In my application need to set a custom layout for the actionbar overflow menu as shown in the image, need suggestions how to achieve this.
You can edit your menu.xml according to your need. Below is just an example to show it is done
<item android:id="#+id/menu_save"
android:icon="#drawable/icon_save"
android:title="Save" />
<item android:id="#+id/menu_search"
android:icon="#drawable/icon_search"
android:title="Search" />
<item android:id="#+id/menu_share"
android:icon="#drawable/icon_share"
android:title="Share" />
<item android:id="#+id/menu_delete"
android:icon="#drawable/icon_delete"
android:title="Delete" />
<item android:id="#+id/menu_preferences"
android:icon="#drawable/icon_preferences"
android:title="Preferences" />
Edit the following code in your menu.xml file
<item
android:id="#+id/help"
android:title="Help"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:orderInCategory="100"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/Chng_pswd"
android:title="Change Password"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:orderInCategory="200"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/logout"
android:title="LogOut"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:orderInCategory="300"/>
Add this in your menu.xml items you want to display in your actionBar overflow menu:
app:showAsAction="never"
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How to set custom layout for the menu , I have given app:showAsAction="never" for the menu items , It is displayed as in
How to set custom layout for the menu ? I have to show options as in the Image which is present in my question.
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Please help me. I use the context menu in Action Bar (CAB). Listing menu has 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/add_cxtmenu"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_add"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:orderInCategory="1"
android:title="edit"/>
<item/>
<item
android:id="#+id/edit_cxtmenu"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_edit"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:orderInCategory="2"
android:title="edit"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/delete_cxtmenu"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_delete"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:orderInCategory="3"
android:title="delete"/>
</menu>
So the menu should consist of three items. Each item has a parameter android:showAsAction="always"
In the end, I had to get three icons on the panel ActionBar. But in reality, I have two icons together into a button overflowbutton. How to fix it? I can not find the answer to this problem.
Theme my app
<style name="AppTheme" parent="#style/Theme.AppCompat.Light">
Try this.
<?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/add_cxtmenu"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_add"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:orderInCategory="1"
android:title="edit"/>
<item/>
<item
android:id="#+id/edit_cxtmenu"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_edit"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:orderInCategory="2"
android:title="edit"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/delete_cxtmenu"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_delete"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:orderInCategory="3"
android:title="delete"/>
</menu>
Try to change this:
android:showAsAction="always"
For this:
app:showAsAction="always"
Also you couldn´t have enought room. Try to remove your title or do it small.
I wanna change the three dots button on Android to other button which is an "Add" button. How to do it? I have changed set the button in my drawable, but it keep prompt the three dot button.
Thanks
Sorry i can't reply as a comment, but i'm guessing you want to change the actionbar overflow menu icon. If so you can do it in styles.xml.
<!-- Application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">
<!-- All customizations that are NOT specific to a particular API-level can go here. -->
<item name="android:actionOverflowButtonStyle">#style/MyActionButtonOverflow</item>
</style>
<!-- Style to replace actionbar overflow icon. set item 'android:actionOverflowButtonStyle' in AppTheme -->
<style name="MyActionButtonOverflow" parent="android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionButton.Overflow">
<item name="android:src">#drawable/ic_launcher</item>
</style>
Original post: How to change option menu icon in the action bar?
Sorry I don't have enough reputation to post a comment. Here is the best answer I found, its one line of code:
myToolbar.setOverflowIcon(ContextCompat.getDrawable(getApplicationContext(),R.drawable.my_drawable));
The link for the original answer is here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/35790470/4575772
If you want to add other icon instead of 3 dots then just create menu.xml like below code:
<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_add"
android:title="Add"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_add" />
</menu>
Note:
Don't use android:showAsAction.
Use app:showAsAction.
//just edit menu.xml file
//add icon for item which will change default setting icon
//add sub menus
///menu.xml file
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:icon="#drawable/your_icon"
app:showAsAction="always" >
<menu>
<item android:id="#+id/action_menu1"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_preferences"
android:title="menu setting" />
<item android:id="#+id/action_menu2"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_help"
android:title="help" />
</menu>
</item>
hope this help u, just set your xml menu like this:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:icon="#drawable/your_icon"
android:title="menu"
app:showAsAction="always">
<menu>
<item
android:id="#+id/action_menu1"
android:orderInCategory="1"
android:title="menu 1" />
<item
android:id="#+id/action_menu2"
android:orderInCategory="2"
android:title="menu 2" />
</menu>
</item>
</menu>
For those who use Kotlin:
toolbar.overflowIcon = ContextCompat.getDrawable(applicationContext,android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_info)
Note: "ic_dialog_info" is an icon example.
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"
i have added menues in my menue item in xml.now i want to keep the home icon only at the very right of the action bar and the others will remain in three dots and when someone clicks them they will collapse down in a group.
that is my xml
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/action_settings"/>
<item android:id="#+id/Homebar"
android:title="Home"
android:orderInCategory="1"
android:showAsAction="always"
/>
<item android:id="#+id/infobar"
android:title="Info"
android:orderInCategory="2"
android:showAsAction="collapseActionView"
/>
<item android:id="#+id/servicebar"
android:title="Services"
android:orderInCategory="3"
android:showAsAction="always"
/>
<item android:id="#+id/onlinetoolsbar"
android:title="Online tools"
android:orderInCategory="4"
android:showAsAction="always"
/>
<item android:id="#+id/mediacenterbar"
android:title="Media center"
android:orderInCategory="5"
android:showAsAction="always"
/>
i solved it by adding an icon at the very right of the top and put the drop down on action.
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