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Nathan Esquenazi edited this page Jun 1, 2015 · 23 revisions

Overview

Snackbars are shown on the bottom of the screen and contain text with an optional single action. They automatically fade out after enough time similar to a toast. Snackbars can be swiped away by the user or contain other actions actions making them more powerful than simple toasts. However, the API is very familiar.

Simple Snackbar

Create a snackbar using make, setting an optional action and then call .show():

Snackbar.make(parentLayout, R.string.snackbar_text, Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG)
  .setAction(R.string.snackbar_action, myOnClickListener)
  .show(); // Don’t forget to show!

Note the use of a View as the first parameter to make() which the snackbar uses as the parent layout used for positioning.

Configuration Options

Additional options can be used to configure the snackbar such a setActionTextColor and setDuration:

Snackbar.make(parentLayout, R.string.snackbar_text, Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG)
 .setAction(R.string.snackbar_action, myOnClickListener)
 .setActionTextColor(R.color.green)
 .setDuration(3000).show();

That's all!

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