Setting custom image view as action bar's menu icon

Question

I would like to add one of the menu icons of the action bar as below.

I need an icon and a bubble on top of that and I need to display a number on that at run time. Is it possible to do? I have Googled regarding this, but couldn't find exact way to do.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

what you want is call "badge"

A simple way to "badge" any given Android view at runtime without having to cater for it in layout.

try this Lib

https://github.com/jgilfelt/android-viewbadger

Answer 2

You will have to define custom layout for your action bar as mentioned in the tutorial here and to display counter above the Imageview android notification class can be used.