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Android Toolbar: sometimes icon doesn't display properly

This is my menu:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_input_search"
android:title="#string/search"
android:orderInCategory="1"
app:actionViewClass="com.app.ui.widget.SearchView"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:visible="false"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_search_tb"
android:orderInCategory="2"
android:visible="false"
app:showAsAction="always" />
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_favorite"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_favorite_border_tb"
android:orderInCategory="3"
android:visible="false"
app:showAsAction="always" />
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_filter"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_filter_tb"
android:orderInCategory="4"
android:visible="false"
app:showAsAction="always" />
</menu>
And sometimes, for some reasons, the "menu_favorite" icon doesn't display properly (sometimes in grey, sometimes nothing, etc.), it's crazy...

Menu group in toolbar need item dividers

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:id="#+id/action_filter"
android:icon="#drawable/arrows_sync_icn"
android:orderInCategory="102"
android:title="Filter"
app:showAsAction="always"
>
<menu>
<group android:id="#+id/group_1">
<item
android:id="#+id/action_latest_story"
android:title="Latest stories"
/>
</group>
<group android:id="#+id/group_2">
<item
android:id="#+id/action_most_liked"
android:title="Most liked"
/>
</group>
<group android:id="#+id/group_3">
<item
android:id="#+id/action_most_shared"
android:title="Most shared"
/>
</group>
<group android:id="#+id/group_4">
<item
android:id="#+id/action_most_read"
android:title="Most read"
/>
</group>
</menu>
</item>
<item
android:id="#+id/action_notification"
android:actionLayout="#layout/lyt_notification_count"
android:icon="#drawable/notification_navigation"
android:orderInCategory="101"
android:title="Notification"
app:showAsAction="always" />
<item
android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:icon="#drawable/search_navigation"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="Search"
app:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
app:showAsAction="always" />
</menu>
So this is what I'm doing now. I need to draw a item divider between each item(Orderincatogory = 102). I don't know how to do that please help if anyone know the answer. These are in toolbar and I'm testing in kitkat and lollypop device.

Not able to get both Icon and Image in Android Actionbar button

I am using a Split ActionBar & I have successfully inflated the menu for my fragment
When i used below code ::
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/action_settings"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/home"
android:orderInCategory="1"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Search"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/java"
android:orderInCategory="2"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Share"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/android"
android:orderInCategory="3"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Account"/>
</menu>
I get the output as::
When i use second code in an another usecase::
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/action_settings"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/home"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:orderInCategory="1"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Search"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/java"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_share"
android:orderInCategory="2"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Share"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/android"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_person"
android:orderInCategory="3"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Account"/>
</menu>
I get the output as below::
Problem I am facing::
I am not able to get both Icon and button text ?
Is it not possible to obtain both ? if so how ?
Or is it we have to use only either one of them ?

You should use 'withText' value as well in the showAsAction attribute.
So the menu item will now look like,
<item
android:id="#+id/android"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_person"
android:orderInCategory="3"
android:showAsAction="always|withText"
android:title="Account"/>
Also, note it will ultimately depend upon the space available in the ActionBar. One cannot force it and in case if space is not enough it will end up as an overflow for the overflowing content.

Try android:showAsAction="always|withText"

ActionBar appcompat submenu

In my application android I would like to add an actionbar like this (that it have a submenu)
my xml code is
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" >
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_item_search"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:icon="#drawable/abc_ic_search"
android:title="Search Products">
</item>
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_Home"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:icon="#drawable/abc_ic_search"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
android:title="Home"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_favourite"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:icon="#drawable/abc_ic_search"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
android:title="favourite"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_Balance"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:icon="#drawable/abc_ic_search"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
android:title="Balance"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_logout"
android:icon="#drawable/abc_ic_search"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
android:title="Logout"/>
</menu>
in android sdk 2.x the result it's not what i want
i tryed also
<item
android:id="#+id/root_menu"
DetailsPage:showAsAction="always"
android:icon="#drawable/abc_ic_menu_moreoverflow_normal_holo_light"
android:title="More">
<menu>
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_Home"
DetailsPage:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
android:icon="#drawable/abc_ic_search"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
android:title="Home"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_Balance"
DetailsPage:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
android:icon="#drawable/abc_ic_search"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
android:title="Balance"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_logout"
android:icon="#drawable/abc_ic_search"
DetailsPage:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
android:title="Logout"/>
</menu>
</item>
what I what to do to have the same picture plz ( maybe menu popup ?)
help me plz

