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Actionbar not shown with AppCompat
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I am following the tutorial on developer.android.com and trying to add items on action bar.
Although i added all the code the search action shows as an overflow element instead of an action button element. I tried on 4" and 7" virtual devices with soft keyboard option.
Here is the
main_activity_actions.xml
<?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="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="#string/action_search"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
<!-- Settings, should always be in the overflow -->
<item android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
Here is the MainActivity.java 's onCreateOptionsMenu method.
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main_activity_actions, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
I want to learn what causes this problem.
This is because if you use the support AppCompat ActionBar library and ActionBarActivity you should create your menus in a different than the standard way of creating xml menus in ActioBarSherlock or the default ActionBar.
So try this code :
<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="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="#string/action_search"
app:showAsAction="always" />
<item android:id="#+id/action_compose"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_compose"
android:title="#string/action_compose"
app:showAsAction="always"/>
</menu>
Though the issue is resolved, let me post an answer with more information, may be found helpful by anyone later.
Now, the issue is you have used android:showAsAction="ifRoom" and android:showAsAction="never", instead if you would want to make action button always visible then use android:showAsAction="always"
FYI, android:showAsAction can take either of any values:
android:showAsAction=["ifRoom" | "never" | "withText" | "always" |
"collapseActionView"]
You can read more about Menu Resource
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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" />
My ActionBar has 2 action buttons, when I'm trying to change logo on my ActionBar, it doesn't show. I found the solution: in my Mainactivity class I changed ActionBarActivity(it shows by default) to Activity. Then in manifest.xml I change the Theme from
name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
to
name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
the logo appeared, but 2 action buttons moved to overflow menu. The question is: How to move this action buttons back?
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=".MainActivity">
<item android:id="#+id/action_share"
android:title="#string/action_share"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_share"
android:orderInCategory="110"
app:showAsAction="always" />
<item android:id="#+id/deleteNote"
android:title="#string/delete"
android:orderInCategory="111"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_delete"
app:showAsAction="always" />
</menu>
MainActivity
#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);
if (isAddingNote)
{
menu.removeItem(R.id.deleteNote);
menu.removeItem(R.id.action_share);
}
return true;
On this forum I found two close posts but it didn't help me.
Action buttons doesn't show up on Action Bar?
and Actionbar not shown with AppCompat
As per my understanding to your question you were originally trying to change the icon of the actionBar in which you didn't succeed and end up with other error.
Let me tell you that your menu_main.xml code works perfectly there is no error in that.
There are two possible solutions for you and that depends on your requirements.
If you are developing your app with material design support i.e using Appcompat then use following answer.
Change android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar to Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar again.
Change extends Activity to extends ActionBarActivity again.
Write this code in your java file to change the logo of the actionbar.
ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
actionBar.setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_HOME | ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_TITLE);
actionBar.setIcon(R.drawable.YourLogo);`
If you want to implement your app with Holo theme then use following answer.
First of all remove Appcompat lib from your project depending on the IDE you are using.
Let your activity be extends Activity.
Let your theme be android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar.
Change TargetSDK to below 21. Change compile version to below 21.
Replace you main_menu.xml
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/action_share"
android:title="share"
android:orderInCategory="110"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_share" />
<item android:id="#+id/deleteNote"
android:title="delete"
android:orderInCategory="111"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_delete" />
</menu>
P.S. I do not understand why you removing menu items from your code.
I.e.
if (isAddingNote)
{
menu.removeItem(R.id.deleteNote);
menu.removeItem(R.id.action_share);
}
I'm following the android developers guide. I have this menu I'm inflating in the action bar:
res/menu/main_activity_actions.xml
<?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="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="#string/action_search"
android:showAsAction="always" />
<!-- Settings, should always be in overflow -->
<item android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:showAsAction="never"/>
</menu>
I have a corresponding icon in res/drawable, and am inflating like so:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main_activity_actions, menu);
return true;
}
The problem I'm facing is that the search action gets pushed into the overflow, and I can't figure out how to make it an action button that always shows up in the action bar.
I did not find a duplicate question on this, though there are many related questions.
I have a problem: I want to put a search Icon on the Action Bar. In Android Studio it shows it on the Action Bar, but when I open the App it only shows it in the menu..
Here is my xml code:
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:showAsAction="never" />
<item
android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:title="#string/action_search"/>
I tried many things but it wont work. I hope you can help me.
It still doesn't work I really don't have a clue why.
You're not specifying your ActionView class, which is probably part of the problem. Here is the xml for a search action view that I use in one of my applications that works fine.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="#+id/search_user"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
android:icon="#drawable/magnifing_glass"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView"
android:title="#string/action_search"/>
</menu>
EDIT:
If you're not trying to use it as an ActionView, disregard the above and use showAsAction="always".
Your problem is either that there is not enough space on the action bar to display the icon, or your device has a dedicated menu button.
Im using the ActionBarActivity on my activity and inflating the following menu
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:microecs="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item android:id="#+id/menu_refresh"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_refresh"
android:title="#string/description_refresh"
android:orderInCategory="1"
microecs:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
<!--TODO: get a good logout icon-->
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_logoff"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_logout"
android:title="#string/description_logoff"
android:orderInCategory="2"
microecs:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
The second menu item drawable that i want to appear as a menu and not in the action bar doesn't not appear in my S4 (running 4.3) and also on lower devices running 2.3.7
Just update your code with following code.
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:microecs="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item android:id="#+id/menu_refresh"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_refresh"
android:title="#string/description_refresh"
android:orderInCategory="1"
microecs:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
<!--TODO: get a good logout icon-->
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_logoff"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_logout"
android:title="#string/description_logoff"
android:orderInCategory="2"
microecs:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
</menu>
Whenever you are using never then it dont place that item in the Action Bar.
For about menu refer this link.
This is not possible by design. Overflow menus from the action bar don't show icons - that's just a design decision Google made.
You can check more, e.g. here: Displaying icon for menu items of Action Bar in Honeycomb android 3.0