ActionBar RTLizer (ActionBar RTL Arranger)

A library that can RTLize android ActionBar!

It is not a custom ActionBar or anything else! Its only a piece of code that can re-arrange the android ActionBar in RTL direction.

Announcement

ActionBarRTLizer v2 has arrived!
Fully compatible with API Level 7+ and all issues has been solved!
Based on a new Amazaing Library Class -> Rtlize Everything!

Usage (only 3 simple steps)

1) Add this line to build.gradle file inside your app project folder:

dependencies {
    compile 'info.semsamot:actionbar-rtlizer:[email protected]'
}

2) Define a private variable of ActionBarRtlizer class in your activity class.

private ActionBarRtlizer rtlizer;

3) In onCreateOptionsMenu method of your activity, before return statement, add these lines:

rtlizer = new ActionBarRtlizer(this);
ViewGroup actionBarView = rtlizer.getActionBarView();
ViewGroup homeView = (ViewGroup)rtlizer.getHomeView();

rtlizer.flipActionBarUpIconIfAvailable(homeView);
RtlizeEverything.rtlize(actionBarView);
RtlizeEverything.rtlize(homeView);

If you are using Toolbar widget instead of ActionBar then you may change the first line to:

rtlizer = new ActionBarRtlizer(this, "toolbar"); // "toolbar" or -any other id- for your Toolbar widget.

Then compile your app and enjoy of this awesome RTLization!

Alternative features

You can retrieve ActionBarView, ActionMenuView and HomeView after RTLization has been completed. Fortunately you can listen for RTLization completed event.

An example of using these features is that you can animate ActionBar menu items after RTLization. it's so simple! (see the below sample)

** doesn't work on v2+ yet. **

rtlizer.setOnRtlizeFinishedListener(new ActionBarRtlizer.OnRtlizeFinishedListener() {
    @Override
    public void onRtlizeFinished()
    {
        Animation rotateAnim = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getBaseContext(), R.anim.rotate);
        View actionMenuItem = rtlizer.getActionMenuView().findViewById(
                R.id.action_item);
        actionMenuItem.setAnimation(rotateAnim);
    }
});

Provided methods for retrieving ActionBar view and its children:

// All return value types are of ViewGroup class.
getActionBarView()
getHomeViewContainer() // returns null on lower API versions than 17
getHomeView()
getActionMenuView()

Compatibility

This library is fully compatible with API Level 7+

Known issues

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Apps using this library

If you have interested in using this library in your app, then you may send me your app name, so i can put that on the list and have proud that your app used this library.

Donate

With money? No

If you like this library, you can make a donation by clicking on the star in top of this page. Its so simple!

License

Copyright 2014 semsamot

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

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