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Top app bars (App bars)

App bars are placed at the top of the screen to help people navigate through a product. There are four variants of app bars.

Note: The top app bar component is renamed to app bar in the design language.

Four types of app bars.
  1. Search app bar
  2. Small
  3. Medium flexible
  4. Large flexible

For implementation purposes, the search and small app bars can be grouped into regular top app bars, while the medium flexible and large flexible app bars can be grouped into collapsing top app bars.

An app bar can transform into a contextual action bar, remaining active until an action is taken or it is dismissed. For more information, see contextual action bar.

Note: Images use various dynamic color schemes.

Deprecated app bars

There are two variants that are being deprecated and are no longer recommended:

  1. Medium - Replace with medium flexible.
  2. Large - Replace with large flexible.
Two deprecated app bars
  1. Medium
  2. Large

Design & API documentation

Anatomy

Regular app bar anatomy diagram.
  1. Container
  2. Leading button
  3. Trailing elements
  4. Headline
  5. Subtitle

More details on anatomy items in the component guidelines.

M3 Expressive

M3 Expressive update

Before you can use Material3Expressive component styles, follow the Material3Expressive themes setup instructions.

The new search app bar supports icons inside and outside the search bar, and centered text. It opens the search view component when selected.

The new medium flexible and large flexible app bars come with significant improvements, and should replace medium and large app bars, which are being deprecated. The small app bar is updated with the same flexible improvements. More on M3 Expressive

Types and naming:

  • Renamed component from top app bar to app bar
  • Added search app bar
  • Deprecating medium and large app bars
  • Added medium flexible and large flexible app bars with:
    • Reduced overall height
    • Larger title text
    • Subtitle
    • Left- and center-aligned text options
    • Text wrapping
    • More flexible elements for imagery and filled buttons
  • Added features to small app bar:
    • Subtitle
    • Center-aligned text option
    • More flexible elements for imagery and filled buttons

Key properties

Container attributes

Element Attribute Related method(s) Default value
Color android:background setBackground
getBackground
?attr/colorSurface
MaterialToolbar elevation android:elevation setElevation
getElevation
4dp
AppBarLayout elevation android:stateListAnimator setStateListAnimator
getStateListAnimator
0dp to 4dp (see all states)

Navigation icon attributes

Element Attribute Related method(s) Default value
MaterialToolbar icon app:navigationIcon setNavigationIcon
getNavigationIcon
null
MaterialToolbar icon color app:navigationIconTint setNavigationIconTint ?attr/colorOnSurface

