androidmaterialdrawer

MaterialDrawer CustomDrawerItem


How can I create a custom DrawerItem (1. I need toggle 2. I need boolean state indicator) in the MaterialDrawer library? Here MaterialDrawer author says, that creating custom DrawerItem is a really easy task, but I can't find it in the documentation of this library.


Solution

  • To implement a CustomDrawerItem you have to implement the IDrawerItem interface. This defines all methods which are required. Just take a closer look at the DividerDrawerItem or the SectionDrawerItem which are both a bit simpler.

    public class DividerDrawerItem extends AbstractDrawerItem<DividerDrawerItem> {
        @Override
        public String getType() {
            return "DIVIDER_ITEM";
        }
    
        @Override
        @LayoutRes
        public int getLayoutRes() {
            return R.layout.material_drawer_item_divider;
        }
    
        @Override
        public void bindView(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder) {
            Context ctx = holder.itemView.getContext();
    
            //get our viewHolder
            ViewHolder viewHolder = (ViewHolder) holder;
    
            //set the identifier from the drawerItem here. It can be used to run tests
            holder.itemView.setId(getIdentifier());
    
            //define how the divider should look like
            viewHolder.view.setClickable(false);
            viewHolder.view.setEnabled(false);
            viewHolder.view.setMinimumHeight(1);
    
            //set the color for the divider
            viewHolder.divider.setBackgroundColor(UIUtils.getThemeColorFromAttrOrRes(ctx, R.attr.material_drawer_divider, R.color.material_drawer_divider));
    
            //call the onPostBindView method to trigger post bind view actions (like the listener to modify the item if required)
            onPostBindView(this, holder.itemView);
        }
    
        @Override
        public ViewHolderFactory getFactory() {
            return new ItemFactory();
        }
    
        public static class ItemFactory implements ViewHolderFactory<ViewHolder> {
            public ViewHolder factory(View v) {
                return new ViewHolder(v);
            }
        }
    
        private static class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
            private View view;
            private View divider;
    
            private ViewHolder(View view) {
                super(view);
                this.view = view;
                this.divider = view.findViewById(R.id.material_drawer_divider);
            }
        }
    }