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Aleena
Aleena

Reputation: 273

Action Bar Items (Action Items) are not showing in android.

I have two menu items in menu/contacts_menu.xml as : 

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" >

    <item
        android:id="@+id/pm_action_search"
        android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_search"
        android:orderInCategory="1"
        android:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView"
        android:title="@string/action_search"/>
    <item
        android:id="@+id/show_online"
        android:icon="@drawable/online_icon"
        android:orderInCategory="2"
        android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
        android:title="Show Online"/>

   </menu>

Where , in my Fragment :

    @Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.contacts_menu, menu);
    super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    int id = item.getItemId();
    if (id == R.id.show_online) {
        // DO SOMETHING
        return true;
    }
    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

I have done the same procedure in my others apps, and action items are showing. But in my current app, they are not showing. only if i press the menu button, action items are showing only with text. i want to show the icons on my action bar.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 420

Answers (1)

Xaver Kapeller
Xaver Kapeller

Reputation: 49817

I guess you are using appcompat library? Try this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:appcompat="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

    <item
        android:id="@+id/pm_action_search"
        android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_search"
        android:orderInCategory="1"
        android:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
        appcompat:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
        android:title="@string/action_search" />
    <item

        android:id="@+id/show_online"
        android:icon="@drawable/online_icon"
        android:orderInCategory="2"
        android:showAsAction="always"
        appcompat:showAsAction="always"
        android:title="Show Online" />

</menu>

This should definitely work, but for simplicity you can also try this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:appcompat="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

    <item
        android:id="@+id/pm_action_search"
        android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_search"
        android:orderInCategory="1"
        appcompat:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
        android:title="@string/action_search" />
    <item

        android:id="@+id/show_online"
        android:icon="@drawable/online_icon"
        android:orderInCategory="2"
        appcompat:showAsAction="always"
        android:title="Show Online" />

</menu>

Upvotes: 3

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