Title attributes

Element Attribute Related method(s) Default value
MaterialToolbar title text app:title setTitle
getTitle
null
MaterialToolbar subtitle text app:subtitle setSubtitle
getSubtitle
null
MaterialToolbar title color app:titleTextColor setTitleTextColor ?attr/colorOnSurface
MaterialToolbar subtitle color app:subtitleTextColor setSubtitleTextColor ?attr/colorOnSurfaceVariant
MaterialToolbar title typography app:titleTextAppearance setTitleTextAppearance ?attr/textAppearanceTitleLarge
MaterialToolbar subtitle typography app:subtitleTextAppearance setSubtitleTextAppearance ?attr/textAppearanceTitleMedium
MaterialToolbar title centering app:titleCentered setTitleCentered false
MaterialToolbar subtitle centering app:subtitleCentered setSubtitleCentered false
CollapsingToolbarLayout collapsed title typography app:collapsedTitleTextAppearance setCollapsedTitleTextAppearance ?attr/textAppearanceTitleLarge
CollapsingToolbarLayout expanded title typography app:expandedTitleTextAppearance setExpandedTitleTextAppearance ?attr/textAppearanceHeadlineSmall for Medium
?attr/textAppearanceHeadlineMedium for Large
CollapsingToolbarLayout collapsed title color android:textColor (in app:collapsedTitleTextAppearance) or app:collapsedTitleTextColor setCollapsedTitleTextColor ?attr/colorOnSurface
CollapsingToolbarLayout expanded title color android:textColor (in app:expandedTitleTextAppearance) or app:expandedTitleTextColor setExpandedTitleTextColor ?attr/colorOnSurface
CollapsingToolbarLayout collapsed subtitle typography app:collapsedSubtitleTextAppearance setCollapsedSubtitleTextAppearance ?attr/textAppearanceTitleMedium
CollapsingToolbarLayout expanded subtitle typography app:expandedSubtitleTextAppearance setExpandedSubtitleTextAppearance ?attr/textAppearanceTitleLarge for Medium
?attr/textAppearanceHeadlineSmall for Large
CollapsingToolbarLayout collapsed subtitle color android:textColor (in app:collapsedSubtitleTextAppearance) or app:collapsedSubtitleTextColor setCollapsedSubtitleTextColor ?attr/colorOnSurface
CollapsingToolbarLayout expanded subtitle color android:textColor (in app:expandedSubtitleTextAppearance) or app:expandedSubtitleTextColor setExpandedSubtitleTextColor ?attr/colorOnSurface
CollapsingToolbarLayout expanded title margins app:expandedTitleMargin* setExpandedTitleMargin* 16dp
CollapsingToolbarLayout padding between expanded title and subtitle app:expandedTitlePadding setExpandedTitlePadding 0dp
CollapsingToolbarLayout title max lines app:maxLines setMaxLines
getMaxLines
1
CollapsingToolbarLayout title ellipsize app:titleTextEllipsize setTitleEllipsize
getTitleEllipsize
end
CollapsingToolbarLayout collapsed title gravity app:collapsedTitleGravity setCollapsedTitleGravity
getCollapsedTitleGravity
start|center_vertical
CollapsingToolbarLayout collapsed title gravity mode app:collapsedTitleGravityMode -- availableSpace
CollapsingToolbarLayout expanded title gravity app:expandedTitleGravity setExpandedTitleGravity
getExpandedTitleGravity
start|bottom

Action items attributes

Element Attribute Related method(s) Default value
MaterialToolbar menu app:menu inflateMenu
getMenu
null
MaterialToolbar icon color N/A N/A ?attr/colorOnSurfaceVariant

Overflow menu attributes

Element Attribute Related method(s) Default value
MaterialToolbar icon android:src and app:srcCompat in actionOverflowButtonStyle (in app theme) setOverflowIcon
getOverflowIcon
@drawable/abc_ic_menu_overflow_material (before API 23) or @drawable/ic_menu_moreoverflow_material (after API 23)
MaterialToolbar overflow theme app:popupTheme setPopupTheme
getPopupTheme
@style/ThemeOverlay.Material3.*
MaterialToolbar overflow item typography textAppearanceSmallPopupMenu and textAppearanceLargePopupMenu in app:popupTheme or app theme N/A ?attr/textAppearanceBodyLarge

Scrolling behavior attributes

Element Attribute Related method(s) Default value
MaterialToolbar or CollapsingToolbarLayout scroll flags app:layout_scrollFlags setScrollFlags
getScrollFlags
(on AppBarLayout.LayoutParams)
noScroll
MaterialToolbar collapse mode app:collapseMode setCollapseMode
getCollapseMode
(on CollapsingToolbar)
none
CollapsingToolbarLayout content scrim color app:contentScrim setContentScrim
setContentScrimColor
setContentScrimResource
getContentScrim
null
CollapsingToolbarLayout status bar scrim color app:statusBarScrim setStatusBarScrim
setStatusBarScrimColor
setStatusBarScrimResource
getStatusBarScrim
@empty
CollapsingToolbarLayout scrim animation duration app:scrimAnimationDuration setScrimAnimationDuration
getScrimAnimationDuration
600
CollapsingToolbarLayout collapsing animation interpolator app:titlePositionInterpolator setTitlePositionInterpolator @null
AppBarLayout lift on scroll app:liftOnScroll setLiftOnScroll
isLiftOnScroll
true
AppBarLayout lift on scroll color app:liftOnScrollColor N/A ?attr/colorSurfaceContainer
AppBarLayout lift on scroll target view app:liftOnScrollTargetViewId setLiftOnScrollTargetViewId
getLiftOnScrollTargetViewId
@null
AppBarLayout scroll effect app:layout_scrollEffect setScrollEffect
getScrollEffect
none

