"No resource identifier found for attribute 'showAsAction' in package 'android'"

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I am attempting to update my android application to look better for tablets running Honeycomb. As such, I am targeting version 11 of the SDK (my minSdkVersion = 4). This adds the Honeycomb theme to my app, making it look better. However, I have no way to access my menu options. So, I am attempting to add my menu items as an action bar item with the following in the file in my /res/menu/ folder:

android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"

However, I get the following error:

No resource identifier found for attribute 'showAsAction' in package 'android'

I tried altering my minSdkVersion number to 11 to see if it would work, but no luck. Any ideas? Thanks!

I immediately thought it was because showAsAction was added in API level 11, but you've taken that into consideration it seems. — Codemonkey, Mar 10 '11 at 14:20
That's what I had thought, which is why I added it. But, since I am developing in Eclipse, I needed to change my entire project target to #11, as Jason suggested below. — ariets, Mar 10 '11 at 16:30
I got this error when I changed my project target to version 8. It turns out `showAsAction` was mentioned in the XML files when the target was higher, so I simply removed that line from the XMLs that gave the error and it solved the issue. — Superbest, Oct 30 '12 at 21:48

score 65 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 10 '11 at 15:05

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If you are building with Eclipse, make sure your project's build target is set to Honeycomb too.

answered Mar 10 '11 at 15:05

Jason Hanley

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That was it. Thanks. Much appreciated. Would you happen to know why nothing is showing up in my action bar, even with this code in place? – ariets Mar 10 '11 at 16:29
It should show. If not, create another question with your code. – Jason Hanley Mar 10 '11 at 17:35
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You'll also need to do a clean after you change the build target. – Mike Jul 11 '13 at 17:40
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Honeycomb = API level 11 = Android 3.0.x – Junior Mayhé Jun 14 '14 at 19:27

score 34 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 10 '13 at 06:28

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remove android:showAsAction="never" from res/menu folder from every xml file.

edited Mar 10 '13 at 06:28

Narendra Pathai

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answered Mar 10 '13 at 06:09

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Why should that be necessary? android:showAsAction="never" can actually come in handy sometimes. – IgorGanapolsky Jan 03 '14 at 18:00
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Although this wasn't the desired action, it was the best temporary solution. I imported the android-support-v7-appcompat.jar, but it wasn't loading properly until I removed the android:showAsAction="never" lines from my XMLs, deleted the gen folder, cleaned the project, and rebuilt. After I had a build without errors, I could add the android:showAsAction="never" back into my XMLs without errors. – MrUser Oct 07 '14 at 22:40

score 22 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 23 '17 at 21:44

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all above fix may not work in android studio .if you are using ANDROID STUDIO...... use this fix

add

xmlns:compat="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

in menu tag instead of

xmlns:compat="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

in menu tag.

edited Feb 23 '17 at 21:44

petey

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answered Jun 09 '15 at 06:26

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score 16 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 14 '14 at 03:16

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Add "android-support-v7-appcompat.jar" to Android Private Libraries

answered Jan 14 '14 at 03:16

user3192555

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score 15 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 20 '14 at 19:31

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Add compat library compilation to the build.gradle file:

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:19.+'

answered Jul 20 '14 at 19:31

eleven

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score 5 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 23 '15 at 08:41

The problem is related to AppCompat library. With it, you have

xmlns:appname="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

and possibly:

appname:showAsAction="never"

in menu.xml file.

Without the lib, you can only have:

android:showAsAction="never"

and my app works with menu both on Android 4.3 and 2.3.3.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 19 '15 at 21:43

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Check your compileSdkVersion on app build.gradle. Set it to 21:

compileSdkVersion 21

answered Mar 19 '15 at 21:43

Renato Probst

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 14 '16 at 10:39

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go to gradle and then to app.buildgradle then set compileSDKVersion to 21 and then if necessary the android studio will download some files

answered Jun 14 '16 at 10:39

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 03 '20 at 16:38

From answer that was removed due to being written in Spanish:

All of the above fixes may not work in android studio. If you are using ANDROID STUDIO please use the following fix.

Use

xmlns: compat = "http://schemas.android.com/tools"

on the menu label instead of

xmlns: compat = "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

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