Simple example of Navigation Drawer

Navigation drawer is a panel that transitions in from the left edge of the screen and displays the app’s main navigation options.

It is a simple example of Navigation Drawer:

Simple example of Navigation Drawer

Modify layout to add <android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout > as root.

<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

    <RelativeLayout
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
        android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
        android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
        android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
        tools:context=".MainActivity" >

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="android-coding.blogspot.com" />
    </RelativeLayout>

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/drawer"
        android:layout_width="200dp"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="start"
        android:background="@android:color/background_dark"
        android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
        android:divider="@android:color/transparent"
        android:dividerHeight="0dp" />

</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

Create /res/layout/drawer_list_item.xml to define row layout of the ListView in our drawer.

<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@android:id/text1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:paddingLeft="16dp"
    android:paddingRight="16dp"
    android:textColor="@android:color/white"
    android:textSize="24sp"/>

MainActivity.java

package com.example.androidnavigationdrawer;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 
 private String[] optsArray = {
   "Option 1",
   "Option 2",
   "Option 3",
   "Option 4"
 };
    private DrawerLayout drawer;
    private ListView drawerList;
    ArrayAdapter<String> optionArrayAdapter;

 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  
  drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
        drawerList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.drawer);
        
        optionArrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, 
          R.layout.drawer_list_item, 
          optsArray);
        drawerList.setAdapter(optionArrayAdapter);
        
        drawerList.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener(){

   @Override
   public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, 
     int position, long id) {
    Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, 
      optsArray[position], 
      Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
   }});
 }

 @Override
 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
  // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
  getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
  return true;
 }

}

/res/menu/main.xml, it's the auto generated menu resources by Eclipse. You can ignore it by removing onCreateOptionsMenu() in MainActivity.java if you don't need it.

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_settings"
        android:orderInCategory="100"
        android:showAsAction="never"
        android:title="@string/action_settings"/>

</menu>

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