Basically, I'm trying to add an item to the action bar, and it just doesn't work. I've looked up a bunch of topics but none of the tips really help. I'm running the app on Samsung Galaxy Note II.
Here's the relevant part of the activity:
public class AddItem extends Activity {
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_add_item, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
Here's the menu xml file:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item android:id="@+id/action_edit"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_edit"
android:title="Edit"
app:showAsAction="always" />
Here's the Gradle build file piece:
android {
compileSdkVersion 21
buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "***"
minSdkVersion 16
targetSdkVersion 21
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
And here's the styles xml:
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar</item>
</style>
<style name="MyActionBar"
parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
<item name="android:background">@drawable/abar</item>
</style>
That's basically it. Whatever I do, the "Edit" button goes into overflow(I have to press the menu button of the phone to get the popup). How do I get it to appear on my action bar?