AppBarLayout styles

Element Style Theme attribute
**Surface Widget.Material3.AppBarLayout ?attr/appBarLayoutStyle
: background : : :
color style** : : :

MaterialToolbar styles

Element Style Theme attribute
Default style Widget.Material3.Toolbar ?attr/toolbarStyle
Surface background color style Widget.Material3.Toolbar.Surface ?attr/toolbarSurfaceStyle
On Surface color style Widget.Material3.Toolbar.OnSurface N/A

CollapsingToolbarLayout styles

Element Style Theme attribute
Default style Widget.Material3.CollapsingToolbar ?attr/collapsingToolbarLayoutStyle
Medium style Widget.Material3.CollapsingToolbar.Medium ?attr/collapsingToolbarLayoutMediumStyle
Large style Widget.Material3.CollapsingToolbar.Large ?attr/collapsingToolbarLayoutLargeStyle

For the full list, see styles and attrs.

Variants of app bars

Search app bar

Use a search app bar to provide an emphasized entry-point to open the search view. Use it on home pages when search is key to the product.

Search app bar with a search icon, a search text field, and a page title. Search app bars have a search field instead of heading text

Small app bar

Use in dense layouts or when a page is scrolled.

The following example shows a small top app bar with a page title, a navigation icon, two actions, and an overflow menu.

Small top app bar with light purple background, grey icons, and page title.

In the layout:

<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
    ...
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">

        <com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
            android:id="@+id/topAppBar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
            app:title="@string/page_title"
            app:menu="@menu/top_app_bar"
            app:navigationIcon="@drawable/ic_close_24dp" />

    </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

    <!-- Note: A RecyclerView can also be used -->
    <androidx.core.widget.NestedScrollView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior">

        <!-- Scrollable content -->

    </androidx.core.widget.NestedScrollView>

</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

Note: In order to allow your top app bar to grow taller when the system font setting increases, you can use android:layout_height="wrap_content" + android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize" on your MaterialToolbar, as shown in the example above.

In @menu/top_app_bar.xml:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

    <item
        android:id="@+id/edit"
        android:title="@string/edit"
        android:contentDescription="@string/content_description_search"
        app:showAsAction="ifRoom" />

    <item
        android:id="@+id/favorite"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_favorite_24dp"
        android:title="@string/favorite"
        android:contentDescription="@string/content_description_favorite"
        app:showAsAction="ifRoom" />

    <item
        android:id="@+id/more"
        android:title="@string/more"
        android:contentDescription="@string/content_description_more"
        app:showAsAction="never" />

</menu>

In menu/navigation icon drawables:

<vector
    ...
    android:tint="?attr/colorControlNormal">
    ...
</vector>

In code:

topAppBar.setNavigationOnClickListener {
    // Handle navigation icon press
}

topAppBar.setOnMenuItemClickListener { menuItem ->
    when (menuItem.itemId) {
        R.id.edit -> {
            // Handle edit text press
            true
        }
        R.id.favorite -> {
            // Handle favorite icon press
            true
        }
        R.id.more -> {
            // Handle more item (inside overflow menu) press
            true
        }
        else -> false
    }
}

Note: The above example is the recommended approach and, in order for it to work, you need to use a Theme.Material3.* theme containing the NoActionBar segment, such as the Theme.Material3.Light.NoActionBar. If not, an action bar will be added to the current Activity window. The MaterialToolbar can be set as the support action bar and thus receive various Activity callbacks, as shown in this guide.

Medium flexible app bar

Use to display a larger headline. It can collapse into a small app bar on scroll.

Medium flexible app bar in light theme. Medium flexible app bar in dark theme.

The medium flexible top app bar introduced in expressive updates includes flexible heights, multi-line support, and can contain a wider variety of elements. These features are already supported/configurable within the existing Medium variant. Therefore, the name of the existing medium variant will be reused in the Material3Expressive theme.

