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Jorge Barrios
8,278 PointsMissing Share icon
I don't know if i miss something on the video but my app don't show the share icon it shows me the tree little dots and when i click there I can see the option to share and it works perfectly but the icon does not appear
2 Answers
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherHi Jorge,
You need to add an attribute to the XML for the menu. It's in the video somewhere, but what you're looking for is:
android:showAsAction="always"
Jorge Barrios
8,278 PointsHi Ben,
I watched the video again but i'm still seeing in the action bar a button with 3 dots and when I tap there it open a menu list with my share item(Only text-title) inside and it works i can share the posts, my XML looks like this:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="@+id/action_share"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_share"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="@string/action_share">
</item>
</menu>
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherStrange! Perhaps an older version is cached on the device and your changes aren't being pushed. Try deleting the app from your device or emulator. Then clean your project and run it again and see if that forces the update you expect.
Jorge Barrios
8,278 PointsThanks Ben, I found the error for some reason my BlogWebViewActivity was extending ActionBarActivity i change it to Activity and solved the problem.