Item does not appear on menu

Question

I created an item "+" that i want to appear next to the three dots menu on the top left.

so this is the xml:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    tools:context="com.example.ali.test1.MainActivity">
    <item android:id="@+id/action_settings" android:title="@string/action_settings"
        android:orderInCategory="1" app:showAsAction="never" />

    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_cart"
        android:title="+"
        android:orderInCategory="2"
        android:showAsAction="always"/>
</menu>

now I'm getting the "+" item inside the action_settings and not on the side

I did check "Show Menu item always in support action bar" but it did not help

any help ?

Juan Diaz · Answer 1 · 2016-01-10T23:29:41.590

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try changing always to ifRoom and take out android:orderInCategory="2"

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:context="com.example.ali.test1.MainActivity">

<item
    android:id="@+id/action_cart"
    android:title="+"
    app:showAsAction="ifRoom"/>
<item 
    android:id="@+id/action_settings"
    android:title="@string/action_settings"
    android:orderInCategory="1" app:showAsAction="never" />

check you are using that menu in the activity

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


    return true; 
}

edited Jan 10 '16 at 23:29

answered Jan 10 '16 at 23:09

Juan Diaz

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I also tried did not work – Ali Yassine Jan 10 '16 at 23:15
make sure you are using that menu in the activity, i revised my answer – Juan Diaz Jan 10 '16 at 23:19
I also checked that, turns out i should write app:showAsAction as u did but for the action_cart , thank you – Ali Yassine Jan 10 '16 at 23:26
ahh yeah didnt see u used the wrong one. im updatinf my answer to reflect that – Juan Diaz Jan 10 '16 at 23:29

Naheel · Answer 2 · 2016-01-10T23:19:10.863

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first remove android:orderInCategory and then put action_cart before action_settings

and try to use only android:showAsAction instead of app:showAsAction

so your xml should look like this:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    tools:context="com.example.ali.test1.MainActivity">

    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_cart"
        android:title="+"
        android:showAsAction="always"/>

    <item 
        android:id="@+id/action_settings" 
        android:title="@string/action_settings"
        android:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>

edited Jan 10 '16 at 23:19

answered Jan 10 '16 at 23:11

Naheel

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didn't work, only thing that changed is the order of buttons inside the drop menu – Ali Yassine Jan 10 '16 at 23:14
i've edited the answer. try to use android:showAsAction only – Naheel Jan 10 '16 at 23:20
okay so surprisingly it worked by actually writing app:shoAsAction.. – Ali Yassine Jan 10 '16 at 23:25
and thank you so much – Ali Yassine Jan 10 '16 at 23:25
Well, the point of what I said is to use only one of them and my choice was android. Anyway, great to know that things went well with you – Naheel Jan 10 '16 at 23:31

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