why I do not see my Icon in Android Option Menu?

Question

I have the following code to generate a Menu Item:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:id="@+id/menu1"
          android:icon="@drawable/ic_action1"
          android:title="@string/foo" />
</menu>

I see the Item in the menu, but I can not see the icon. Whats wrong? I dont want to use it as the following:

android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"

then I see the icon, but I dont want it to be in the Action Bar

You mean, you don't see the icon in the dropdown menu? – Egor Feb 28 '13 at 10:03 — Egor, Feb 28 '13 at 10:03
right, I just see the text – gurehbgui Feb 28 '13 at 10:04 — gurehbgui, Feb 28 '13 at 10:04

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 28 '13 at 10:19

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When you are using the ActionBar / Holo theme, you won't see any menu item icons in the overflow menus, sorry. I think you will get the old menu back when you apply a pre-Holo theme to your activity!

answered Feb 28 '13 at 10:19

Goddchen

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '13 at 10:13

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try something like this

    onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu){
       MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.your_menu, menu);

       menu.getItem(R.id.your_item_id).setIcon(R.drawable.your_drawable_id);
    }

answered Feb 28 '13 at 10:13

Opiatefuchs

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why I do not see my Icon in Android Option Menu?

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