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Animated Android Toolbar With Appbar Background Image

To make animated android toolbar with background image is easy to make by using android design support library. Toolbar is not the part of design support library but need to use with other components like CoordinatorLayout, AppBarLayout, CollapsingToolbarLayout, etc. In this tutorial, you will learn to make animated (collapsing and expanding) android toolbar/actionbar and to add background image to Toolbar/AppBarLayout.

Using android design support library we can easily make animated toolbar/actionbar with less coding. Without using design support library it is very difficult and time consuming because we have to write more code.

Related:
Android Toolbar Example: How to Use Toolbar as ActionBar
Android Material Design ActionBar/App Bar: How to Make Custom ActionBar
Android Material Design with Design Support Library

Android Example: How to Make Animated Android Toolbar With AppBar Background Image


Let’s start by adding design support library dependencies in our app’s build.gradle file.

build.gradle

Modify Your App Theme

Use Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar as your theme parent. Styles.xml file looks like below.

res/values/styles.xml

XML Layout File

Open your app XML layout file and DrawableLayout, CoordinatorLayout, AppBarLayout, CollapsingToolbarLayout, Toolbar, ImageView, etc. Following is the complete content of XML layout file.

res/layout/animated_toolbar_with_background_image.xml

Java Activity File

You don’t need to write more java code if you are using design support library. Just add little bit java code to make animated toolbar/appbar in android. Following is the complete code of java activity file.

src/AnimatedToolbarWithBackgroundImage.java

Android Example: How to Make Animated Android Toolbar With AppBar Background Image

Now, run your Animated Android Toolbar With Appbar Background Image application and scroll the screen which will look like above demo.
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