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Kadaj13
Kadaj13

Reputation: 1551

allocating a menu icon in the right place

I am writing an android program. The first thing I want to make is an menu icon on the top. Here are my codes: menu.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:id="@+id/add"
          android:icon="@drawable/plus"
          android:title="Adding"
          android:orderInCategory="100"
          android:showAsAction="always"
     />
</menu>

main.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
              android:orientation="vertical"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
              android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        >

</LinearLayout>

and myActivity.java

package com.example.myapp;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.MenuInflater;

public class MyActivity extends Activity {
    /**
     * Called when the activity is first created.
     */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
    }
    public boolean onCreateMenu(Menu menu){
        MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
        return true;
    }
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
            case R.id.add:
                return true;
            default:
                return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
        }
    }

}

The problem is the icon is in the middle but I want to put it in the right top and I dont know how...

also I have seen android:actionlayout and android:action-layout... What's the diffrence between these?!

I would be so happy if anyone can answer my question :)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 40

Answers (2)

Leonardo
Leonardo

Reputation: 3191

Try using:

@Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

        MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.firstactivity_menu, menu);

        return true;
    }

Where R.menu.firstactivity_menu should be your menu xml !

Upvotes: 1

hfann
hfann

Reputation: 599

The correct method to override is onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu). You inflate the menu in this method and returns true. It should display on the right side of the action bar.

Upvotes: 1

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