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This is the first time I creating navigation in android studio, I already created the navigation header and drawer menu(they both showing in their own xml), but none of them appearing in my activity_home.xml(only Android..DrawerLayout text appears) , it even says that my header is empty, did I miss something??

This is the activity_home.xml

   <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar

       android:layout_width="match_parent"

       android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"

       android:background="@color/colorPrimary"

       android:id="@+id/toolbar"

       android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"

       app:popupTheme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light"

       android:elevation="4dp"/>



   <FrameLayout

       android:layout_width="match_parent"

       android:layout_height="match_parent"

       android:id="@+id/fragment_container"/>

<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView

    android:layout_width="wrap_content"

    android:layout_height="match_parent"

    android:layout_gravity="start"

    android:id="@+id/nav_view"

    app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_heqader" *(This line said that xml tag has empty body)*

    app:menu="@menu/drawer_menu"></android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>

This is the nav_heqader.xml(slightly typo here)

>



<ImageView

    android:layout_width="wrap_content"

    android:layout_height="wrap_content"

    android:src="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"

/>

<TextView

    android:layout_width="wrap_content"

    android:layout_height="wrap_content"

    android:paddingTop="8dp"

    android:text="Test"

    android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Body1"

    />

<TextView

    android:layout_width="wrap_content"

    android:layout_height="wrap_content"

    android:text="Testing"/>

This is the drawer_menu.xml

<group android:checkableBehavior="single">

    <item

        android:id="@+id/nav_message"

        android:icon="@drawable/ic_dashboard_black_24dp"

        android:title="Message" />

    <item

        android:id="@+id/nav_chat"

        android:icon="@drawable/ic_dashboard_black_24dp"

        android:title="Chat" />

    <item

        android:id="@+id/nav_profile"

        android:icon="@drawable/ic_dashboard_black_24dp"

        android:title="Profile" />

</group>



<item android:title="Communicate">

    <menu>

        <item

            android:id="@+id/nav_share"

            android:icon="@drawable/ic_dashboard_black_24dp"

            android:title="Profilez" />

        <item

            android:id="@+id/nav_share2"

            android:icon="@drawable/ic_dashboard_black_24dp"

            android:title="Profilezd" />

    </menu>

</item>

This is the Home.java

package com.example.aldyro.movie;





import android.support.annotation.NonNull;

import android.support.design.widget.NavigationView;

import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.view.MenuItem;

import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;



public class Home extends AppCompatActivity {

    private DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;

    @Override

    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_home);



        Toolbar toolbar = findViewById(R.id.toolbar);

        setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

        mDrawerLayout = findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);



        NavigationView navigationView = findViewById(R.id.nav_view);

        navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(

                new NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener() {

                    @Override

                    public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem menuItem) {

                        menuItem.setChecked(true);

                        mDrawerLayout.closeDrawers();

                        return true;

                    }

                });

    }





}

This is the styles.xml

<resources>



    <!-- Base application theme. -->

    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">

        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->

        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>

        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>

        <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>

    </style>



    <style name="AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />



    <style name="PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

    <style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">

        <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>

        <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>

    </style>



</resources>

This is the module:app (just in case my version isn't compatible)

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'



android {

    compileSdkVersion 28

    defaultConfig {

        applicationId "com.example.aldyro.movie"

        minSdkVersion 15

        targetSdkVersion 28

        versionCode 1

        versionName "1.0"

        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"

    }

    buildTypes {

        release {

            minifyEnabled false

            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'

        }

    }

}



dependencies {

    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])



    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0'

    implementation 'com.android.support:design:28.0.0'

    implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'

    implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:28.0.0'

    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'

    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.2'

    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.2'



}

So sorry I can't directly show the pic since I'm new here

nav_heqader screenshot

drawer_menu screenshot

activity_home screenshot

There are a lot of documentation out there for this question.

This link provide documentation of using a Navigation Drawer in Fragment, not Activity as u asking, but its very helpfull, if u are new to Android is a very good point to start.

https://guides.codepath.com/android/Fragment-Navigation-Drawer

You can create new activity from templates available and remove your old activity.

To insert new activity with drawer select File -> New -> acitivity -> Navigation drawer activity. 

You will need to change your menu entries as required.

The Drawer and the navigation menu shows when you swipe from left of the screen.

Swipe from left to show the drawer (link to image)

You need to setDisplayShowHomeEnabled
and on the click you need to manage the drawer
open and close drawer.

Video link to your code