I have found same problem as me 1. Action buttons doesn't show up on Action Bar?
the problem is the icon search never appear eventhough the text is there
However when i follow the resolution there , the problem still never solve.
can someone please view my codes? be patient with me as today is just my 2nd day in learning android development.
main_activity_actions.xml
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<!-- Search, should appear as action button -->
<item android:id="@+id/action_search"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="@string/action_search"
android:showAsAction="always" />
<!-- Settings, should always be in the overflow -->
<item android:id="@+id/action_settings"
android:title="@string/action_settings"
android:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
strings.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="app_name">My First App</string>
<string name="edit_message">Enter a message</string>
<string name="button_send">Send</string>
<string name="action_settings">Settings</string>
<string name="title_activity_main">MainActivity</string>
<string name="title_activity_display_message">My Message</string>
<string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>
<string name="action_search">-Search-</string>
</resources>
MainActivity.java
package com.example.myfirstapp;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
public final static String EXTRA_MESSAGE = "com.example.myfirstapp.MESSAGE";
/** Called when the user clicks the Send button */
public void sendMessage(View view) {
// Do something in response to button
Intent intent = new Intent(this, DisplayMessageActivity.class);
EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edit_message);
String message = editText.getText().toString();
intent.putExtra(EXTRA_MESSAGE, message);
startActivity(intent);
Toast.makeText(this,"clicked", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.add(R.id.container, new PlaceholderFragment())
.commit();
}
}
// @Override
// public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
//// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
//getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
//return true;
//}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main_activity_actions, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle presses on the action bar items
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_search:
openSearch();
return true;
case R.id.action_settings:
openSettings();
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
//@Override
//public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
//// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
//// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
//// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
//int id = item.getItemId();
//if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
//return true;
//}
//return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
//}
private void openSettings() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
private void openSearch() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
/**
* A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
*/
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
public PlaceholderFragment() {
}
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
return rootView;
}
}
}
AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.myfirstapp"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="11"
android:targetSdkVersion="19" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name="com.example.myfirstapp.MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.example.myfirstapp.DisplayMessageActivity"
android:label="@string/title_activity_display_message"
android:parentActivityName="com.example.myfirstapp.MainActivity" >
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
android:value="com.example.myfirstapp.MainActivity" />
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Main.xml
<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"
tools:context="com.example.myfirstapp.MainActivity" >
<item
android:id="@+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="@string/action_settings"
app:showAsAction="never"/>
<item
android:id="@+id/action_search"
android:title="@string/action_search"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_search"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"/>
</menu>
Thank you for your help. Please do not judge me did not do any research because i have spent whole one day,searching here and there to make it right. The reason i still cannot it get it right is because i am just dumb...:-)
