavController(topAppBar, navController, appBarConfiguration);

score 28 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 26 '20 at 09:31

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use setOpenableLayout(@Nullable Openable openableLayout) Your drawerLayout is implements Openable.

answered Jun 26 '20 at 09:31

Adm123

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how can we use this method, can you add this code also, I think this will help others. – Kishan Donga Jul 20 '20 at 04:01
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appBarConfiguration = new AppBarConfiguration.Builder(navController.getGraph()) .setOpenableLayout(drawerLayout) .build(); – Adm123 Jul 20 '20 at 07:30
Implements where? in the Drawer main class? – luke cross Jul 30 '20 at 12:53
See package androidx.drawerlayout.widget. public class DrawerLayout extends ViewGroup implements Openable – Adm123 Jul 31 '20 at 13:14

score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 10 '20 at 11:40

It's ironic that the latest Android Studio (v 4.0.1) itself uses setDrawerLayout(drawer) in its inbuilt NavigationDrawerActivity example.

The fix is very simple. Here's probably what you have:

mAppBarConfiguration = new AppBarConfiguration.Builder(
                R.id.nav_home, R.id.nav_gallery, R.id.nav_slideshow)
                .setDrawerLayout(drawer)           // REPLACE THIS LINE
                .build();

Replace the above mentioned line with the following:

mAppBarConfiguration = new AppBarConfiguration.Builder(
                R.id.nav_home, R.id.nav_gallery, R.id.nav_slideshow)
                .setOpenableLayout(drawer)        // WITH THIS LINE
                .build();

Source: Android Official Reference

The DrawerLayout class implements Openable. So this will simply work without requiring any other change from your end.

setDrawerLayout(androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout) is deprecated

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