Show Only Text as MenuItem in ActionBar

Question

I've been searching for a way to add text as a MenuItem to the ActionBar. I've tried setting the icon to a transparent ColorDrawable and showAsAction withText but nothing seems to work. Is there any way to add text as a MenuItem?

Thanks for any help :)

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 07 '14 at 21:23

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If you don't specify the android:icon of the menu item, it will default to the android:title given by you in the XML file.

Try this and replace the android:id and android:title accordingly:

<item
    android:id="@+id/menu_item_id"
    android:showAsAction="always"
    android:title="@string/menu_item_title"/>

Hope that helps!

answered Aug 07 '14 at 21:23

thisbytes

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Hi @Evan, refer to this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6072226/how-to-style-the-menu-items-on-an-android-action-bar Also, please accept the answer if it helped you with your issue. :) Thanks! – thisbytes Aug 07 '14 at 21:32
How Can I replace the title dynamically, if I don't want to write in any string file ? – Ajay Sharma Dec 15 '15 at 11:44
In `onPrepareOptionsMenu()`, you will be able to retrieve a `MenuItem` object, you can simply call `setTitle()` on it. – thisbytes Jan 15 '16 at 00:26
any way to show the opposite...just show the icon and text is set to "gone"? – Mike6679 Oct 16 '17 at 14:20
@Mike6679 You can always add an `android:icon`, and it should default to that. – thisbytes Oct 17 '17 at 15:28
use app:showAsAction="always" instead of android:showAsAction="always" – Kishan Solanki Feb 14 '18 at 12:55

Show Only Text as MenuItem in ActionBar

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