Create a navigation right action button with AppCompatActivity w/ Text - Android?

Question

How do you create a right action button in the Navigation bar - getSupportActionBar() that only contains text and no image?

Answer 1

This worked for me:

<?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_next"
        app:showAsAction="always|withText"
        android:title="Next"/>
</menu>

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
         super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
         getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.test_next, menu);
         return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
        case R.id.action_next:
            // .. do your thing
            return true;
        // ... other actions
        }
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }