Send action not showing in ActionBar

Question

My action bar is showing fine, but there are no actions on the top right corner (neither with the title or with icon). Any ideas why that might be the case?

RecipientsActivity.java:

package com.marcioporto.android.ribbit;

import android.app.AlertDialog; import android.app.ListActivity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.util.Log; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.MenuItem; import android.view.View; import android.widget.ArrayAdapter; import android.widget.ListView;

import com.parse.FindCallback; import com.parse.ParseException; import com.parse.ParseQuery; import com.parse.ParseRelation; import com.parse.ParseUser;

import java.util.List;

public class RecipientsActivity extends ListActivity {

private static final String TAG = RecipientsActivity.class.getSimpleName();

protected List<ParseUser> mFriends;
protected ParseRelation<ParseUser> mFriendsRelation;
protected ParseUser mCurrentUser;

protected MenuItem mSendMenuItem;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_recipients);
    getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);

    getListView().setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
}

@Override
public void onResume() {
    super.onResume();

    mCurrentUser = ParseUser.getCurrentUser();
    mFriendsRelation = mCurrentUser.getRelation(ParseConstants.KEY_FRIENDS_RELATION);

    // Start progress bar

    ParseQuery<ParseUser> query = mFriendsRelation.getQuery();
    query.addAscendingOrder(ParseConstants.KEY_USERNAME);
    query.findInBackground(new FindCallback<ParseUser>() {
        @Override
        public void done(List<ParseUser> friends, ParseException e) {
            // Hide progress bar

            if (e == null) {
                mFriends = friends;

                String[] usernames = new String[mFriends.size()];
                int i = 0;
                for (ParseUser user : mFriends) {
                    usernames[i] = user.getUsername();
                    i++;
                }
                ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(
                        getListView().getContext(),
                        android.R.layout.simple_list_item_checked,
                        usernames);
                setListAdapter(adapter);
            } else {
                Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
                AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(RecipientsActivity.this);
                builder.setMessage(e.getMessage())
                        .setTitle(R.string.error_title)
                        .setPositiveButton(android.R.string.ok, null);
                AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();
                dialog.show();
            }

        }
    });
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_recipients, menu);
    mSendMenuItem = menu.getItem(0);
    return true;
}

@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();

    switch (id) {
        case R.id.action_send:
            return true;
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

@Override
protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
    super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);

    if (l.getCheckedItemCount() > 0) {
        mSendMenuItem.setVisible(true);
    } else {
        mSendMenuItem.setVisible(false);
    }
}

}

activity_recipients.xml:

<ListView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:id="@android:id/list"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />

<TextView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@android:id/empty"
    android:text="@string/empty_recipients_list_message" />

</RelativeLayout>

Manifest file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.marcioporto.android.ribbit" >

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

<uses-feature
    android:name="android.hardware.camera"
    android:required="true" />

<application
    android:name=".ParoliApplication"
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
    <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
    <activity
        android:name=".LoginActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait" >
    </activity>
    <activity
        android:name=".SignUpActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:parentActivityName=".LoginActivity"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait" >
    </activity>
    <activity
        android:name=".EditFriendsActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_edit_friends"
        android:parentActivityName=".MainActivity"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait"
        android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
            android:value="com.marcioporto.android.ribbit.MainActivity" />
    </activity>
    <activity
        android:name=".RecipientsActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_recipients"
        android:parentActivityName=".MainActivity"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait"
        android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light" >
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
            android:value="com.marcioporto.android.ribbit.MainActivity" />
    </activity>
</application>

</manifest>

Answer 1 · 2015-10-14T09:44:43Z

October 14, 2015 9:44am

Dont extend ListView. Keep it implementing whatever it was by default, for example in mine in extends AppCompatActivity though in other sdk version I've heard its different. After doing this you'll have to change your XML listview's and textviews's ID and call them in you java by using findViewbyId.

Answer 2 · 2015-10-15T19:29:34Z

October 15, 2015 7:29pm

My action bar is showing up fine In my app as well. Once I select a picture the actionbar disappears and the send button cant be accessed. When I put in the code send button code presented by ben the app crashes.

