Question

It is possible to add my own customized controls(buttons, TextView, ImageView) on the ActionBar? I don’t mean ActionMenu items or Action Views.
On below Android4 versions I used
getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.title_bar);
where I could put any view I want, using title_bar.xml. But now I olso have OptionsMenu items on the title bar and I would like to add some extra customized views. Is it possible? If so, where can I define them and how can I access them from java code?

Answer 1

It is possible to add my own customized controls(buttons, TextView, ImageView) on the ActionBar?

Use action views for stuff on the right and setCustomView() for stuff in the left-to-middle (where the tabs and list navigation goes).

But can I put whatever I want using Action Views?

They have to extend android.view.View. So you cannot put a Boolean in there.