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Don't display icon on MenuBar in Android [duplicate]

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I'm building an app with AndroidStudio. I want to display an ActionBar in my application.
I want to add a menu into my AppCompactActivity. This is the menu:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<!-- Search, should appear as action button -->
<item android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_save"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Salva"/>
</menu>
This is the layout that I can see from Android Studio preview.
This is my AppCompactActivity:
public class setting extends AppCompatActivity{
public Program program;
public TextView textTargetUri;
public TextView labelUrl;
public ImageView targetImage;
private static final int SELECT_PICTURE = 1;
private String selectedImagePath;
private ImageView img;
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.setting);
img = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.ImageView01);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu items for use in the action bar
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_setting, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle presses on the action bar items
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_search:
getSchermataHome();
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
}
But this is the layou that I can see:
How can I fixed it?

Try using the following code
<?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_search"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_save"
android:title="Salva"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom|always"/>
</menu>
change always to ifRoom|always with app attribute

Change your android:showAsAction="always" to app:showAsAction="always"
So now your code would be
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<!-- Search, should appear as action button -->
<item android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_save"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Salva"/>
</menu>
Notice that the showAsAction attribute above uses a custom namespace defined in the tag. This is necessary when using any XML attributes defined by the support library, because these attributes do not exist in the Android framework on older devices.

Android Support Library 24.0.0 does not show text in SearchView

Here is what my SearchView looks like using Android Support Library version 23.0.4:
And here is what it looks like using Support Library 24.0.0:
How can I get my SearchView to properly show text in 24.0.0? This is not a text color issue FYI, I have adjusted text color of the EditText to no avail. You can also see it is missing the "x" button on the right.
Update
Here is the XML I am using for my search menu:
<?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/search"
android:icon="#drawable/nav_icon_search"
android:title="#string/search"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView" />
</menu>
Here is the code I am using in my onCreateOptionsMenu:
#Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_location_list, menu);
this.configureSearchView(menu);
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
}
private void configureSearchView(Menu menu) {
MenuItem search = menu.findItem(R.id.search);
MenuItemCompat.setOnActionExpandListener(search, this);
this.mSearchView = (SearchView)
MenuItemCompat.getActionView(search);
this.mSearchView.setOnQueryTextListener(this);
this.mSearchView.setOnCloseListener(this);
this.mSearchView.setSubmitButtonEnabled(false);
this.mSearchView.setIconifiedByDefault(true);
this.mSearchMenuItem = search;
}

How to show menu item in action bar?

I want the menu items to show on action bar. There is a lot of space on the ActionBar, but still they don't show up. Every item shown as three dots, why?
.java file
public class GalleryActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.gallery_layout);
}
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu);
return true;
}
}
.xml file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:MissionAndroid="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<item
android:id="#+id/facebookId"
android:title="facebook"
android:icon="#drawable/facebook"
MissionAndroid:showAsAction="always"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/shareId"
android:title="share"
android:icon="#drawable/share"
MissionAndroid:showAsAction="always"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/delete"
android:title="delete"
android:icon="#drawable/delete"
MissionAndroid:showAsAction="always"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/searchId"
android:title="search"
android:icon="#drawable/search"
MissionAndroid:showAsAction="ifRoom"/>
</menu>

Currently, you're using "http://schemas.android.com/tools" which does not offer the functionality you're looking for and your showAsAction modifiers are being ignored.
Try updating your main_menu.xml with the following:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:MissionAndroid="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
...
</menu>
Better yet, to follow convention, replace MissionAndroid in this file with app:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:id="#+id/facebookId"
android:title="facebook"
android:icon="#drawable/facebook"
app:showAsAction="always"/>
...
</menu>

Menu icon is not displaying in action bar

I need to inflate custom menu in Fragment.
I have only one menu item.But the icon is not displaying.
Can someone tell what is wrong with my code
My menu.xml
<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" >
<item
android:id="#+id/search"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_search_category_default"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Search"/></menu>
And I set in onCreateView()
setHasOptionsMenu(true);
getActivity().invalidateOptionsMenu();
And inflating the menu
#Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
inflater = getActivity().getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
}
Resulting screen attached below. I need to have the search icon instead of the menu overflow icon.

