SubMenu showAsAction when added at runtime

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I'm adding a SubMenu at runtime and everything works great. I just have a problem: how to set showAsAction="always" on a runtime-added SubMenu? There is no method to achieve that and if don't set it I can't find any way to have it shown in the Action Bar. Thanks for helping

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15138305/set-androidshowasaction-ifroomwithtext-programmatically — woot, Jan 31 '14 at 15:13
no.. same as one of the answers below i'm trying to set showAsAction to a SubMenu not to a MenuItem. — Francesco Ambrosini, Jan 31 '14 at 16:13

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered May 07 '14 at 03:46

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Don't know if this is too late or not, but SubMenu has as function called getItem() which returns a MenuItem. You can then get this MenuItem, and call setShowAsAction() afterwards. Hope this helps!!!

answered May 07 '14 at 03:46

cwhite

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 25 '15 at 16:39

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Call yourSubMenu.getItem(). This give you MenuItem that represent the SubMenu.

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answered Apr 25 '15 at 14:13

Rodrigo Daros

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 31 '14 at 15:16

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If im right then MenuItem = item.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS);

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answered Jan 31 '14 at 15:15

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yeah i thought that but SubMenu is not a MenuItem, isn't it? In your answer you're calling setShowAsAction on a MenuItem not on a SubMenu – Francesco Ambrosini Jan 31 '14 at 16:11
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How can I try it? I have `SubMenu menu;` from here how should I call your `MenuItem.setShowAsAction()`? Do you mean calling it on one of the child items of my SubMenu? – Francesco Ambrosini Jan 31 '14 at 16:17

SubMenu showAsAction when added at runtime

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