Re: [android-developers] ActionBar and forcing items into the overflow menu

The overflow only "appears" on devices and emulators that lack an off-screen MENU button. For devices and emulators that have an off-screen MENU button, pressing MENU displays the overflow menu. android:showAsAction="never" works just fine.

On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Anuj Goyal <anuj.goyal@gmail.com> wrote:

I am trying to force "reset" to show up in ActionBar's overflow (3 vertical dots). The appearance of summary is correct, but I can't seem to make the overflow appear.  What set of enums do I need for android:showAsAction?  I have tried these 3 variants but none give the desired result:

android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"

android:showAsAction="never|withText"

android:showAsAction="always|withText"

Maybe it's user error, but this would be useful to add to the docs

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html#ActionItems 

I have also looked on stackoverflow and have not found anything directly answering this question.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9286822/how-to-force-use-of-overflow-menu-on-devices-with-menu-button

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9163594/overflow-actionbar-entry-missing-for-ics-phone-using-compat-lib?rq=1

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
    <item
        android:id="@+id/menu_reset"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_reset"
        android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
        android:title="@string/menu_reset"/>
    <item
        android:id="@+id/menu_summary"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_summary"
        android:showAsAction="always"
        android:title="@string/menu_summary"/>
</menu>

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

@Override

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activitymain);

ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();

actionBar.show();

return;

}

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