How to add text to icons in ActionBar?

Question

Is that possible to define a text which to be shown in ActionBar along with icon?

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Is that a text or just an image?

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 25 '11 at 14:42

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Use android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" to show the menu title along with the icon.

answered Aug 25 '11 at 14:42

CommonsWare

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Hi This never works for me, i'm loading in Galaxy nexus and even using "always|withText" it only ever shows the text if in landscape mode. even though i am testing with just a single item and there is a entire title bar of unused space. Any ideas? – wired00 Dec 03 '12 at 05:53
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seems it doesn't work in ICS+ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12511348/title-for-icon-in-actionbar-is-not-shown – wired00 Dec 03 '12 at 06:00
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@wired00: `showAsAction` is a hint, not a command. Android will interpret that hint how it wants based on screen size and orientation. – CommonsWare Dec 03 '12 at 11:34

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