If you are using a Material3Expressive theme:

The existing ?attr/collapsingToolbarLayoutMediumStyle attribute has been updated to the new flexible behavior. You do not need to change your XML layouts to get the new functionality.

If you are not using a Material3Expressive theme:

You should migrate to one of the expressive themes to use the new flexible app bar styles.

To properly draw the subtitle in expanded mode. Please use the following:

  <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
      android:id="@+id/appbarlayout"
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

    <com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout
        style="?attr/collapsingToolbarLayoutMediumStyle"
        android:id="@+id/collapsingtoolbarlayout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/collapsingToolbarLayoutMediumSize"
        app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|exitUntilCollapsed|snap"
        app:expandedTitleGravity="bottom|center_horizontal">

      <com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
          android:id="@+id/toolbar"
          style="?attr/catalogToolbarWithCloseButtonStyle"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
          android:elevation="0dp"
          app:layout_collapseMode="pin"
          app:title="Medium Title"
          app:subtitle="Medium Subtitle"/>
    </com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout>
  </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

Large flexible app bar

Use to emphasize the headline of the page.

Large flexible app bar in light theme. Large flexible app bar in dark theme.

The large flexible top app bar introduced in expressive updates includes flexible heights, multi-line support, and can contain a wider variety of elements. These features are already supported/configurable within the existing Large variant. Therefore, the name of the existing large variant will be reused in the Material3Expressive theme.

If you are using a Material3Expressive theme:

The existing ?attr/collapsingToolbarLayoutLargeStyle attribute has been updated to the new flexible behavior. You do not need to change your XML layouts to get the new functionality.

If you are not using a Material3Expressive theme:

You should migrate to one of the expressive themes to use the new flexible app bar styles.

To properly draw the subtitle in expanded mode. Please use the following:

  <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
      android:id="@+id/appbarlayout"
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

    <com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout
        style="?attr/collapsingToolbarLayoutLargeStyle"
        android:id="@+id/collapsingtoolbarlayout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/collapsingToolbarLayoutLargeSize"
        app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|exitUntilCollapsed|snap"
        app:expandedTitleGravity="bottom|center_horizontal">

      <com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
          android:id="@+id/toolbar"
          style="?attr/catalogToolbarWithCloseButtonStyle"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
          android:elevation="0dp"
          app:layout_collapseMode="pin"
          app:title="Large Title"
          app:subtitle="Large Subtitle"/>
    </com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout>
  </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

Code implementation

Before you can use Material top app bars, you need to add a dependency to the Material components for Android library. For more information, go to the Getting started page.

Center aligning app bars

The guidance and code for the all the app bars are also applicable for center aligning the title in the app bars. To center align them, you only need to set the app:titleCentered and/or app:subtitleCentered attributes to true on your MaterialToolbar.

Center aligned top app bar with light purple background, grey icons, and page title.

Adding image to collapsing app bars

A collapsing top app bar with an image background, a page title, a navigation icon, two action icons, and an overflow menu:

App bar with image background and white icons. The page title is on a new line below the icons

In the layout:

<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
    ...
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

    <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
        ...
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

        <com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout
            style="?attr/collapsingToolbarLayoutLargeStyle"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/collapsingToolbarLayoutLargeSize">

            <ImageView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:src="@drawable/media"
                android:scaleType="centerCrop"
                android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
                android:contentDescription="@string/content_description_media" />

            <com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
                ...
                android:background="@android:color/transparent" />

        </com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout>

    </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

    ...

</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

In res/values/themes.xml:

<style name="Theme.App" parent="Theme.Material3.*.NoActionBar">
    <item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
</style>

Adding filled trailing icon button to app bars

Top app bar with a filled action

With Expressive updates, a filled trailing icon button can replace the default action items. To achieve this, please use the follow layout configuration.


