In one of my android projects I have a need to add an ImageView below transparent toolbar in android so this is how I was able to achieve it.
If you have work on adding ImageView underneath transparent toolbar in a different way to the solution I provided below kindly share your solution in the comment box.
app_bar_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout 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:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" tools:context=".dashboardFeature.MainActivity"> <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay"> <FrameLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"> <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="250dp" android:src="@drawable/banner" android:scaleType="centerCrop" android:contentDescription="@string/app_name"/> <androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar android:id="@+id/toolbar" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize" android:layout_gravity="top" android:background="@android:color/transparent" app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" /> </FrameLayout> </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout> <include layout="@layout/content_main" /> </androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
MainActivity.java
import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo; import android.graphics.Color; import android.os.Build; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.MenuItem; import android.view.View; import android.view.Window; import android.view.WindowManager; import com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView; import com.inducesmile.foodordering.R; import androidx.appcompat.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle; import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity; import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar; import androidx.core.view.GravityCompat; import androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout; public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN); setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT); super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) { getWindow().getDecorView().setSystemUiVisibility(View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN); getWindow().setStatusBarColor(Color.TRANSPARENT); } setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar); toolbar.setTitle(""); setSupportActionBar(toolbar); DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout); ActionBarDrawerToggle toggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, drawer, toolbar, R.string.navigation_drawer_open, R.string.navigation_drawer_close); drawer.addDrawerListener(toggle); toggle.syncState(); NavigationView navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view); navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(this); } @Override public void onBackPressed() { DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout); if (drawer.isDrawerOpen(GravityCompat.START)) { drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START); } else { super.onBackPressed(); } } @SuppressWarnings("StatementWithEmptyBody") @Override public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem item) { // Handle navigation view item clicks here. int id = item.getItemId(); if (id == R.id.nav_home) { // Handle the camera action } else if (id == R.id.nav_gallery) { } else if (id == R.id.nav_slideshow) { } else if (id == R.id.nav_manage) { } else if (id == R.id.nav_share) { } else if (id == R.id.nav_send) { } DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout); drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START); return true; } }