Actionbar menuitem text is uppercase

Question

I have a menu item in my actionbar that shows only the text of the item - not the icon. And all is ok but just somehow the title of the item is going uppercase. can Can someone tell me how can I get it back to be as defined. Here is the menu xml i have:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" >

        <item
            android:id="@+id/action_download"
            android:orderInCategory="99"
            app:showAsAction="always|withText"
            android:title="Download"/>

    </menu>

and I get an Item displayed as DOWNLOAD instead of Download

score 49 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 24 '15 at 09:27

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This one helped me (I'm using AppCompat)

<item name="actionButtonStyle">@style/AppTheme.Widget.ActionButton</item>

<style name="AppTheme.Widget.ActionButton" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionButton">
    <item name="textAllCaps">false</item>
</style>

answered Sep 24 '15 at 09:27

MatrixDev

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i have same problem i used your code but it not works. – Kishan Feb 17 '16 at 13:09
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try and put @style/AppTheme.Widget.ActionButton inside your base theme – Kaveesh Kanwal May 20 '16 at 11:29

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered May 21 '15 at 18:30

You have override the theme and set your own style for the actionbar menu items

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <style name="YourTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo">
        <item name="android:actionMenuTextAppearance">@style/LowerCaseMenuTextAppearance</item>
    </style>
    <style name="LowerCaseMenuTextAppearance" parent="android:TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Menu">
        <item name="android:textAllCaps">false</item>
    </style>
</resources>

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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This post might be helpful How to style the menu items on an Android action bar

Basicly, what you will need to do is to apply a style to your menu item. In the style, add

android:capitalize="none"

I hope it helps.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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answered May 21 '15 at 18:30

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 27 '18 at 12:36

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<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="android:textAllCaps">false</item>
</style>

edited Dec 27 '18 at 12:36

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answered Dec 27 '18 at 06:54

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That'll affect ALL texts in your theme meaning all `Button`s and all `TextView`s, so this is definitely not a good approach. https://stackoverflow.com/a/32757893/882251 is the best approach. – Darwind Dec 27 '18 at 12:46

Actionbar menuitem text is uppercase

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