Android actionLayout not showing with Toolbar

Question

I'm trying to show custom layout as an item in options menu. And this is what I have done so far

<item
    android:id="@+id/action_profile"
    android:orderInCategory="100"
    android:title="Profile"
    android:actionLayout="@layout/layout_menu_profile"
    app:showAsAction="never" />

I tried

    app:actionLayout="@layout/layout_menu_profile"

as well as per this SO link but still it shows only title - Profile

I have created new project through Android Studio 1.5 with Blank Activity. with minSDK = 15 and targetSDK = 23

Following is the code in Blank Activity.

@Override
 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_home, menu);

    MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.action_profile);


    return true;
}

where am I going wrong ?

See http://stackoverflow.com/a/35732788/1172181 – Luis Mar 21 '16 at 20:01 — Luis, Mar 21 '16 at 20:01

score 65 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 21 '20 at 13:29

65

use app:actionLayout instead of android:actionLayout.

<item
   ...
   app:actionLayout="@layout/layout_menu_profile"  
   app:showAsAction="always" />

edited Jul 21 '20 at 13:29

Roshana Pitigala

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answered Jun 12 '17 at 10:44

Mohd Nashirudden

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Custom menu item is visible only when i set `app:showAsAction="ifRoom"` – nAkhmedov Aug 15 '20 at 07:41

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 29 '17 at 09:52

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Try this code

<item
android:id="@+id/action_profile"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="Profile"
android:actionLayout="@layout/layout_menu_profile"
app:showAsAction="always" />

Just set the showAsAction elements to always

answered Mar 29 '17 at 09:52

D G

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i just did that its not working, but when i added app:actionLayout instead of android:actionLayout it's working – Abraham Mathew Apr 11 '19 at 05:48
That works, but what if I don't want to show it always? – Bibaswann Bandyopadhyay Jan 30 '20 at 07:06
you can use "ifRoom" instead of "always" – Shyamaly Lakhadive Dec 29 '21 at 12:09

Oleg Dontsov · Answer 3 · 2022-06-22T16:28:58.787

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Use "app:" instead of "android:"

app:actionLayout="@layout/layout_menu_profile"

edited Jun 22 '22 at 16:28

answered Jun 22 '22 at 16:28

Oleg Dontsov

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Android actionLayout not showing with Toolbar

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