How to show text with icon for item from ActionBar? - android

There is the following menu:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="#+id/item1"
android:icon="#drawable/icon"
android:title="Text111" android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"/>
</menu>
As you can see I set icon, title and "showAsAction" attribute for my menu item, but there is only icon on Actionbar when I execute it. How can I fix it?

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="#+id/item1"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:title="Text111" android:showAsAction="withText"/>
</menu>
check back your code , test with ic_launcher first .and move ifRoom to check if its the cause or no!.

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xmlns:compat="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
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<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" >
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android:icon="#drawable/navigation_collapse"
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I have an action bar with the follwing menu:
<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="br.com.putzbati2.PrincipalActivity" >
<item android:id="#+id/action_mensagem"
android:title="Mensagem"
android:icon="#drawable/barra_superior_envelope"
android:showAsAction="always|withText" />
<item android:id="#+id/action_carro"
android:icon="#drawable/barra_superior_carro"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Meus Carros"/>
<item android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
app:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
But the withText doesnt work. It shows only the icon.
I've already try to use android:showAsAction instead of app:showAsAction and when I do this, it doesnt show the icon neither the text. Does any one know how to help me?
I've found this solution, but as I said, it doesnt work for me
app:showAsAction ifRoom is not working on appcompat action bar
You can use like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:id="#+id/action_mensagem"
android:title="#string/id_item_mensagem"
android:icon="#drawable/id_item_mensagem"
android:showAsAction="always|withText" />
<!-- ... another items -->
</menu>
'always|withText' will work if there is enough room, otherwise it will only place icon! You are using so much items with text, probably you don't have room. So you will see only the icon.
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