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Reputation: 1711

Menu not showing up in Activity - Android

I have written a code for Menus's in Android but it is now showing up in my activity, here is my code

I am only displaying my relevant code here,

Manifest.xml 

<uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="15"
        android:targetSdkVersion="21" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppBaseTheme" >

MainActivity.Java

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

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

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

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
        // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
        // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
        // Some action here

        }
    }
}

main.xml

<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.example.androidex1.MainActivity" >

   <item android:id="@+id/item1"
       android:title="one" />
    <item android:id="@+id/item2"

        android:title="two" />
    <item android:id="@+id/item3"

        android:title="three" />
    <item android:id="@+id/item4"

        android:title="four" />

</menu>

Steps tried before

Menu Items are not showing on Action Bar

Result:

Tried but still menu's are not appearing

Android options menu not displaying

Result:

Menu's still don't appear.

Android Menu not showing up

Result:

Never added that attribute.

Option Menu does not appear in Android

Result:

super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu); is also added in the code but still the menu's don't appear.

My problem I would like to see only the menu not the actionbar, what could be the problem ? I am not getting any errors and the main problem is that I am not able to see the menu itself.

Upvotes: 12

Views: 49657

Answers (17)

Anastasiia Chervinska
Anastasiia Chervinska

Reputation: 395

It is unclear for me, do you see your action bar and don't see menu in it, or you don't see action bar at all? if it is the latest, try applying style which supports action bar in your <application> tag in manifest. For example:

android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"

For newer versions of Android:

android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light"
android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Dark"

Upvotes: 18

Gayatri
Gayatri

Reputation: 11

some may be facing problem like their menu with items is not visible or showing on emulator but showing in layout validation to fix it go to app>manifests In AndroidManifests .xml add following line android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar" insted of previous android:theme ..line

this solved my problem...

Upvotes: 0

Efhem
Efhem

Reputation: 129

In my case, I solved it by

android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar toolbar = findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();

style.xml

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.Light.NoActionBar.Bridge">

activity_main.xml

<com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
    android:background="@color/colorPrimary"/>

Upvotes: 8

srinivas
srinivas

Reputation: 11

1.First add toolbar to Activity layout

<com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">

    <androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        app:title="About"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@color/colorAccent" />
</com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

2.Add toolbar in Activity

(Toolbar mToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(mToolbar);

3.Extend AppCompatActivity from your Activity

4.Override onCreateOptionsMenu

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

Upvotes: 0

malek
malek

Reputation: 1

you call super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu); before inflate menu on activity so you need to remove this function like this : 

 @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;
    }

Upvotes: 0

Arup
Arup

Reputation: 64

Step 1: Add this to you toolbar xml file

 android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
 app:popupTheme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light"

Step 2: Add this to you java code

Toolbar toolbar = findViewById(R.id.order_management_toolBar);setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

That's it.

Upvotes: 0

Ahamadullah Saikat
Ahamadullah Saikat

Reputation: 4644

If above answer not works, make sure that you are using the same id of toolbar.

layout_app_bar.xml

<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize">

activiy_main.xml

<include
    android:id="@+id/app_bar"
    layout="@layout/layout_app_bar" />

in java file:

don't call:

Toolbar tb = findViewById(R.id.toolbar);

please call:

Toolbar tb = findViewById(R.id.app_bar);

Upvotes: 0

Giedrius Šlikas
Giedrius Šlikas

Reputation: 1201

Since I am coding fully with kotlin you need to add this into onCreate or onCreateView

setHasOptionsMenu(true)

Upvotes: 4

indrakula
indrakula

Reputation: 133

have the same problem here, after debuging for hours, i just try to create another layout xml file and update activity to use new layout. and copy paste from old layout, change some ID. dont know why, but it works

Upvotes: 0

Harpreet Singh
Harpreet Singh

Reputation: 1058

All you need to do is first attach your toolbar with layout.

 android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar toolbar=findViewById ( R.id.toolbar );
 setSupportActionBar ( toolbar );

and then

    @Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater inflater=getMenuInflater ();
    inflater.inflate ( R.menu.city_menu,menu );
    return true;
}

Upvotes: 2

Naveen Kumar M
Naveen Kumar M

Reputation: 7557

In my case, I forgot to set support action bar (written in kotlin)

override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_student_home)
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar) // after adding this line menu shown

Upvotes: 0

N.M
N.M

Reputation: 1

I have the same problem .... At tge end i tryied all the codes and turns out it only worked when I changed the extend in the Java class... Try using the default one AppCompatActivity

Upvotes: -1

Bano Adam
Bano Adam

Reputation: 77

YOU HAVE TO extends from AppCompatActivity and not Activity

Upvotes: 6

Justin Joseph
Justin Joseph

Reputation: 57

try changing the emulator. Sometimes the emulator malfunctions to barrage the working.

Upvotes: 0

Remiwaw
Remiwaw

Reputation: 183

I've had the same problem. It was a styling

In my project created in android studio, i have style.xml file: There is a line.

<resources>

    <!-- Base application theme. -->
    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    </style>

    <style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
        <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
        <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
    </style>

    <style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"/>

    <style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"/>

</resources>

And in my manifest.xml (you are not showing your full manifest file). One of the activities (where i wanted to show menu) has following line set:

<activity
    android:name=".UsersListActivity"
    android:label="@string/title_activity_users_list"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
</activity>

So when i've changed AppTheme.NoActionBar to AppTheme.AppTheme and now it works:

<activity
    android:name=".UsersListActivity"
    android:label="@string/title_activity_users_list"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppTheme">
</activity>

and now it works.

Upvotes: 0

Dario
Dario

Reputation: 757

I tried your code and in my phone all works! The only different thinks is that

 @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // Handle item selection
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
            case R.id.item1:
                //DoSomething();
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Hello 1", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                return true;
            case R.id.item2:
                //DoSomething2();
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Hello 2", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                return true;

            case R.id.item3:
                //DoSomething3();
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Hello 3", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                return true;
            default:
                return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
        }
    }

Are you sure that the Directory and the name of the menu it's right?

getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);

Be sure that the directory is menu and the file menu is main.xml When it is autogenerated Android Studio call it main_activity_menu.xml, so be sure that the name in the inflater are right because i make a new test app with your code and i see the menu!

Read this Google.developer guide if you want add an ActionBar with menu items like icons

Another Menus guide from google.developer without actionbar if don't need Happy coding!

Upvotes: 0

Dmitri Borohhov
Dmitri Borohhov

Reputation: 1603

You are inflating the wrong menu file:

getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);

Your menu file must be named main.xml according to your code.

Upvotes: 1

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