how to make the menuItem show text in two lines?

Asked Aug 25 '15 at 18:43

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The menuItem is used in ActionToolbar and popupMenu. The text in the menuItem is long and would like to wrap it into two lines. I Tried use "\n" and seems it is replaced with space. Searched and not able to find a solution.

Tried the following, not work:

<string name=“long_name_menuitem”>This is a\nlong name item</string>

PopupMenu popup = new PopupMenu(getActivity(), v);

popup.getMenu().add(Menu.NONE, id, Menu.NONE,     
    getResources().getString(R.string.long_name_menuitem));

or or define the menuItem

<item
    android:id="@+id/menu_lone_name”        
    android:title="@string/long_name_menuitem"/>

Anyone has idea how to do it? Thanks!

edited Aug 25 '15 at 19:02

asked Aug 25 '15 at 18:43

lannyf

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Duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4713598/two-line-text-for-menuitem but unfortunately there is no answer there. When an answer is found, these questions should be combined. – Dan Bechard Aug 25 '15 at 18:48
possible duplicate of [Android Action Bar Two Line Text Labels](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12943069/android-action-bar-two-line-text-labels) – Dennis Weidmann Aug 25 '15 at 18:49
Tupac you are still alive. I love your music. OP try this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6083569/android-menu-line-break – android_Muncher Aug 25 '15 at 18:50
It seems that the \n should do the trick... In this Question they seem to have tried it http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12943069/android-action-bar-two-line-text-labels – Dennis Weidmann Aug 25 '15 at 18:50
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@Neo, '\n' does not work. – lannyf Aug 25 '15 at 19:09
@android_Muncher, that link is not solution for me, it should be simple as setting some flag. – lannyf Aug 25 '15 at 19:14
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Were you able to find a solution? – Paul Woitaschek Jul 30 '16 at 15:38

how to make the menuItem show text in two lines?

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