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Reputation: 47

Android menu is not displaying with toolbar - Only with actionbar

I am trying to show a menu. I can show the menu, but only with the ActionBar. But it's not going to toolbar. I tried using a Theme AppCompat without ActionBar, but the toolbar still empty.

menu_toolbar.xml - It's correct, it's working on ActionBar.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<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"
        >
  <item
        android:id="@+id/action_call"
        android:title="Call"
        app:showAsAction="always"       
        />

</menu>

My manifest with the theme:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="OrderFoodApp.OrderFoodApp" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" android:installLocation="auto">
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="21" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <application 
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar"
    >
  </application>
</manifest>

My main layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">
        <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
            android:id="@+id/toolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:minHeight="?android:attr/actionBarSize"
            android:background="@color/toolbar"
            android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.ActionBar"
            app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"/>

    </RelativeLayout>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

And my class (I tried with OnPrepareOptionsMenu too)

namespace OrderFoodApp
{
    [Activity(Label = "OrderFoodApp", MainLauncher = true)]
    public class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity
    {
        protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
        {
            base.OnCreate(savedInstanceState);

            var toolbar = FindViewById<Android.Support.V7.Widget.Toolbar>(Resource.Id.toolbar);            
            toolbar.Title = "Hi";
            SetSupportActionBar(toolbar);


            SetContentView(Resource.Layout.Main);
        }

        public override bool OnCreateOptionsMenu(IMenu menu)
        {
            MenuInflater.Inflate(Resource.Menu.menu_toolbar, menu);
            return base.OnCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
        }

    }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 70

Answers (2)

Christian
Christian

Reputation: 4641

The Toolbar has to be on the same level as the DrawerLayout. You can make a relative layout to include the Toolbar at top and the DrawerLayout below.

Upvotes: 0

Pavneet_Singh
Pavneet_Singh

Reputation: 37414

You need to override OnCreateOptionsMenu instead of OnPrepareOptionsMenu because OnPrepareOptionsMenu is for manipulating menu items only so use this

public override bool OnCreateOptionsMenu(IMenu menu)  
{  
    MenuInflater.Inflate(Resource.Menu.menu_toolbar, menu);  
    return true;  
}

instead of this

public override bool OnPrepareOptionsMenu(IMenu menu){
        MenuInflater.Inflate(Resource.Menu.menu_toolbar, menu);
        return base.OnPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}

Upvotes: 1

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