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Mehmet K
Mehmet K

Reputation: 2814

Action bar buttons only showing in the overflow

I tried to add buttons with icons to the Action Bar so I followed the info on the android developer page. However despite having assigned icons, the buttons will only be displayed in the overflow and not on the bar itself. I want the buttons to appear on the bar with their icons. My code:

The onOptionsItemSelected method of the activity

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    switch (item.getItemId()) {
    case R.id.action_new:
        launchAddRuleActivity();
        return true;
    case R.id.action_settings:
        return true;
    default:
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
}

The onCreateOptionsMenu of the activity

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
    return true;
}

The main.xml for the action bar layout:

<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="com.mhmt.autotextmate.Main" >

<!-- New, should appear as action button -->
<item
    android:id="@+id/action_new"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_new"
    android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
    android:title="@string/action_new"/>
<!-- Settings, should always be in the overflow -->
<item
    android:id="@+id/action_settings"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_save"
    android:showAsAction="never"
    android:title="@string/action_settings"/>

Lastly, the target and min SDKs:

<uses-sdk
    android:minSdkVersion="11"
    android:targetSdkVersion="22" />

I got the drawables from here so the size shouldnt be a problem. This class does extend ActionBarActivity, and imports android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity. I'm currently testing on a Google Nexus emulator running Android 5.1.1 with 720x1280 resolution.

I must be doing something wrong, can anyone see what I'm missing to display the buttons with their icons, and not in the overflow?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 759

Answers (1)

Cbibejs
Cbibejs

Reputation: 91

Try this app:showAsAction="always"

<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="com.mhmt.autotextmate.Main" >

<!-- New, should appear as action button -->
<item
android:id="@+id/action_new"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_new"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:title="@string/action_new"/>
<!-- Settings, should always be in the overflow -->
<item
android:id="@+id/action_settings"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_save"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:title="@string/action_settings"/>

Upvotes: 3

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