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mco
mco

Reputation: 1839

Android: How to remove overflow menu icon tooltip?

In Android, when you onLongClick an overflow menu item icon, a tooltip of its title will appear.

I've tried setting the menu title to blank, but a blank tooltip will pop up.

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

    <item android:id="@+id/action_icon"
        android:title="Icon Title"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_myicon"
        app:showAsAction="always"/>
</menu>

Notes:

• I'm using app namespace because Android Studio is telling me to use it due to having Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar as my theme. I've tried android namespace. Doesn't work either.

• My menu is created in a Fragment with hasOptionsMenu(true).

• My ActionBar is a Toolbar.

How can I remove this tooltip if it's possible? Thanks!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2487

Answers (2)

JAAD
JAAD

Reputation: 12379

the only way to do this is up is with android:showAsAction="withText" and set Title as =""

For onLongClickListener:

final MenuItem menuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
            searchView = (SearchView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(menuItem);
            searchView.setOnLongClickListener(new View.OnLongClickListener() {
                @Override
                public boolean onLongClick(View v) {
                    return false;
                }
            });

Upvotes: 0

BlueSlimShady
BlueSlimShady

Reputation: 137

Yes it is possible. In the java class remove the public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) and the job will be done. If no remove this also from the java class public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item)

Upvotes: 0

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