Disable Navigation Drawer in Android

Question

I have implemented a Navigation Drawer successfully using the official documentation and some tutorials. This works perfectly fine.

Now, I have added an In-App-Purchase to unlock the full functionality of my app. This extra functionality is accessed through the Navigation Drawer. I have a boolean which gets a true or false value in the onCreate() of the Activity based on if the user has or not made this purchase.

So far so good.

Now, I wan't to lock the Navigation Drawer if the boolean is false. What is a good/correct way to do this? Do I need to add if-else blocks at all the child fragments where the Drawer is being toggled or affected? Is there any universal lock which I can conveniently use?

Update: I tried using drawerLayout.setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_CLOSED) in my Activity.onCreate() after looking at this question, but it does not work.

I did see that question, however the function does not seem to be work. Updating the question now. — rgamber, Nov 21 '14 at 05:31
you can try making a custom drawer as I described in [this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/26730570/2389078) answer. That way you can manage the button clicks, until the variable is not true, because you'll only be opening the drawer by your wish. I think you get my point. — DroidDev, Nov 21 '14 at 05:35

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 21 '14 at 05:38

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You Can Do Like This.

// enable or disable slide menu
public void setDrawerLayoutEnable(boolean what) {
    if (what) {
        // Drawer will be open through swipe by user
        mDrawerLayout.setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_UNLOCKED);
    } else {
        // User will not be able to open Drawer but it can be open from application programmatically 
        mDrawerLayout.setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_CLOSED);
    }
}

This might helps you.

edited Nov 21 '14 at 05:38

SilentKiller

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answered Nov 21 '14 at 05:30

Jay Rathod

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where would I call this method? I tried to call this in onCreate() of my Activity and it does not help. – rgamber Nov 21 '14 at 05:32
u don;t need to call it anywhere it just works on the object of DrawerLayout. – Jay Rathod Nov 21 '14 at 05:33
`setDrawerLayoutEnable` is not a standard method. I will have to invoke it somewhere. What do you mean by 'it just works on the object of DrawerLayout'? – rgamber Nov 21 '14 at 05:35
yes it's not override method. – Jay Rathod Nov 21 '14 at 05:36
so I'm asking where should I invoke it? As I say in my question, I already tried calling the `setDrawerLockMode` in my `onCreate()` and it did not work. – rgamber Nov 21 '14 at 05:37
you need to call this method where you wanted to precent user to open drawer @rgamber – SilentKiller Nov 21 '14 at 05:38
sorry, I am not following you. – rgamber Nov 21 '14 at 05:39
have you created custom actionbar for navigation?? – Jay Rathod Nov 21 '14 at 05:40
@SilentKiller, I mentioned in the question that I am calling this on my onCreate, but its not working. – rgamber Nov 21 '14 at 06:23
@rgamber where at on create ? – SilentKiller Nov 21 '14 at 06:33
at the very end, after initializing the drawer completely. Its not working! – rgamber Nov 21 '14 at 06:33

Disable Navigation Drawer in Android

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