Changing the namespace from app to compat solved my problem:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:compat="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" >
<item
android:id="#+id/action_submenu"
android:title="#string/action_submenu"
android:icon="#drawable/abc_ic_menu_moreoverflow_normal_holo_dark"
compat:showAsAction="always">
<menu>
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
compat:showAsAction="always"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/action_example"
android:title="#string/action_example"
compat:showAsAction="withText|ifRoom"/>
</menu>
</item>
</menu>

Your using the namespaces in the wrong way. To have the showAsAction property to work properly you have to use the "app" namespace not the android one. In your first try you're using it and every time you set showAsAction="never". That's why you're not getting the expected result.
Remove all your android:showAsAction="..." and set all the app:showAsAction="always" or ="ifRoom|withText"
Hope I answered your question, if I did please check it as right answer.

Displaying icon along with text in Android overflow menu of Action Bar

Is there a way in which we can display icon along with text in android over flow menu of action bar. My code is below :
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:id="#+id/menu_share"
android:title="share"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:actionProviderClass="android.widget.ShareActionProvider" />
<item
android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_search"
android:title="Search"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView">
<item
android:id="#+id/item_refresh"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_refresh"
android:title="Refresh"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
/>
<item
android:id="#+id/item_save"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_save"
android:title="Save"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
></item>
</menu>
Can anyone help me is sorting out this issue. I need to display both icon along with text in overflow that appears on the top right of action bar.
Thanks in advance

As far as I understand, Action Overflow just displays the text (android:title). I've been looking through some apps, and none of them have "icon+text" on items within the Action Overflow.

AFAIK, this is not possible. What you can do is use a ListPopupWindow to accompish this. I had to use a custom bar instead of ActionBar, since it doesn't seem very customizable and I have used PopupMenu but I haven't tried to put icons in yet. But ListPopupWindow should allow you too. You may have to use a custom bar. Possibly attach it to the oveflow button somehow but I'm not sure that is possible
Note that ListPopupWindow needs API >=11

Try creating customized overflow menu:
<item
android:id="#+id/action_overflow"
android:icon="#drawable/overflow"
android:showAsAction="always">
<menu>
<item android:id="#+id/menu_share"
android:title="share"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:actionProviderClass="android.widget.ShareActionProvider" />
<item
android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_search"
android:title="Search"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView">
<item
android:id="#+id/item_refresh"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_refresh"
android:title="Refresh"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
/>
<item
android:id="#+id/item_save"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_save"
android:title="Save"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
></item>
</menu>
</item>

you Need to add tools:context="your class" to menu tag
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:context=".activities.BaseActivity">
<item
android:id="#+id/action_notification1"
android:icon="#drawable/three"
android:title="action_notification"
app:showAsAction="always">
<menu>
<item
android:id="#+id/profile"
android:icon="#drawable/profile"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="PROFILE" />
<item
android:id="#+id/c"
android:icon="#drawable/correct_tick"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="COMPLETED TRIPS" />
<item
android:id="#+id/app"
android:icon="#drawable/report_issue"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="REPORT ISSUES" />
<item
android:id="#+id/r"
android:icon="#drawable/correct_tick"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="REACHED CENTER" />
<item
android:id="#+id/pdf"
android:icon="#drawable/pdf_image"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="BAG INFO" />
<item
android:id="#+id/l"
android:icon="#drawable/logout"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="LOGOUT" />
</menu>
</item>
</menu>
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
menu.getItem(0).getSubMenu().getItem(3).setVisible(false);
menu.getItem(0).getSubMenu().getItem(4).setVisible(true);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
you shold write tool:context to menu tag then run you will get icons to your text