android option menu with icon

Question

How to show icon with option menu.I have tried the following code but my option menu is without image icon.I am using android version 4.0 for developing app.

Java code :

 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
            super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
             menu.add("Add Contacts").setIcon(
                    R.drawable.ic_launcher);

            return true;
        }

Following is my app's screen shot

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I need image to be displayed on the top of "Add Contacts" item.

Its a good question. Too bad it does not have an answer. None of these methods work. — Brian Reinhold, Mar 26 '17 at 11:00

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 17 '13 at 01:39

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Override OnPrepareOptionsMenu and add icon from there too

and if its for above 3.0, use android:showAsAction in xml.

eg. android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"

answered Jun 17 '13 at 01:39

xmen

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 27 '14 at 17:57

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I tried the code in two line and it works:

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
        menu.add("Add Contacts");
        menu.getItem(0).setIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher);
        return true;
}

answered Jan 27 '14 at 17:57

Panthesilea

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 21 '13 at 06:04

You can create a custom menu like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:id="@+id/add_contacts"
          android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
          android:title="@string/add_contacts"
         />
</menu>

And then inflate it

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.my_menu, menu);
    return true;
}

More on this here: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/menus.html#options-menu

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8306943/android-menu-icons-are-not-displaying-when-the-api-level-is-above-10 — nedaRM, Feb 21 '13 at 06:37

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 21 '13 at 06:07

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you can directly set this into the xml file.

  <item android:id="@+id/add_contacts"
  android:icon="@android:drawable/plus_icon"
  android:title="Add Contacts"/>

answered Feb 21 '13 at 06:07

akash yadav

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This works for me if you're showing it as an action, but if you're not (ie a dropdown options menu), it doesnt display - at least for me anyway – trainmania100 Jan 10 '22 at 14:57

score 2 · Answer 5 · edited Nov 22 '16 at 12:09

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You Can try Following this Link.

Check this out and tell me if it worked or not.

Or you can do some thing like this.
Create menu.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
      <item android:id="@+id/next"
              android:icon="@drawable/ic_next"
              android:title="@string/next" />
      <item android:id="@+id/previous"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_previous"
            android:title="@string/previous" />
      <item android:id="@+id/list"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_list"
            android:title="@string/list" /> 
</menu>

And now you will be able to set ICON on menu

Now in CreateOptionMenu

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
      MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
      inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
      return true;
    }

And to access that menu.

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
      switch (item.getItemId()) {
      case R.id.next:
            Toast.makeText(this, "You have chosen the " + getResources().getString(R.string.next) + " menu option",
                        Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            return true;
      …
      default:
            return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
      }
   }

edited Nov 22 '16 at 12:09

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answered Feb 21 '13 at 06:21

Rahul Gokani

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Ohk then you can try by creating menu.xml file and you can set the menu Items in that and also set ICON in that. – Rahul Gokani Feb 21 '13 at 06:32
Check that code I have edited the answer. If it works or not let me know. – Rahul Gokani Feb 21 '13 at 06:37
Or check this Link :[link] http://mobileorchard.com/android-app-development-menus-part-1-options-menu/ – Rahul Gokani Feb 21 '13 at 06:39
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Are you using android 4.0.?? If yes then there it don't show the option menu ICON. as per my knowledge. – Rahul Gokani Feb 21 '13 at 07:07
Ohk. Good. Keep Going... :) – Rahul Gokani Feb 21 '13 at 07:24
And if you find it as answer then please tag it as answer. Thank you. – Rahul Gokani Feb 21 '13 at 07:26

Benny · Answer 6 · 2020-04-23T13:55:05.677

To enable Option Menu with Icons:

Wrap the Items with an Item with showAsAction="always" and a Menu:

<?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">
    <item
        android:title="@string/title_menu"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_icon_menu"
        app:showAsAction="always">
        <menu>
            <item
                android:id="@+id/action1"
                android:orderInCategory="100"
                android:title="@string/action1"
                android:icon="@mipmap/ic_icon_action1"
                app:showAsAction="never" />
        </menu>
    </item>
</menu>

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 08 '13 at 06:59

If you use some following attribute in manifest file then it's will be show your icon....

<activity android:name=".ui.CategoryActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        **android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"**></activity>

It's work fine for me...:) +1 for my own effort...

**must be enter.

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 11 '18 at 17:12

Easiest way is to use the @drawable only when setting your menu item.

OR

Simply put the @drawable before the title declaration.

<?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">
<item
  android:id      ="@+id/addToFavorites"
  android:icon = "@drawable/ic_favorite_border_white_24dp"
  android:title = "Hello"
  app:showAsAction="always" />
<item
  android:id      ="@+id/about"
  android:title   ="About"
  app:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>

score -1 · Answer 9 · edited Dec 13 '13 at 19:48

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the problem is the Androidmanifest.xml. Remove android:theme="@style/AppTheme" and it will work just fine

edited Dec 13 '13 at 19:48

answered Dec 13 '13 at 19:27

Dany NA

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