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TextIsSelectable property not working with toolbar

I have a normal TextView with android: textIsSelectable property true. This worked great even if I have a TextView inside a ListView. But now I decided to use the new Toolbar as my ActionBar and it doesn't work anymore. I have no glitch or anything, I only see screen flickering on Lollipop devices when I press the TextView for a long time. On devices before Lollypop, I can't see anything.

Does anyone else have another problem and is there a fix for it?

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If the application theme extends one of the themes .NoActionBar

, you need to enable windowActionModeOverlay to fix this issue.



<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>
</style>
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In your file layout.xml

: Replace fill_parent

with wrap_content

for this item.



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Try it, this worked for me:

In the toolbar layout, add the text view yourself, for example:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
           xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
           android:id="@+id/toolbar"
           android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
           android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
           android:layout_width="match_parent">

           <TextView
               android:layout_width="wrap_content"
               android:layout_height="wrap_content"
               android:gravity="center"
               android:text = "Hi, there"
               android:textColor="#ff0000"
               android:textIsSelectable="true"/>

    </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

I tested this on android v4.0.4 ICS, it works great for me, I can select text on long press.

Hope it helps ...

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