How resize the Action Bar Menu Text Size in Android

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I am developing the android application. have one doubt regarding reduce the text size for action bar menu item. this my code.

<style name="MyActionBar.MenuTextStyle" parent="android:style/TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Menu">
    <item name="android:textColor">#888888</item> <!-- 
    <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item> -->
    <item name="android:textSize">10dip</item>
    <item name="android:textAppearance">@android:style/TextAppearance.Medium</item>
</style>

Thanks in advance..

check [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31044370/reduce-menu-items-width-height-and-textview-size) — Stephen, Jun 26 '15 at 03:05

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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Instead of dip try with sp

Check this Answer for better understanding.

Why should we use sp for font sizes in Android

check the following code :

<style name="MyActionBar.MenuTextStyle" parent="android:style/TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Menu">
    <item name="android:textColor">#888888</item> <!-- 
    <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item> -->
    <item name="android:textSize">20sp</item>
    <item name="android:textAppearance">@android:style/TextAppearance.Medium</item>
</style>

Code adopted from this link. Changing text Size of menu item in android

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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Won't this set the font size for the entire application? – Daniel Saidi Feb 11 '16 at 20:49

How resize the Action Bar Menu Text Size in Android

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