I made a Video Showing my problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-fttqs5CeQ

Here is my project on github https://github.com/TheBigOso/Ribbit2

I currently know where the problem is occurring. It is hashed out at the bottom of RecipientsActivity.java. This is due to ListActivity being deprecated and android adding AppCompatActivity

So it should look something like this

public class RecipientsActivity extends AppCompatActivity  {

not like this

public class RecipientsActivity extends ListActivity  {

When you google AppCompatActivity their is a Public Method we can call named setSupportActionBar . https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v7/app/AppCompatActivity.html#setSupportActionBar(android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar)

Also their is a reply from Kevin Parks regarding the problem. He uses the new AppCompatActivity. I am a bit confused by what he is doing.

https://teamtreehouse.com/community/help-action-bar-not-show-up-in-recipientsactivity-and-editfriendsactivity

Lets get this done together. TheBigOso

RecipientsActivity.java

import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.Window;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;

import com.parse.FindCallback;
import com.parse.ParseException;
import com.parse.ParseRelation;
import com.parse.ParseUser;

import java.util.List;
//AppCompatActivity
public class RecipientsActivity extends  ListActivity{

    public static final String TAG = RecipientsActivity.class.getSimpleName();
    protected List<ParseUser> mFriends;
    protected ParseRelation<ParseUser> mFriendsRelation;
    protected ParseUser mCurrentUser;

    protected MenuItem mSendMenuItem;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_INDETERMINATE_PROGRESS);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_recipients);
        getListView().setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
   }

    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();

        mCurrentUser = ParseUser.getCurrentUser();
        mFriendsRelation = mCurrentUser.getRelation(ParseConstants.KEY_FRIENDS_RELATION);


        mFriendsRelation.getQuery().findInBackground(new FindCallback<ParseUser>() {
            @Override
            public void done(List<ParseUser> friends, ParseException e) {

                if (e == null) {
                    mFriends = friends;

                    String[] usernames = new String[mFriends.size()];
                    int i = 0;
                    for (ParseUser user : mFriends) {
                        usernames[i] = user.getUsername();
                        i++;
                    }
                    ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(
                            getListView().getContext(),
                            android.R.layout.simple_list_item_checked,
                            usernames);
                    setListAdapter(adapter);
                } else {
                    Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
                    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(RecipientsActivity.this);
                    builder.setMessage(e.getMessage())
                            .setTitle(R.string.error_title)
                            .setPositiveButton(android.R.string.ok, null);
                    AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();
                    dialog.show();
                }
            }
        });
    }

//    @Override
//    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
//        mSendMenuItem =menu.getItem(0);
//       return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
//   }
//
//  @Override
//    protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
//        super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);
//
//        mSendMenuItem.setVisible(true);
//  }

}

The Code hashed out at the end of RecipientsActivity.java is making my program crash.

@Override
//    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
//        mSendMenuItem =menu.getItem(0);
//       return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
//   }
//
//  @Override
//    protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
//        super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);
//
//        mSendMenuItem.setVisible(true);
//  }

EditFriendsActivity.Java

import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;

import com.parse.FindCallback;
import com.parse.ParseException;
import com.parse.ParseQuery;
import com.parse.ParseRelation;
import com.parse.ParseUser;
import com.parse.SaveCallback;

import java.util.List;


public class EditFriendsActivity extends ListActivity {

    public static final String TAG = EditFriendsActivity.class.getSimpleName();

    protected List<ParseUser> mUsers;
    protected ParseRelation<ParseUser> mFriendsRelation;
    protected ParseUser mCurrentUser;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        requestWindowFeature(getWindow().FEATURE_INDETERMINATE_PROGRESS);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_edit_friends);
        getListView().setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();

        mCurrentUser = ParseUser.getCurrentUser();
        mFriendsRelation = mCurrentUser.getRelation(ParseConstants.KEY_FRIENDS_RELATION);

        setProgressBarIndeterminateVisibility(true);

        ParseQuery<ParseUser> query = ParseUser.getQuery();
        query.orderByAscending(ParseConstants.KEY_USERNAME);
        query.setLimit(1000);
        query.findInBackground(new FindCallback<ParseUser>() {
            @Override
            public void done(List<ParseUser> users, ParseException e) {
                setProgressBarIndeterminateVisibility(false);

                if (e == null) {
                    //success
                    mUsers = users;
                    String[] usernames = new String[mUsers.size()];
                    int i = 0;
                    for (ParseUser user : mUsers) {
                        usernames[i] = user.getUsername();
                        i++;
                    }
                    ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(
                            EditFriendsActivity.this,
                            android.R.layout.simple_list_item_checked,
                            usernames);
                    setListAdapter(adapter);

                    addFriendCheckmarks();

