Can not add two buttons in action bar Android

Question

I am very new. I want to show two button and change their icons but I failed. I don't understand the problem.

You can also use "always" to declare that an item always appear as an action button. I read it and used always but it didn' work.

menu_mainxml:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:myapp="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" >
<item android:id="@+id/action_settings"
    android:title="@string/action_settings"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_toggle_setting"
    myapp:showAsAction="always"/>

<item android:id="@+id/action_about"
    android:title="@string/action_about"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_toggle_about"
    myapp:showAsAction="always"/>

MainActivityjava:

 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MenuItem;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private MenuItem item1;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
    item1= menu.findItem(R.id.action_about);

    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    int id = item.getItemId();
    if (id == R.id.action_settings) {

     //some code
        return true;
    }
    if (id == R.id.action_about) {

    //some code
        return true;
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}}

My result:

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 02 '15 at 13:04

0

Change the following in your activity:

private MenuItem item1;



     @Override
        public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
            // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
            getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
            item1= menu.findItem(R.id.action_about);

            return true;
        }

answered Sep 02 '15 at 13:04

Kaveesh Kanwal

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I got same result again – ffttyy Sep 02 '15 at 13:09
add tools:context=".YourActivityName" in your menu tag – Kaveesh Kanwal Sep 03 '15 at 07:56

Arjun Panickssery · Answer 2 · 2015-09-02T13:26:28.090

Instead of Activity, try using AppCompatActivity.

MainActivity

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
    // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
    // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
    int id = item.getItemId();

    //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
    if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
        return true;
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}

menu_main

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

<item android:id="@+id/action_settings"
    android:title="@string/action_settings"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_toggle_setting"
    myapp:showAsAction="always"/>

<item android:id="@+id/action_about"
    android:title="@string/action_about"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_toggle_about"
    myapp:showAsAction="always"/>

@ffttyy Try replacing **AppCompatActivity** with **ActionBarActivity** and replace **import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;** with **import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;** — Arjun Panickssery, Sep 02 '15 at 13:35
@ffttyy It may have something to do with this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29199891/cannot-resolve-symbol-appcompatactivity — Arjun Panickssery, Sep 02 '15 at 13:47

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 03 '15 at 08:00

you should use below code and remove myapp prefrex instead used android like below

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

    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_settings"
        android:orderInCategory="100"
        android:title="@string/action_settings"
        android:showAsAction="always"
        android:visible="true" />

</menu>

Can not add two buttons in action bar Android

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