I have an inflated view in my activity file and the layout file happens to have a Toolbar widget that I desire to fill up with icons. I have tried to use the code toolbar.Inflate(int resource); but it is not showing up, the toolbar text is also not showing up with toolbar.Title=name;
The code for the layout is this one...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="@drawable/chat_background"
android:baselineAligned="false"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">
<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar3"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />
</com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>
<EditText
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:padding="9dp"
android:drawableRight="@drawable/tinted_camera"
android:background="@drawable/rounded"
android:drawableLeft="@drawable/emoji"
android:hint="Type a Message"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:id="@+id/message_box"
android:gravity="bottom"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"/>
</RelativeLayout>
I tried to inflate the View first, got the ID of my toolbar and tried to inflate the icons to the right of the toolbar as follows but its not working.
try
{
//Inflate our view with the Chat layout
View chat_view = LayoutInflater.Inflate(Resource.Layout.chat_view, null);
//define the toolbar
AndroidX.AppCompat.Widget.Toolbar toolbar = chat_view.FindViewById<AndroidX.AppCompat.Widget.Toolbar>(Resource.Id.toolbar3);
SetSupportActionBar(toolbar);
//get the nanme of the current contact
string name = (string)contact_list.GetItemAtPosition(e.Position);
toolbar.Title= name;
//inflate this toolbar
toolbar.InflateMenu(Resource.Menu.video_menu_item);
toolbar.InflateMenu(Resource.Menu.call_menu_item);
toolbar.InflateMenu(Resource.Menu.bars_menu_item);
toolbar.SetNavigationIcon(Resource.Drawable.back_arrow);
//build a new alert dialog
Android.App.AlertDialog.Builder builder = new Android.App.AlertDialog.Builder(this, Android.Resource.Style.ThemeMaterialLightNoActionBarFullscreen);
builder.SetView(Resource.Layout.chat_view);
builder.Show();
}catch (Exception ex)
{
Toast.MakeText(this,ex.Message,ToastLength.Short).Show();
}
How do I succeSsfully make this Toolbar in an inflated view to show up the icons and the text?