                } else {
                    Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
                    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(EditFriendsActivity.this);
                    builder.setMessage(e.getMessage())
                            .setTitle(R.string.error_title)
                            .setPositiveButton(android.R.string.ok, null);
                    AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();
                    dialog.show();
                }

            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
        super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);

        if(getListView().isItemChecked(position)){
            //add friend
            mFriendsRelation.add(mUsers.get(position));
        }
        else {
            //remove friend
            mFriendsRelation.remove(mUsers.get(position));

        }
        mCurrentUser.saveInBackground(new SaveCallback() {
            @Override
            public void done(ParseException e) {
                if (e != null) {
                    Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
                }
            }
        });
    }
    private void addFriendCheckmarks(){
        mFriendsRelation.getQuery().findInBackground(new FindCallback<ParseUser>() {
            @Override
            public void done(List<ParseUser> friends, ParseException e) {
                if(e == null){
                    //list returned - look for match
                    for(int i = 0; i<mUsers.size(); i++){
                        ParseUser user = mUsers.get(i);

                        for(ParseUser friend : friends){
                            if(friend.getObjectId().equals(user.getObjectId())){
                                getListView().setItemChecked(i, true);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                else {
                    Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
                }
            }
        });
    }
}

Answer 3 · 2015-10-15T19:46:59Z

October 15, 2015 7:46pm

The commented portion is making your app crash because it is trying to make an overflow menu in the actionbar but you dont have one. If you extend ListActivity you wont have an actionbar to use and therefore you cant make an overflow menu.

Here check my code out. I have made very few changes then the videos.

'''android package com.akashpopat.snap;

import android.app.AlertDialog; import android.net.Uri; import android.os.Bundle; import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.util.Log; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.MenuItem; import android.view.View; import android.widget.AdapterView; import android.widget.ArrayAdapter; import android.widget.ListView; import android.widget.Toast;

import com.parse.FindCallback; import com.parse.ParseException; import com.parse.ParseFile; import com.parse.ParseObject; import com.parse.ParseQuery; import com.parse.ParseRelation; import com.parse.ParseUser; import com.parse.ProgressCallback; import com.parse.SaveCallback;

import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List;

public class RecipientsActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

public static Boolean SENT = false;

protected List<ParseUser> mFriends;
protected ParseRelation<ParseUser> mFriendsRelation;
protected ParseUser mCurrentUser;

protected MenuItem mSendMenuItem;
ListView mListView;

Uri mMediaUri;
String mFileType;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_recipients);

    mMediaUri = getIntent().getData();
    mFileType = getIntent().getStringExtra(ParseConstants.KEY_FILE_TYPE);

    mListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lv);
    mListView.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
}

@Override
public void onResume() {
    super.onResume();

    mCurrentUser = ParseUser.getCurrentUser();
    mFriendsRelation = mCurrentUser.getRelation(ParseConstants.KEY_FRIENDS_RELATION);

    ParseQuery<ParseUser> query = mFriendsRelation.getQuery();
    query.addAscendingOrder(ParseConstants.KEY_USERNAME);
    query.findInBackground(new FindCallback<ParseUser>() {
        @Override
        public void done(List<ParseUser> friends, ParseException e) {
            if (e == null) {
                mFriends = friends;

                String[] usernames = new String[mFriends.size()];
                int i = 0;
                for (ParseUser user : mFriends) {
                    usernames[i] = user.getUsername();
                    i++;
                }

                ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(RecipientsActivity.this
                        , android.R.layout.simple_list_item_checked
                        , usernames);

                mListView.setAdapter(adapter);

                if (friends.size() > 0) {
                    findViewById(R.id.khali).setVisibility(View.GONE);
                }

