title: Two menu Android app
body: <p>The company I work for has an iOS application that has two sliding menus: one on the left that is used for navigation, and one on the right that displays app wide contextual info and actions. The iOS application has an ActionBar like widget that slides with the main content pane when displaying either of the menus (meaning it is hidden). Due to the published <a href="http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/navigation-drawer.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">guidelines</a> for using a navigation drawer, we are looking at updating the UI in the Android version to conform (as closely as possible). With that in mind, my UI designer has asked for a couple of working demos that can be put in front of users to get feedback. She's asked for three samples:</p>
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  <li><p>one that has a stationary action bar across the top. Both menus would overlay the main content pane but not the action bar. This would follow the published guidelines.</p>
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ylony.png" alt="enter image description here" /></p>
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  <li><p>one that functions like the current Facebook app. The ActionBar (or equivalent) is considered part of the main content pane and would be covered/slide away when either drawer is opened.</p>
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/53UsK.png" alt="enter image description here" />
  <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/6BNxd.png" alt="enter image description here" /></p>
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  <li><p>one that is a hybrid of the previous two: the left navigation menu should slide out under the action bar (following the guidelines). The right drawer would slide out over the action bar. This scenario is similar to the current Evernote app.</p>
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/CDZ0g.png" alt="enter image description here" />
  <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/sltyd.png" alt="enter image description here" /></p>
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  </ol>
  <p>So far, I've been tinkering with <a href="https://github.com/jfeinstein10/SlidingMenu" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SlidingMenu</a> and have a functional demo for #1 and #2. Based on what I've read <a href="http://onsoftwareandstuff.com/2013/06/19/android-navigation-drawer-pattern/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>, I should be able to accomplish #1 using the official Android <a href="http://developer.android.com/training/implementing-navigation/nav-drawer.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">navigation drawer</a>. However, I haven't been able to get anything working for demo #3. It doesn't look like DrawerLayout can be made to work over top of the ActionBar so it's out.</p>
  <p>Is it possible to use two drawers (using SlidingMenu): one that works with the ActionBar and one that doesn't? If not, are there any alternative solutions out there that will work or do I need to look at rolling my own solution?</p>