Centering the home/homeasup and action menu in an appcompat actionbar - android-layout

Question

seems like I am the only one on SO with such problem. Why, android, why ?...
have a look at the image. Only the title is centered (phew). The other two items... help!
here is the relevant xml mojo
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/dl_base"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:openDrawer="start">
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="false"
tools:context="com.farmdog.farmdog.HelperActivity">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/appbar_padding_topbottom"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/appbar_padding_topbottom"/>
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
and the styles:
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<!-- colorPrimaryDark wont work on API level < 21 -->
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">#color/mainBkgndHard</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/appTextColor</item>
<item name="android:buttonStyle">#style/ButtonTheme</item>
<!-- attempt taking actionbar shadow away -->
<item name="elevation">0dp</item>
<item name="android:windowContentOverlay">#null</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="actionMenuTextColor">#color/appTextColor</item>
<item name="titleTextColor">#color/appTextColor</item>
<item name="colorControlNormal">#color/appTextColor</item>
<item name="android:layout_centerVertical">true</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorActionBar</item>
</style>

Answer 1

You have set toolbar paddingTop and paddingBottom. You should remove them. I hope it will help resolve your problem.