Can I add spinners to ActionBar or ActionMode in android?

Question

1.Since in API 21 the method setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_LIST) is deprecated.Which API replace it?

2.Can I set the spinner right-aligned?

Answer 1

Yes you obama.

Action bar mainly contains four functional areas. They are app icon, view control, action buttons and action overflow.

App Icon – App branding logo or icon will be displayed here.

View Control – A dedicated space to display app title. Also provides option to switch between views by adding spinner or tabbed navigation.

Action Buttons – Some important actions of the app can be added here. Action Overflow – All unimportant action will be shown as a menu.

Check out the following diagram for complete overview about action bar.

With the API 21 the method setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_LIST) is deprecated.

The best way to work with a spinner is to use a Toolbar like this:

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar_actionbar"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:background="?attr/colorPrimary">

    <Spinner
            android:id="@+id/spinner_toolbar"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

You can find an example in the Google IO 2014