New Android Toolbar: How to hide the overflow menu icon?

Question

I just created an app including the new Android toolbar. My problem is: How would I hide this overflow menu icon/button: http://prntscr.com/62mmus ? I already tried this, but it's not working:

        Toolbar mToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
        mToolbar.hideOverflowMenu();

"How would I hide this overflow menu icon/button" -- don't put any action items in the action bar. Remove your `onCreateOptionsMenu()` and `onOptionsItemSelected()` methods, along with the `menu` resource(s) that they use. Then, the overflow should never show up. — CommonsWare, Feb 08 '15 at 17:34

score 23 · Accepted Answer · answered May 21 '15 at 17:41

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Just use:

@Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        return false;
}

answered May 21 '15 at 17:41

Leebeedev

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Simply Perfect. Thanks. – Sharp Edge Sep 29 '16 at 23:49
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This also prevents the Up (Back) button from reacting to its click event. – Johann Jan 11 '19 at 09:05
This disables the hamburger actions if there is any navigation drawer. Just don't implement onCreateOptionsMenu() method and Overflow menu won't show up. – Xenon Kfr Jan 15 '20 at 12:29
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How do you call 'return' on a method/function that doesn't return anything? – smoothBlue May 05 '20 at 16:48

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 11 '15 at 18:06

This is how I did it.

This is my original menu_main.xml file under the menu folder:

<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" tools:context=".MainActivity">
    <item android:id="@+id/action_settings" android:title="@string/action_settings"
        android:orderInCategory="100" app:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>

Delete the item:

    <item android:id="@+id/action_settings" android:title="@string/action_settings"
        android:orderInCategory="100" app:showAsAction="never" />

Go to your main activity and comment out the following if (id == R.id.action_settings) :

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
    // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
    // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
    int id = item.getItemId();

    //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
   // if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
   //     return true;
   // }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

Run your app - the overflow menu icon is gone.

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 29 '17 at 21:02

what worked for me was: add the following: android:visible="false" to the menu item in the menu file (global.xml) in the menu folder.

ex:

 <item
    android:id="@+id/action_settings"
    android:orderInCategory="100"
    android:showAsAction="never"
    android:title="@string/action_settings"
    android:visible="false"

    />

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 24 '16 at 21:36

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Just return false when calling the method onCreateOptionsMenu

Ex:

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    if (!showToolbarMenu)
        return false;
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main_activity, menu);
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

answered Oct 24 '16 at 21:36

Amit Shadadi

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If you return false just in the beginning of `onCreateOptionsMenu()`, will you add items there? – CoolMind Sep 14 '18 at 16:04

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 22 '17 at 14:56

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Use the command invalidateOptionsMenu();

And your problems will be solved.

edited Apr 22 '17 at 14:56

madlymad

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answered Apr 21 '17 at 07:36

Mohit Vyas

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Please consider adding additional details as to why this is the correct answer. – David L Apr 22 '17 at 04:10
This works if neither the current fragment nor activity override onCreateOptionsMenu, as it forces the system to try to inflate the menu again. Not finding any menu to show, it will then hide the icon. – Nicolò Parolini Sep 27 '19 at 03:33

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 01 '19 at 12:43

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This worked for me, I just deleted the line getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main_activity, menu);

answered Oct 01 '19 at 12:43

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 15 '20 at 12:35

Don't implement the onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) method. If you do anyway ,don't use this method getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu); as this line in the onCreateOptionsMenu method inflates the overflow button with the menus declared in resource R.menu.main.

New Android Toolbar: How to hide the overflow menu icon?

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