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Bottom App Bar
also known as Bottom bar (actions)
A bottom app bar anchors key actions, a navigation menu, and often a floating action button to the bottom of a mobile screen for easy one-handed reach. Unlike bottom navigation, its focus is contextual actions rather than switching top-level destinations. It can host overflow menus and inline controls.
Don't confuse it with
A bottom app bar centers on actions and may embed a FAB; bottom navigation centers on switching between the app's main sections. Both sit at the bottom, but one acts and the other navigates.
In the wild
An email app's bottom bar with archive, delete, and a compose FAB.