Set android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" programmatically

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Is it possible to set the flags as suggested here android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" programmatically?

score 49 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 28 '13 at 14:57

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For each MenuItem, do the following:

myMenuItem.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT);

answered Feb 28 '13 at 14:57

Geobits

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I try `myMenuItem.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT);` on kotlin but it didnt work, it only allow to input with one value type, is there any other way? – Jan sebastian Jul 16 '21 at 11:08

score 14 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '13 at 14:58

If you want to set these properties at run time then you need to do so on the MenuItem, not the ActionBar.

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu);
    MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.your_menu_item);
    item.setShowAsActionFlags(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT);
}

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 28 '13 at 14:47

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Have you tried this:

getSupportActionBar().setDisplayOptions(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayOptions(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT);

answered Feb 28 '13 at 14:47

KunalK

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I believe that should be `(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT)`, flag-style. – Geobits Feb 28 '13 at 14:50
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Based on the [documentation](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ActionBar.html#setDisplayOptions(int)), I don't think this should work, since `setDisplayOptions()` needs the ActionBar `DISPLAY_` constants Although, some constants [*do* overlap](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MenuItem.html#SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS). – A--C Feb 28 '13 at 14:52

Set android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" programmatically

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