  <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
      android:id="@+id/appbarlayout"
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

    <com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout
        style="?attr/collapsingToolbarLayoutMediumStyle"
        android:id="@+id/collapsingtoolbarlayout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/collapsingToolbarLayoutMediumSize"
        app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|exitUntilCollapsed|snap"
        app:toolbarId="@id/toolbar">
      <LinearLayout
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:orientation="horizontal"
          app:layout_collapseMode="pin">
        <com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
            android:id="@+id/toolbar"
            style="?attr/catalogToolbarWithCloseButtonStyle"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:elevation="0dp"
            app:title="Medium Title"/>
        <Button
            android:id="@+id/action_button"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
            android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
            app:icon="@drawable/ic_star_checkable_24"/>
      </LinearLayout>
    </com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout>
  </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

Adding a circle to the navigation button

If you would like to add a circle background to the navigation icon, set the android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.Material3.Toolbar.CircleNavigationButton" theme overlay on your Toolbar or MaterialToolbar.

By default, the theme overlay above uses ?attr/colorSurfaceContainer for the circle color. This can be customized by extending the theme overlay and setting the toolbarNavigationButtonCircleColor attribute.

Top app bar with circle navigation button background.

Applying scrolling behavior to app bars

When scrolling up, the collapsing top app bar transforms into a regular top app bar.

The following example shows the top app bar positioned at the same elevation as content. Upon scroll, it increases elevation and lets content scroll behind it.

In the layout:

<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
    ...>

    <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
        ...
        app:liftOnScroll="true">

        <com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
            ...
            />

    </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

    ...

</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

Note: If your scrolling view (RecyclerView, ListView, etc.) is nested within another view (e.g., a SwipeRefreshLayout), you should make sure to set app:liftOnScrollTargetViewId on your AppBarLayout to the id of the scrolling view. This will ensure that the AppBarLayout is using the right view to determine whether it should lift or not, and it will help avoid flicker issues.

The following example shows the top app bar disappearing upon scrolling up, and appearing upon scrolling down.

In the layout:

<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
    ...>

    <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
        ...>

        <com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
            ...
            app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways|snap"
            />

    </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

    ...

</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

Optionally, you can change the style in which the app bar disappears and appears when scrolling by setting a scroll effect. By default, a scroll effect of none is set which translates the app bar in-step with the scrolling content. The following option shows setting the compress scroll effect which clips the top app bar until it meets the top of the screen:

In the layout:

<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
    ...>

    <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
        ...>

        <com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
            ...
            app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways|snap"
            app:layout_scrollEffect="compress"
            />

    </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

    ...

</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

Making app bars accessible

Android's top app bar component APIs provide support for the navigation icon, action items, overflow menu and more, to inform the user what each action performs. While optional, their use is strongly encouraged.

Content descriptions

When using icons for navigation, action items and other elements of top app bars, you should set a content description for them so that screen readers like TalkBack are able to announce their purpose or action.

For an overall content description of the top app bar, set an android:contentDescription or use the setContentDescription method on the MaterialToolbar.

For the navigation icon, this can be achieved via the app:navigationContentDescription attribute or setNavigationContentDescription method.

For action items and items within the overflow menu, the content description needs to be set in the menu:

<menu ...>
    ...
    <item
          ...
          android:contentDescription="@string/content_description_one" />
    <item
          ...
          android:contentDescription="@string/content_description_two" />
</menu>

For images within collapsing top app bars, set an android:contentDescription or use the setContentDescription method for the ImageView.

Status bar and edge-to-edge

Small top app bar with edge-to-edge status bar.

A common configuration for modern top app bars, as seen above, is to have a seamless color shared with the status bar. The best way to achieve this is to follow the edge-to-edge guidance, which will result in a transparent status bar that lets the background color of the top app bar show through.

Make sure to set android:fitsSystemWindows="true" on your AppBarLayout (or MaterialToolbar if not using AppBarLayout), so that an extra inset is added to avoid overlap with the status bar.

If your AppBarLayout scrolls and content is visible under the status bar, you can set the AppBarLayout's statusBarForeground to a MaterialShapeDrawable to let AppBarLayout automatically match the status bar color to its own background.

In code:

appBarLayout.statusBarForeground =
    MaterialShapeDrawable.createWithElevationOverlay(context)

Or if using tonal surface colors instead of elevation overlays, you can simply set the statusBarForeground to colorSurface to let AppBarLayout automatically match the status bar color to its own background:

appBarLayout.setStatusBarForegroundColor(
    MaterialColors.getColor(appBarLayout, R.attr.colorSurface))

Customizing app bars

Theming app bars

App bars support the customization of color, typography, and shape.

