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Steps for Creating Bottom Navigation Bar
- Step 1: Create a new Android Studio project. To create a new project in Android Studio please refer to How to Create/Start a New Project in Android Studio.
- Step 2: Adding the dependency to the build.gradle(:app) file.
- Step 3: Working with activity_main.xml file.
How can I change the color of the bottom navigation bar icon in Android?
- Bottom Navigation should be used when an application has three to five top-level destinations. In the tab_color. …
- Set tab_color.
- In the activity_main. …
- Create navigation. …
- Create tab_color. …
- Create Fragment.
How do I change the color of the bottom navigation bar?
To change the selected tab icon color in BottomNavigationView you should use the Selector. Apply app:itemIconTint=”@drawable/bottom_navigation_selector” to your BottomNavigationView in xml file.
Why do I have a bottom navigation bar?
Bottom navigation bars make it easy to explore and switch between top-level views in a single tap. Tapping on a bottom navigation icon takes you directly to the associated view or refreshes the currently active view.
Let’s say you have a BottomNavigation inside MainActivity with 4 Fragments. If your are adding each fragment to backstack like so:
The Bottom Navigation can be easily added using BottomNavigationView component. You have to use gravitation or relative attributes to make it appear at the bottom of the screen. Here few important attributes have to noted down.
When to use bottom navigation in an app?
Bottom Navigation should be used when the app has three to five top-level navigations. This article explains the basics of Bottom Navigation, combining it with Fragments. We also going to learn how to load the first fragment with grid data (using RecyclerView) by fetching JSON through HTTP call.