I'm trying to display the ActionBar on my API 8 emulator by using the v7 AppCompat library, But it's not showing. Even the Split Action Bar does not show. The user has to click the menu button to show the options. I need 4 of the options to always be visible on my screen.
EDIT::
I have android:uiOptions="splitActionBarWhenNarrow", in case it helps...
Here is my menu xml code:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:symagine="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" > <item android:id="@+id/action_twitter" android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_twitter_icon" android:orderInCategory="1" android:showAsAction="always" symagine:showAsAction="always" android:title="@string/twitter_desc"/> <item android:id="@+id/action_share" android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_share" android:orderInCategory="5" android:showAsAction="always" symagine:showAsAction="always" android:title="@string/share_desc"/> <item android:id="@+id/action_rightDrawer" android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_i" android:orderInCategory="6" android:showAsAction="always" symagine:showAsAction="always" android:title="@string/action_info"/> <item android:id="@+id/action_facebook" android:icon="@drawable/facebook_icon" android:orderInCategory="2" android:showAsAction="always" symagine:showAsAction="always" android:title="@string/facebook_desc"/> <item android:id="@+id/action_contact" android:orderInCategory="3" android:showAsAction="collapseActionView" symagine:showAsAction="collapseActionView" android:title="@string/action_contact"/> <item android:id="@+id/about_us" android:orderInCategory="4" android:showAsAction="collapseActionView" symagine:showAsAction="collapseActionView" android:title="@string/action_about_us"/> </menu> Here is my HomeActivity Code:
@Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.home, menu); return true; } My custom action bar theme:
<style name="MyActionBarTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat"> <item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay" tools:ignore="NewApi">true</item> <item name="android:actionBarStyle" tools:ignore="NewApi">@style/MyCustomActionBar</item> <!-- Support Library Compatibility --> <item name="windowActionBarOverlay">true</item> <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/MyCustomActionBar</item> </style> <style name="MyCustomActionBar" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar"> <item name="android:background">@android:color/transparent</item> <item name="android:backgroundSplit" tools:ignore="NewApi">@android:color/transparent</item> <item name="android:logo" tools:ignore="NewApi">@drawable/ic_logo</item> <item name="android:displayOptions" tools:ignore="NewApi">showHome|useLogo</item> <!-- Support Library Compatibility --> <item name="background">@android:color/transparent</item> <item name="backgroundSplit">@android:color/transparent</item> <item name="logo">@drawable/ic_logo</item> <item name="displayOptions">showHome|useLogo</item> </style> Please can anyone tell me what's the problem? I looked at some previous questions and saw that you need to add [yourapp] namespace in showAsAciton. I did that but it still didnt make a difference. Thank you for your help.
