I have a action bar set up as this:
When I click on it a settings popup appears like this which when pressed takes me to my apps settings page.
My question is how would I remove the settings popup so that it takes me directly to my settings activity when I press the three dotted button? I tried playing around with code below but it yielded no result.
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
return true;
}
Goto the menu folder of your project. res>>menu and find the xml file representing the
You have to add the android:showAsAction="always" like below:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/menu"
android:title="#string/menu_settings_item"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_a" />
</menu>
Use the showAsAction parameter.
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/menu"
android:title="#string/menu_settings_item"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_a" />
</menu>
You can specify that your settings option always appears as a button on the action bar. You don't need the three dots in this case.
For instance, you can specify your action bar menu item like this (notice the "always" value):
<item android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_settings"
android:showAsAction="always" />
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Hello
I'm trying to add 2 menu items in the action bar. On the designer they look ok, but when I run the application, both menu items goes in the dropdown list hamburger menu (there's enough "room" to display on the action bar).
I tried to replace app:showAsAction to android:showAsAction, doesn't work this replacement.
this is my menu_main.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"
tools:context="com.tabdemo.MainActivity">
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title=""
app:showAsAction="never"
/>
<item
android:id="#+id/userMenu"
android:title="User"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
<item
android:id="#+id/logoutMenu"
android:icon="#drawable/opendoorlogo2"
android:title="Logout"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
And this is the java code:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
MenuItem userMenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.userMenu);
userMenuItem.setTitle(username);// global string
MenuItem logoutMenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.logoutMenu);
logoutMenuItem.setIcon(R.drawable.opendoorlogo2);
return true;
}
Thanks in advance (P.S. Logo doesn't load on Logout menu Item)
First of all make sure your drawable file is not too big for the actionbar, if so you can convert it to actionbar icon size.
https://romannurik.github.io/AndroidAssetStudio/icons-actionbar.html#source.space.trim=1&source.space.pad=0&name=ic_action_example&theme=light&color=33b5e5%2C60
android:showAsAction="always"
if this doesn't help you.
Best way is to create a custom actionbar layout and place your icon over there instead of adding it as Menus.
I have this menu.xml:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_preferences"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:title="#string/action_settings"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/action_connect"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_goto"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/action_connect"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/action_upgrade"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_refresh"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/action_upgrade"/>
</menu>
With this Activity code:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.login, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
And only the action_settings action button appears. I would expect the other two to be available through the "three-dotted" menu, or the device's menu button. On the LG Optimus L3, the three-dotted menu does not appear and the device's menu button does nothing. On my Galaxy Nexus the menu does appear.
I want these other settings in a seperate menu because I don't want them to be tapped by accident. According to the documentation (emphasis mine):
The action bar provides users access to the most important action items relating to the app's current context.
If I cannot put it in the ActionBar menu, where to put the less-important action items?
It is because the LG has a hard menu button. When you press the menu button on the device, you should see the other two items.
Also, your placement of the settings icon is incorrect:
Even if there's room in the action bar, never make Settings an action
button. Always keep it in the action overflow and label it "Settings".
Place it below all other items except "Help".
http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/settings.html#flow-structure
I want Option menu in Action Bar same as like Whatsapp and many other applications.
Check Image shown as below :
Please help me to get this.
Android documentation says to you how to do that, here.
You need to create a new xml inside menu res folder.
An example:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="#string/action_search"/>
<item android:id="#+id/action_compose"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_compose"
android:title="#string/action_compose" />
</menu>
android:icon: Used to specify the icon to use
android:title: The name of the action (Example, if the button does a Search it could be "Search")
android:id: The ID of the menu, you will use it to know which menu has been clicked
Then to create it in your Activity override onCreateOptionsMenu
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu items for use in the action bar
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_activity_actions, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
Replace R.menu.main_activity_actions with your menu name.
To apply the same effect like in yuor screen you should use android:showAsAction="never"
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="#string/action_search"
android:showAsAction="never"
/>
<item android:id="#+id/action_compose"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_compose"
android:title="#string/action_compose"
android:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
android:showAsAction=["ifRoom" | "never" | "withText" | "always" | "collapseActionView"]
android:showAsAction is used to say how Android should show the icon; if you put ifRoom Android will try to add it as icon if there are space; if you use "never" it will add it in the overflow menu.
Official doc:
ifRoom Only place this item in the Action Bar if
there is room for it.
withText Also include the title text (defined by
android:title) with the action item. You can include this value along
with one of the others as a flag set, by separating them with a pipe
|.
never Never place this item in the Action Bar.
always Always place
this item in the Action Bar. Avoid using this unless it's critical
that the item always appear in the action bar. Setting multiple items
to always appear as action items can result in them overlapping with
other UI in the action bar.
collapseActionView The action view
associated with this action item (as declared by android:actionLayout
or android:actionViewClass) is collapsible.
Introduced in API Level 14.
If you use it in API < 14 it will just be ignored.
Please..please help!
I'm new with android development. After i create an app with simple menu. i click on the parent menu, i don't see the items in the submenu appeared. I don't know why is that. Enyone know this, please teach me.
i use nexus Emulator to show result. (nesux S (4.0", 480 X 800:ddpi)
create menu in the Menu folder -> menu-demo like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:id="#+id/addnew" android:title="add new">
<menu>
<item android:id="#+id/name" android:title="add name"></item>
<item android:id="#+id/age" android:title="Add age"></item>
</menu>
</item>
<item android:id="#+id/update" android:title="update"></item>
<item android:id="#+id/delete" android:title="delete"></item>
</menu>
i update Mainactivity.java in the src.
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_demo, menu);
return true;
}
You're missing android:showAsAction="[property".
You can use a few parameters for showAsAction, such as always, never, and ifRoom.
Add these properties to your code, so for example, a menu item that I always want to appear on the actionbar would be like
<item
android:id="#+id/test"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="test" >
</item
For submenus, you basically want the topmost selection shown as an action always and the submenu shown never.
I have an ActionBar that should display the action buttons in a custom way. For this I created a custom view and attached it to the ActionBar.
One thing to mention is that I am using a menu.xml resoure file to load the options menu and display them on a smartphone, but do not display them on tablet, instead use a custom view. For this I market every menu item in the xml as: android:showAsAction="never"
Everything looks fine, except one little thing that still remains on the right of the ActionBar - the "More" button.
How can I remove it?
I tried this:
ActionBar bar = activity.getActionBar();
bar.removeAllTabs();
but the "more" button still remains there.
EDIT:
This is my menu.xml file:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_username"
android:icon="#drawable/menu_username"
android:orderInCategory="0"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/menu_username">
<menu>
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_logout"
android:title="#string/menu_logout"/>
</menu>
</item>
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_settings"
android:icon="#drawable/menu_settings"
android:orderInCategory="1"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/menu_settings"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_search"
android:icon="#drawable/menu_search"
android:orderInCategory="1"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/menu_search"/>
</menu>
Please note I still want to inflate this menu on a smartphone, but don't want to use it on a tablet.
Setting showAsAction="never" will force an menu item into the overflow. Why not check in onCreateOptionsMenu(...) that the device is a tablet, and if it is just not inflate the menu? Something like this:
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
if (getResources().getConfiguration().smallestScreenWidthDp >= 600) {
//It's a tablet, don't inflate, only create the manual view
manualMenuCreation();
} else {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
}
return true;
}
Don't forget smallestScreenWidthDp is only available in 3.2 or above, so you'll have to take that into consideration.