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andresmafra
andresmafra

Reputation: 491

Android option menu is not showing on API 2.x.x

Im using appcompat v7 for rendering the action bar on my Android project. This works very well on versions 4.x but the options menu (only the options menu) is not exibithed on 2.x.x versions. What is the problem?

My list_team.xml

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" >

<item
    android:id="@+id/action_profile"
    android:title="@string/menu_label_profile"
    android:orderInCategory="100"
    android:showAsAction="never"
    app:showAsAction="never"/>

<item
    android:id="@+id/action_about"
    android:title="@string/menu_label_about"
    android:orderInCategory="100"
    android:showAsAction="always"
    app:showAsAction="always"/>

My Activity

public class MyActivity extends ActionBarActivity {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_list_team);

    getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(false);
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.list_team, menu);
    return true;
}
}

Appreciate any help.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 751

Answers (3)

matiash
matiash

Reputation: 55340

Devices with Android 2.X usually have a hardware menu button. In that case the overflow menu icon is not displayed (at least by default, not sure if there is a toggle for this in appcompat, though there was in ActionBarSherlock).

Nevertheless, tthe options should be accessible when pressing the menu button. May that be the case?

Upvotes: 1

Jeffrey Mixon
Jeffrey Mixon

Reputation: 13616

Based on this code, you are missing super.onCreateOptionsMenu() in your override:

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.list_team, menu);
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

And you should also only use app:showAsAction namespace as has been previously suggested.

Upvotes: 1

Blo
Blo

Reputation: 11978

Try to delete these two attributes android:showAsAction="" and keeping only these app:showAsAction="" instead.

According to the Google Documentation:

If your app is using the Support Library for compatibility on versions as low as Android 2.1, the showAsAction attribute is not available from the android: namespace.

You can also change the orderInCategory of *action_about* to 1.

Upvotes: 1

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