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Android

Posted by pavel nganpi
pavel nganpi
Courses Plus Student 115 Points

I am trying to an a camera icon to my action bar on android studio, but i can see any icon. I i see is the "camera" text

I am trying to an a camera icon to my action bar on android studio, but i can see any icon. I i see is the "camera" text in my overflow. below is my me.xml file which is in my menu folder, and also is below is my onCreateOptionsMenu() method

@Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.me, menu);
        return true;
    }

<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_logout"
          android:title="@string/menu_logout_lable"
          android:orderInCategory="100"
          app:showAsAction="never"/>

    <item android:id="@+id/action_edit_friends"
          android:title="@string/menu_edit_friends_label"
          />
    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_camera"
        android:title="@string/menu_camera_label"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_camera"
        android:showAsAction="always"

        />

</menu>

1 Answer

pavel nganpi
PLUS
pavel nganpi
Courses Plus Student 115 Points
pavel nganpi
pavel nganpi
Courses Plus Student 115 Points

i found out why, in my xml file, on the item for the camera

android:id="@+id/action_camera"
android:title="@string/menu_camera_label"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_camera"
android:showAsAction="always"
/>

, i changed

 android:showAsAction="always"

to

 app:showAsAction="always"

the difference been changing android: to app: .