Add buttons to the Activity Bar

Question

I would like to know , how to add custom buttons to the activitybar and set OnClick method to it? If someone know the answer, can he/she please post it to me...

Like this:

first google answer: https://developer.android.com/training/appbar/index.html — Flummox - don't be evil SE, May 25 '16 at 14:56
see this link too http://stackoverflow.com/a/35405244/3788166 — Irfan, May 25 '16 at 14:57
you can check it [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17425742/how-to-add-button-in-actionbarandroid , it's the same question.) — Mihawk, May 25 '16 at 14:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 25 '16 at 14:58

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You should read through this, and as mentioned before, use toolbar. This way adding a Button becomes way more easy.

answered May 25 '16 at 14:58

Martin Jäkel

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '16 at 15:00

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you should create a menu xml resource, like this (let's call it example_menu.xml):

<?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_one"
        android:icon="@drawable/one"
        android:title="actione one"
        app:showAsAction="ifRoom" />

    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_two"
        android:icon="@drawable/two"
        android:title="actione two"
        app:showAsAction="ifRoom" />

</menu>

then in your activity, add this:

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.example_menu, menu);
    return true;
}

if you want your items to always be visible as icons, just change app:showAsAction="ifRoom" to app:showAsAction="always"

answered May 25 '16 at 15:00

Shalev Moyal

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But how to add a action (onclick method) to that? – Onhar May 26 '16 at 05:17
I should do what...? – Onhar May 26 '16 at 05:34
You should do something like this: http://pastebin.com/f5BUAVDG – Shalev Moyal May 26 '16 at 05:39
I mean i need a button to the activity bar that like has OnClick Method and that link doesnt help me at all... – Onhar May 26 '16 at 11:46
Of course it is. The function I gave you is called when one of the menu items is clicked. I'm using switch-case to determine which button was clicked. In the xml I gave you above I gave id's to the items. Then in the function that I put on pastebin.com I check which of the id's in the xml belong to the item that was pressed. – Shalev Moyal May 26 '16 at 13:11
Oh... I didnt realize that.... Thanks! – Onhar May 26 '16 at 13:12

Add buttons to the Activity Bar

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