Navigation Drawer layout

Components to create Navigation Drawer Layout

1. DrawerLayout

<androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout> ... </androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout>

to hold the whole navigation layout

2. NavigationView Layout

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

To Create Navigation Drawer with

Navigation header

with app:headerLayout="@layout/header_view" which is custom layout in layout folder it can be max height of 200dp

menu list

app:menu="@menu/nav_menu" which is menu layout created inside menu folder which define form of menu list

3. Custom Action Bar / tool Bar

<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar tag can help to create custom action bar that will later be used programmatically to set up drawer design


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--layout to hold navigation like Drawer -->
<androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/ddrawerlayout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".NoActionBarTheme">

<!--    page design layout -->
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical">

<!--        Custom ActionBar / toolBar-->
        <androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
            android:id="@+id/toolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?actionBarSize">

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:fontFamily="@font/amaranth_bold"
                android:gravity="center_vertical"
                android:text="@string/home"
                android:textSize="24sp" />


        </androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar>

<!--        Body of page -->
        <LinearLayout
            android:id="@+id/llinearmain"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:orientation="vertical" />
    </LinearLayout>

<!--NavigationView for Drawer layout-->
    <com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView
        android:id="@+id/nnavigationlayout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="start"
        app:headerLayout="@layout/header_view"
        app:menu="@menu/nav_menu" />

</androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout>