Icons not comming in bar menu android

Question

unable to put icons in Action bar menu list.

here is my menu.xml

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <menu xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
    android:id="@+id/action_more"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_ihbpro"
    android:title="one"
    >

<item
    android:id="@+id/Home"
    android:title="Home"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_dashboard"
    />

<item
    android:id="@+id/ihbprom"
    android:title="IHB"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_ihbpro"
    />

<item
    android:id="@+id/Account"
    android:title="Account"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_account"
   />


</item>
</menu>

Currently,

it's like this:

• one
• Home
• IHB
• Account

But I want it like:

• [icon]one

• [icon]Home

• [icon]IHB

• [icon]Account

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

Thank you in advance :)

Answer 1

use app:showAsAction="always" in your <item> tag

Your menu.xml will be like this.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?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"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_more"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_ihbpro"
        android:title="one">

        <item
            android:id="@+id/Home"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_dashboard"
            android:title="Home"
            app:showAsAction="always" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/ihbprom"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_ihbpro"
            android:title="IHB"
            app:showAsAction="always" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/Account"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_account"
            android:title="Account"
            app:showAsAction="always" />


    </item>
</menu>