I know I'm a little late for the party, but hope I can help someone else. Today I was facing this SAME problem.
I fixed using android:showAsAction="always" instead of app:showAsAction="always"
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item android:id="#+id/bluetooth_status_off"
android:orderInCategory="0"
android:icon="#drawable/bluetooth_red"
android:title="#string/app_name"
android:showAsAction="always" />
</menu>
on the showAsAction is underlined with red (warning), but works fine.

I Think You should use
<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" >
<item
android:id="#+id/search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_search_category_default"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Search"/></menu>
and
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.mymenu, menu);
return true;
}

Sorry to late but put this code in your onCreate()
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

You have to add the following property app:showAsAction="ifRoom"

Make sure, you've added a menu item without an icon.
Example:
<?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/next_btn"
android:checked="true"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_input_add"
android:title="Item"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="Settings" />
</menu>
Thanks to action_settings, it'll automatically add an overflow icon.

make a menu with the code below...
<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/action_search"
android:title="Search"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" />
</menu>
and set it as your menu..

This is default behaviour of the Overflow menu from the ActionBar.
If you want to show the Icons in the overflow menu, override the onMenuOpened method in your activity with this code snippit:
#Override
public boolean onMenuOpened(int featureId, Menu menu) {
if(featureId == Window.FEATURE_ACTION_BAR && menu != null){
if(menu.getClass().getSimpleName().equals("MenuBuilder")){
try{
Method m = menu.getClass().getDeclaredMethod(
"setOptionalIconsVisible", Boolean.TYPE);
m.setAccessible(true);
m.invoke(menu, true);
}
catch(NoSuchMethodException e){
Log.e("MyActivity", "onMenuOpened", e);
}
catch(Exception e){
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
}
}
return super.onMenuOpened(featureId, menu);
}

If you're running your code on Android 3.0+, the icons in the menu are not shown by design.
This is a design decision by Google.
You can read more about this on Android developers blog.

Copy your menu xml code.
Delete your menu file
Now create a new menu file in res->menu directory
And name it with different name
Now Run

android option menu with icon

How to show icon with option menu.I have tried the following code but my option menu is without image icon.I am using android version 4.0 for developing app.
Java code :
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
menu.add("Add Contacts").setIcon(
R.drawable.ic_launcher);
return true;
}
Following is my app's screen shot
I need image to be displayed on the top of "Add Contacts" item.

Override OnPrepareOptionsMenu and add icon from there too
and if its for above 3.0, use android:showAsAction in xml.
eg. android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"

I tried the code in two line and it works:
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
menu.add("Add Contacts");
menu.getItem(0).setIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher);
return true;
}

You can create a custom menu like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/add_contacts"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:title="#string/add_contacts"
/>
</menu>
And then inflate it
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.my_menu, menu);
return true;
}
More on this here:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/menus.html#options-menu

you can directly set this into the xml file.
<item android:id="#+id/add_contacts"
android:icon="#android:drawable/plus_icon"
android:title="Add Contacts"/>

You Can try Following this Link.
Check this out and tell me if it worked or not.
Or you can do some thing like this.
Create menu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/next"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_next"
android:title="#string/next" />
<item android:id="#+id/previous"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_previous"
android:title="#string/previous" />
<item android:id="#+id/list"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_list"
android:title="#string/list" />
</menu>
And now you will be able to set ICON on menu
Now in CreateOptionMenu
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
return true;
}
And to access that menu.
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.next:
Toast.makeText(this, "You have chosen the " + getResources().getString(R.string.next) + " menu option",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
…
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}

To enable Option Menu with Icons:
Wrap the Items with an Item with showAsAction="always" and a Menu:
<?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:title="#string/title_menu"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_icon_menu"
app:showAsAction="always">
<menu>
<item
android:id="#+id/action1"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="#string/action1"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_icon_action1"
app:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
</item>
</menu>

If you use some following attribute in manifest file then it's will be show your icon....
<activity android:name=".ui.CategoryActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
**android:theme="#android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"**></activity>
It's work fine for me...:)
+1 for my own effort...
**must be enter.

Easiest way is to use the #drawable only when setting your menu item.
OR
Simply put the #drawable before the title declaration.
<?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/addToFavorites"
android:icon = "#drawable/ic_favorite_border_white_24dp"
android:title = "Hello"
app:showAsAction="always" />
<item
android:id ="#+id/about"
android:title ="About"
app:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>

the problem is the Androidmanifest.xml.
Remove android:theme="#style/AppTheme" and it will work just fine