Android actionbar icon

Question

I would like to add an icon in status bar. I tried-

getActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.my_icon); //crashes app

getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.ic_statusbar_msg); //not working

<activity android:icon="@drawable/my_icon" /> //also not working

<application android:logo="@drawable/Image"> //still not working

Icon is not shown on action bar. Any idea?

Are you using a support action bar (Toolbar) or standard action bar? — Aleksandar Stefanović, Jul 25 '16 at 09:24
what is showing when using `getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.ic_statusbar_msg);`? — Sathish Kumar J, Jul 25 '16 at 09:26
try this:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26440279/show-icon-in-actionbar-toolbar-with-appcompat-v7-21 — sneha desai, Jul 25 '16 at 09:48

Vinothkumar Nataraj · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-25T09:40:26.310

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Try this code. Import v7.widget.Toolbar and extends AppCompatActivity

import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;

Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.ic_statusbar_msg);

edited Jul 25 '16 at 09:40

answered Jul 25 '16 at 09:30

Vinothkumar Nataraj

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FarshidABZ · Answer 2 · 2016-07-25T09:53:10.433

Use Toolbar instead of actionBar. for this you have to change your style.xml like this:

<style name="YourThemeName" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">

and add Toolbar to your activity layout. and in your oncreate method in activity do this:

    toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbarId);
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

    toolbar.setTitleTextColor(context.getResources().getColor(R.color.white));

    getSupportActionBar().setTitle("title");

    getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
    getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
    getSupportActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.navigation_right); // change back button image  
    getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.your_icon);

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 25 '16 at 09:50

Don't use setIcon. On some images it sets padding or etc. Instead you can extend AppCompatActivity, set the theme to a NoActionBar one, and add a toolbar in your layout file in which you put the image you want. Then you get a reference to the toolbar as @vinoth12594 shows you. More details here.

Android actionbar icon

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