            } else {
                Log.e("hey", e.getMessage());
                // Didnt work
                AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(RecipientsActivity.this);
                builder.setMessage(e.getMessage())
                        .setTitle(R.string.error_title)
                        .setPositiveButton(android.R.string.ok, null);
                AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();
                dialog.show();
            }
        }
    });

    mListView.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int i, long l) {
            if (mListView.getCheckedItemCount() > 0) {
                mSendMenuItem.setVisible(true);
            } else {
                mSendMenuItem.setVisible(false);
            }
        }
    });
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_recipients, menu);
    mSendMenuItem = menu.getItem(0);
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    switch (item.getItemId()){
        case R.id.action_send:
            ParseObject message = createMessage();
            if(message == null){
                // error
                AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
                builder.setMessage(R.string.error_selecting_file)
                        .setTitle(R.string.sorry_error)
                        .setPositiveButton(android.R.string.ok,null);

                AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();
                dialog.show();
            }
            else {
                send(message);
            }
            finish();
            return true;

    }
    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

private ParseObject createMessage() {
    ParseObject message = new ParseObject(ParseConstants.CLASS_MESSAGES);
    message.put(ParseConstants.KEY_SENDER_ID,ParseUser.getCurrentUser().getObjectId());
    message.put(ParseConstants.KEY_SENDER_NAME,ParseUser.getCurrentUser().getUsername());
    message.put(ParseConstants.KEY_RECIPIENTS_IDS,getRecipientIds());
    message.put(ParseConstants.KEY_FILE_TYPE,mFileType);

    byte[] fileBytes = FileHelper.getByteArrayFromFile(this, mMediaUri);

    if (fileBytes == null)
    {
        return null;
    }
    else {
        if(mFileType.equals(ParseConstants.TYPE_IMAGE)){
            fileBytes = FileHelper.reduceImageForUpload(fileBytes);
        }

        String fileName = FileHelper.getFileName(this,mMediaUri,mFileType);
        ParseFile file = new ParseFile(fileName,fileBytes);

        file.saveInBackground(new SaveCallback() {
            public void done(ParseException e) {
                // Handle success or failure here ...
                Log.d("hey","files away");
            }
        }, new ProgressCallback() {
            public void done(Integer percentDone) {
                // Update your progress spinner here. percentDone will be between 0 and 100.
                Log.d("hey", "files at " + percentDone);
            }
        });

        message.put(ParseConstants.KEY_FILE_, file);
        return message;
    }
}

private ArrayList<String> getRecipientIds() {

    ArrayList<String> recipientIds = new ArrayList<>();
    for(int i = 0;i < mListView.getCount();i++)
    {
        if (mListView.isItemChecked(i)){
            recipientIds.add(mFriends.get(i).getObjectId());
        }
    }
    return recipientIds;
}

void send(ParseObject message){

    message.saveInBackground(new SaveCallback() {
        @Override
        public void done(ParseException e) {
            if(e == null)
            {
                SENT = true;
                Toast.makeText(RecipientsActivity.this,"Sent!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }
            else {
                // error
                AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(RecipientsActivity.this);
                builder.setMessage(R.string.error_sending_message)
                        .setTitle(R.string.sorry_error)
                        .setPositiveButton(android.R.string.ok,null);

                AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();
                dialog.show();
            }
        }

    });
}

} '''

Answer 4 · 2015-10-15T22:34:04Z

October 15, 2015 10:34pm

This is just a bug because of copy pasting. Trying rebuilding the code and syncing the gradle files and if these two dont work then go to File and invalidate cache and restart.

Answer 5 · 2015-10-15T22:37:20Z

October 15, 2015 10:37pm

Oh and I'm not sure if you changed to xml to reflect the changes in the java. Its not much but you have to change the ids. I kept my ListView id as "lv" and textview which will show when the listview is empty has the id "khali"

Answer 6 · 2015-10-15T23:03:11Z

October 15, 2015 11:03pm

umm I invalidate cache and restarted it and now it needs an update should be a few min.

Answer 7 · 2015-10-15T23:08:27Z

October 15, 2015 11:08pm

<TextView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/khali"
    android:text="@string/empty_recipients_list_message"
    />

i changed it. It should look like this right?

Answer 8 · 2015-10-15T23:10:05Z

October 15, 2015 11:10pm

Yeah and the listviews too. But this is only if you copied my java code. Its because I used these ids to reference them.

Answer 9 · 2015-10-15T23:25:20Z

October 15, 2015 11:25pm

yeah I understand. now im still getting this error here is a video of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwp9juCodz4

this is my error log :(

Error:Content is not allowed in prolog. C:\Oso\Crap\androidStudio\Torpedo\Torpedo\app\src\main\res\libs\commons-io-2.4.jar Error:(1, 1) Error: Content is not allowed in prolog. :app:mergeDebugResources FAILED Error:Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'.