App bar theming example

API and source code:

A regular top app bar with Material theming:

"Top app bar theming with pink and brown colors"

Implementing app bar theming

Use theme attributes in res/values/styles.xml, which applies to all top app bars and affects other components:

<style name="Theme.App" parent="Theme.Material3.*.NoActionBar">
    ...
    <item name="colorSurface">@color/shrine_pink_100</item>
    <item name="colorOnSurface">@color/shrine_pink_900</item>
    <item name="android:statusBarColor">?attr/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="android:windowLightStatusBar" tools:targetApi="m">true</item>
    <item name="textAppearanceTitleLarge">@style/TextAppearance.App.TitleLarge</item>
    <item name="textAppearanceTitleMedium">@style/TextAppearance.App.TitleMedium</item>
</style>

<style name="TextAppearance.App.TitleLarge" parent="TextAppearance.Material3.TitleLarge">
    <item name="fontFamily">@font/rubik</item>
    <item name="android:fontFamily">@font/rubik</item>
</style>

<style name="TextAppearance.App.TitleMedium" parent="TextAppearance.Material3.TitleMedium">
    <item name="fontFamily">@font/rubik</item>
    <item name="android:fontFamily">@font/rubik</item>
</style>

Use default style theme attributes, styles and theme overlays, which applies to all top app bars but does not affect other components:

<style name="Theme.App" parent="Theme.Material3.*.NoActionBar">
    ...
    <item name="toolbarStyle">@style/Widget.App.Toolbar</item>
</style>

<style name="Widget.App.Toolbar" parent="Widget.Material3.Toolbar">
    <item name="materialThemeOverlay">@style/ThemeOverlay.App.Toolbar</item>
    <item name="titleTextAppearance">@style/TextAppearance.App.TitleLarge</item>
    <item name="subtitleTextAppearance">@style/TextAppearance.App.TitleMedium</item>
</style>

<style name="ThemeOverlay.App.Toolbar" parent="">
    <item name="colorSurface">@color/shrine_pink_100</item>
    <item name="colorOnSurface">@color/shrine_pink_900</item>
</style>

Use the style in the layout, which affects only this top app bar:

<com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
    ...
    app:title="@string/flow_shirt_blouse"
    app:menu="@menu/top_app_bar_shrine"
    app:navigationIcon="@drawable/ic_close_24dp"
    style="@style/Widget.App.Toolbar"
    />

Contextual action bar

Contextual action bars provide actions for selected items.

Anatomy

Contextual action bar anatomy diagram

  1. Close button (instead of a navigation icon)
  2. Contextual title
  3. Contextual actions
  4. Overflow menu (optional)
  5. Container (not shown)

Key properties

Close button attributes

Element Attribute Related method(s) Default value
Icon app:actionModeCloseDrawable (in app theme) N/A @drawable/abc_ic_ab_back_material
Color N/A N/A ?attr/colorControlNormal (as Drawable tint)

Contextual title attributes

Element Attribute Related method(s) Default value
Title text N/A setTitle
getTitle
null
Subtitle text N/A setSubtitle
getSubtitle
null
Title typography app:titleTextStyle N/A @style/TextAppearance.Material3.ActionBar.Title
Subtitle typography app:subtitleTextStyle N/A @style/TextAppearance.Material3.ActionBar.Subtitle

Contextual actions attributes

Element Attribute Related method(s) Default value
Menu N/A menuInflater.inflate in ActionMode.Callback null
Icon color N/A N/A ?attr/colorControlNormal (as Drawable tint)

Overflow menu attributes

Element Attribute Related method(s) Default value
Icon android:src and app:srcCompat in actionOverflowButtonStyle (in app theme) setOverflowIcon
getOverflowIcon
@drawable/abc_ic_menu_overflow_material (before API 23) or @drawable/ic_menu_moreoverflow_material (after API 23)
Overflow item typography textAppearanceSmallPopupMenu and textAppearanceLargePopupMenu in app theme N/A ?attr/textAppearanceTitleMedium

