How Does One Remove Default Toolbar Menu Items And Replace With Different Icons?

I am using a toolbar from v7.widget.Toolbar support library and v7.app.ActionBarActivity. When the onCreateOptionsMenu is inflated on the toolbar, I see a standard 'Back' arrow on

Solution 1:

This is how I use the Toolbar. It is a standalone toolbar which give you more control over its functionality within the class.

activity_home.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><RelativeLayoutxmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"android:layout_width="match_parent"android:layout_height="match_parent"><android.support.v7.widget.Toolbarandroid:id="@+id/tool_bar"android:layout_height="56dp"android:layout_width="match_parent"android:elevation="5dp"app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"android:background="@color/primary" /><FrameLayoutandroid:layout_below="@+id/tool_bar"android:layout_width="match_parent"android:layout_height="match_parent"><!-- Main Content--></FrameLayout></RelativeLayout>

Styles

<stylename="AppTheme"parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"><itemname="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item><itemname="colorPrimaryDark">@color/secondary</item><itemname="colorAccent">@color/black</item><itemname="android:windowContentOverlay">@null</item><itemname="android:windowNoTitle">true</item><itemname="windowActionBar">false</item><itemname="windowActionBarOverlay">true</item><itemname="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item><itemname="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item></style>

**MyActivity **

publicclassMyActivityextendsActionBarActivity {

    @OverrideprotectedvoidonCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_home);
        Toolbartoolbar= (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
        // Set navigation icon
        toolbar.setNavigationIcon(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_launcher));
        // Navigation onClickLister
        toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(newView.OnClickListener() {
            @OverridepublicvoidonClick(View v) {
                // finish(); // or your action here
            }
        });
        //Inflate menu
        toolbar.inflateMenu(R.menu.menu_my);
        // menu items 
        toolbar.setOnMenuItemClickListener(newToolbar.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
            @OverridepublicbooleanonMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {
                intid= item.getItemId();
                if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
                    // Your action herereturntrue;
                }
                returnfalse;
            }
        });
        // Clear toolbar icons 
        toolbar.getMenu().clear(); // I believe this is what you are looking for// Set title
        toolbar.setTitle("Title");
        //Set SubTitle
        toolbar.setSubtitle("Sub Title");

    }
}

Working Example of changing everything inside the toolbar

Layout

<RelativeLayoutxmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"android:layout_width="match_parent"android:layout_height="match_parent"><android.support.v7.widget.Toolbarandroid:id="@+id/toolbar"android:layout_height="56dp"android:layout_width="match_parent"android:elevation="5dp"app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"android:background="@color/primary" /><FrameLayoutandroid:layout_below="@+id/toolbar"android:layout_width="match_parent"android:layout_height="match_parent"><!-- Main Content--><android.support.v7.widget.SwitchCompatandroid:layout_width="wrap_content"android:layout_height="wrap_content"android:padding="16dp"android:text="Change Menu "android:gravity="center_vertical"android:id="@+id/swChaneMenu" /></FrameLayout></RelativeLayout>

Menu 1

<menuxmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"><itemandroid:id="@+id/toast"android:title="Toast"android:orderInCategory="100"android:icon="@drawable/ic_done_black"app:showAsAction="always" /></menu>

Menu 2

<menuxmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"><itemandroid:id="@+id/action_settings"android:title="@string/action_settings"android:orderInCategory="100"app:showAsAction="never" /></menu>

Activity

publicclassTestingActionBarextendsActionBarActivity {
    SwitchCompat swChaneMenu;
    Toolbar toolbar;

    @OverrideprotectedvoidonCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_testing_action_bar);
        toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
        toolbar.setTitle("Toolbar Test 1");
        toolbar.inflateMenu(R.menu.menu_testing_action_bar);
        toolbar.setNavigationIcon(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.nav_tint));
        toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(newView.OnClickListener() {
            @OverridepublicvoidonClick(View v) {
                finish();
            }
        });
        toolbar.setOnMenuItemClickListener(newToolbar.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
            @OverridepublicbooleanonMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {
                intid= item.getItemId();
                if (id == R.id.toast) {
                    Toast.makeText(TestingActionBar.this, "Toasty", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    returntrue;
                }
                if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
                    Toast.makeText(TestingActionBar.this, "Settings", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    returntrue;
                }

                returnfalse;
            }
        });
        swChaneMenu = (SwitchCompat) findViewById(R.id.swChaneMenu);
        swChaneMenu.setOnCheckedChangeListener(newCompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
            @OverridepublicvoidonCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) {
                if (isChecked) {
                toolbar.setTitle("Toolbar Test 2");
                toolbar.getMenu().clear();
                toolbar.inflateMenu(R.menu.menu_settings);
                toolbar.setNavigationIcon(null);
                toolbar.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.red));
            } else {
                toolbar.setTitle("Toolbar Test 1");
                toolbar.getMenu().clear();
                toolbar.inflateMenu(R.menu.menu_testing_action_bar);
                toolbar.setNavigationIcon(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.nav_tint));
                toolbar.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.primary));
            }
            }
        });
    }
}

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Solution 2:

toolbar.getMenu().clear; //Yeah it works for me.(Custom Toolbar)