android how to make menu icon side by side with title

Question

how to make the menu icon display at beside of the title like below the action bar picture?

this is my program picture, is it possible to do it? please help~thanks

my program

here is my code

public void openOptionsMenu() { 
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub 
    super.openOptionsMenu(); 
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    //call the base class to include system menus
    super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);

        int group1 = 1;
        MenuItem bakchome = menu.add(group1,1,1,"Add News");
        bakchome.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_menu_add);

    return true;
}

@Override 
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        switch(item.getItemId()) {
        case 1:
            ProgressDialog progress1 = new ProgressDialog(News.this);
            progress1.setMessage("Loading...please wait..");
            progress1.setTitle("Planbiz");
            new MyTask(progress1).execute();
            Intent intent1 = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), News_Edit.class);

            startActivity(intent1);
            break;

        }

    return true;
}

sorry i am new user, can not upload the picture. sorry if i can't explain my question very well.

how can i change the menu icon position ?i saw this kind of question here but they asking the action bar — user1434388, Jul 13 '12 at 09:26

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 13 '12 at 09:23

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You want your menu item to appear in the action bar I presume?

Add this to your menu item:

android:showAsAction="true"

answered Jul 13 '12 at 09:23

RED_

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i want the layout like action bar in my bottom menu – user1434388 Jul 13 '12 at 09:29
You want an action bar at the bottom of your screen? You can't put one in the menu. – RED_ Jul 13 '12 at 11:56
i want do the menu bar at the bottom and the icon with text is side by side like the action bar picture i show above – user1434388 Jul 15 '12 at 06:38

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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this may help you

Implementing custom menu in android system

they also talks about customizing menus

edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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answered Jul 13 '12 at 09:33

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seem they not doing the bottom menu..they talking about action bar is it? – user1434388 Jul 21 '12 at 03:24

android how to make menu icon side by side with title

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