Container attributes

Element Attribute Related method(s) Default value
Color app:background N/A ?attr/actionModeBackground
Height app:height N/A ?attr/actionBarSize
Overlay window app:windowActionModeOverlay (in app theme) N/A false

Toolbar logo attributes

Element Attribute Related method(s) Default value
AdjustViewBounds app:logoAdjustViewBounds setLogoAdjustViewBounds
isLogoAdjustViewBounds
false
ScaleType app:logoScaleType setLogoScaleType
getLogoScaleType
ImageView's default

Styles

Element Style Theme attribute
Default style Widget.Material3.ActionMode actionModeStyle

Adding contextual action bar

API and source code:

The following example shows a contextual action bar with a contextual title, a close icon, two contextual action icons, and an overflow menu:

Contextual action bar example with dark grey background, white icons and "1
selected".

In res/values/themes.xml:

<style name="Theme.App" parent="Theme.Material3.*.NoActionBar">
    ...
    <item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>
    <item name="actionModeCloseDrawable">@drawable/ic_close_24dp</item>
    <item name="actionBarTheme">@style/ThemeOverlay.Material3.Dark.ActionBar</item>
</style>

In code:

val callback = object : ActionMode.Callback {

    override fun onCreateActionMode(mode: ActionMode?, menu: Menu?): Boolean {
        menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.contextual_action_bar, menu)
        return true
    }

    override fun onPrepareActionMode(mode: ActionMode?, menu: Menu?): Boolean {
        return false
    }

    override fun onActionItemClicked(mode: ActionMode?, item: MenuItem?): Boolean {
        return when (item?.itemId) {
            R.id.share -> {
                // Handle share icon press
                true
            }
            R.id.delete -> {
                // Handle delete icon press
                true
            }
            R.id.more -> {
                // Handle more item (inside overflow menu) press
                true
            }
            else -> false
        }
    }

    override fun onDestroyActionMode(mode: ActionMode?) {
    }
}

val actionMode = startSupportActionMode(callback)
actionMode?.title = "1 selected"

In @menu/contextual_action_bar.xml:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

    <item
        android:id="@+id/share"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_share_24dp"
        android:title="@string/share"
        android:contentDescription="@string/content_description_share"
        app:showAsAction="ifRoom" />

    <item
        android:id="@+id/delete"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_delete_24dp"
        android:title="@string/delete"
        android:contentDescription="@string/content_description_delete"
        app:showAsAction="ifRoom" />

    <item
        android:id="@+id/more"
        android:title="@string/more"
        android:contentDescription="@string/content_description_more"
        app:showAsAction="never" />

</menu>

In menu/navigation icons:

<vector
    ...
    android:tint="?attr/colorControlNormal">
    ...
</vector>

Deprecated app bars

There are two deprecated app bars that are no longer recommended:

Deprecated top app bar
  1. Medium
  2. Large

The larger collapsing top app bars can be used for longer titles, to house imagery, or to provide a stronger presence to the top app bar.

Medium top app bar

The following example shows a medium collapsing top app bar with a page title, a navigation icon, an action icon, and an overflow menu.

Medium top app bar with light background and grey icons with the page title on a new line below the icons.

In the layout:

<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
    ...>

    <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
        ...
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

        <com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout
            style="?attr/collapsingToolbarLayoutMediumStyle"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/collapsingToolbarLayoutMediumSize">

            <com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
                ...
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
                android:elevation="0dp" />

        </com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout>

    </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

    ...

</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

Large top app bar

The following example shows a large collapsing top app bar with a page title, a navigation icon, an action icon, and an overflow menu.

Large top app bar with light background and grey icons with the page title on
a new line below the icons

In the layout:

<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
    ...>

    <com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
        ...
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

        <com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout
            style="?attr/collapsingToolbarLayoutLargeStyle"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/collapsingToolbarLayoutLargeSize">

            <com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
                ...
                android:elevation="0dp" />

        </com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout>

    </com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

    ...

</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>