how to show menu item under overflow icon in android api 8+

Question

How I can force menu item to show under overflow icon. I am providing app support from api level 8 and above. for now it is showing as actionview . My menuLayout is as follows.

 //main.xml
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" >

<item
    android:id="@+id/action_menu_setting"
    android:title="@string/menuItemSetting"
    app:showAsAction="ifRoom"/>
<item
    android:id="@+id/action_signout"
    android:title="@string/menuItemLogout"
    app:showAsAction="ifRoom"/>
 </menu>

in Java class

 @Override
 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
    }

I have tried with other options of showAsAction but none of them worked. Please suggest me how I can show above two menu itme under overflow icon(when i click on over these two will appearer as actionlist.)

change this app:showAsAction="ifRoom" to app:showAsAction="never" — Android Noob, Nov 24 '14 at 09:53
in that case the overflow icon is not visible in android api <11. — maddy d, Nov 24 '14 at 09:58
If device possess menu button overflow icon will not show, that is for sure — Android Noob, Nov 24 '14 at 10:01
Is there any documents related to `If device possess menu button overflow icon will not show`. If you know plz give me link. — maddy d, Nov 24 '14 at 10:03
Android 4.0 brings these changes for tablets to the phone platform.http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/compatibility.html — Android Noob, Nov 24 '14 at 10:05
Or you can use trick given at http://stackoverflow.com/a/20544009/2819233 — Android Noob, Nov 24 '14 at 10:06
Or you can create a custom layout for action bar and then add a button in that layout and show pop up for ur menu things — Android Noob, Nov 24 '14 at 10:07
http://blog.vogella.com/2013/08/06/android-always-show-the-overflow-menu-even-if-the-phone-as-a-menu/ always show the overflow menu even if the phone has a menu — Android Noob, Nov 24 '14 at 10:20

ducanhZ5Z · Answer 1 · 2014-11-25T00:40:04.867

Could you post java code ? Do you have code below in your activity ?

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);;
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

Edit : I alway use code like this(when i click action_settings it will show action list contains setting and bar, i think just replace android:title="@string/action_settings" with android:icon)

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_settings"
        android:orderInCategory="100"
        android:showAsAction="always"
        android:title="@string/action_settings">
         <menu>
            <item 
                android:enabled="true" 
                android:visible="true" 
                android:title="setting" 
                android:id="@+id/setting">
            </item>
            <item 
                android:enabled="true" 
                android:visible="true" 
                android:title="B" 
                android:id="@+id/bar">
            </item>
        </menu>
    </item>
     <item
        android:id="@+id/action_settings1"
        android:orderInCategory="100"
        android:showAsAction="always"
        android:title="@string/action_settings"/>
</menu>

Hope it helps

If you read my question I have mention that `For now it is showing as actionview`. MenuItem is showing my friend but as actionview I want it as ActionList under overflow icon. — maddy d, Nov 24 '14 at 09:43

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 24 '14 at 10:14

layout for custom action bar

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="?android:attr/actionBarSize"
    android:background="@drawable/header"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tvActionBarTitle"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?android:attr/actionBarSize"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
        android:textSize="30sp" />

    <Button.../>
<!--     your code for button -->
</LinearLayout>

You can call below function in onCreate and define button in this function as I have defined appName text view and its OnClick event

 private void createCutomActionBarTitle()
        {
            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH)
            {
                this.getActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
            }
            this.getActionBar().setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);
            this.getActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
            this.getActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(drawable);
            this.getActionBar().setIcon(logo);
            LayoutInflater inflator = LayoutInflater.from(this);
            View v = inflator.inflate(R.layout.custom_action_bar, null);

            ((TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.tvActionBarTitle)).setText(Global.ACTIVITY_NAME);

            this.getActionBar().setCustomView(v);
        }

Hope this will be useful for you :) But clicking physical button of device will not trigger this button you have to look for it, as I don't have any idea about it

there is answer for physical button at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20311353/android-actionbar-compat-overflow-menu-not-showing-on-sdk-10 — Paul Verest, Feb 15 '15 at 08:30

how to show menu item under overflow icon in android api 8+

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