C:\Oso\Crap\androidStudio\Torpedo\Torpedo\app\src\main\res\libs\commons-io-2.4.jar:1:1: Error: Content is not allowed in prolog.

Thank you for your help.

Oso

Answer 10 · 2015-10-16T09:33:28Z

October 16, 2015 9:33am

Okay I found the problem though I dont understand how your code was working up till now.

The problem was your libs folder which should be under the app folder was somehow inside the resources folder. And your app gradle should have ''' compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: "commons-io-2.4.jar") '''

After I fixed that I got many other problems in your code which I got from github. For example you didnt change the xml ids but those are simple fixes so I guess it should work after you fix all that.

Answer 11 · 2015-10-22T00:27:32Z

October 22, 2015 12:27am

Thanks for looking through my code. So after doing extensive research I found out that Android Studio had an error and couldn't load the R.class. After reinstalling. Now im back to square one. my program compiles. I can take a picture. Then I press ok. Thats when my app crashes.

same thing happens if i choose a picture i never see my friends.

this is the error log can provided

10-21 17:24:14.905 3190-3190/? E/AndroidRuntime: java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Invalid index 0, size is 0
10-21 17:24:14.905 3190-3190/? E/AndroidRuntime:     at java.util.ArrayList.throwIndexOutOfBoundsException(ArrayList.java:255)

here is my git hub https://github.com/TheBigOso/RibbitSendButton

I Dont know what im missing

What does your menu_main.xml look like? here is mine

Thank you for everthing

TheBigOso

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
      tools:context=".MainActivity">


      <item android:id="@+id/action_logout"
            android:title="@string/menu_logout_label"
          />
        <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="@mipmap/ic_camera_enhance_white_24dp"/>
              <!--android:showAsAction="always"-->



    <item android:id="@+id/action_send"
          android:orderInCategory="100"
          android:title="@string/menu_send_label"
          android:visible="false"
          android:icon="@mipmap/ic_camera_enhance_white_24dp"/>
</menu>

RecipientsActivity.Java

package com.fartyou.thedirtyappstore.ribbit2;

import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.support.v4.app.NavUtils;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;

import com.parse.FindCallback;
import com.parse.ParseException;
import com.parse.ParseRelation;
import com.parse.ParseUser;

import java.util.List;

public class RecipientsActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    public static final String TAG = RecipientsActivity.class.getSimpleName();
    protected List<ParseUser> mFriends;
    protected ParseRelation<ParseUser> mFriendsRelation;
    protected ParseUser mCurrentUser;
    protected MenuItem mSendMenuItem;
    protected ListView mListView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_recipients);

        mListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lv);
        mListView.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);

    }

    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();

        mCurrentUser = ParseUser.getCurrentUser();
        mFriendsRelation = mCurrentUser.getRelation(ParseConstants.KEY_FRIENDS_RELATION);


        mFriendsRelation.getQuery().findInBackground(new FindCallback<ParseUser>() {
            @Override
            public void done(List<ParseUser> friends, ParseException e) {

                if (e == null) {
                    mFriends = friends;

                    String[] usernames = new String[mFriends.size()];
                    int i = 0;
                    for (ParseUser user : mFriends) {
                        usernames[i] = user.getUsername();
                        i++;
                    }
                    ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(RecipientsActivity.this
                            , android.R.layout.simple_list_item_checked
                            , usernames);

                    mListView.setAdapter(adapter);

                    if (friends.size() > 0) {
                        findViewById(R.id.tv).setVisibility(View.GONE);
                    }

                } else {
                    Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
                    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(RecipientsActivity.this);
                    builder.setMessage(e.getMessage())
                            .setTitle(R.string.error_title)
                            .setPositiveButton(android.R.string.ok, null);
                    AlertDialog dialog = builder.create();
                    dialog.show();
                }
            }
        });


        mListView.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int i, long l) {
                if (mListView.getCheckedItemCount() > 0) {
                    mSendMenuItem.setVisible(true);
                } else {
                    mSendMenuItem.setVisible(false);
                }
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        mSendMenuItem = menu.getItem(0);
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
        mSendMenuItem = menu.getItem(0);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
            case android.R.id.home:
                NavUtils.navigateUpFromSameTask(this);
                return true;
            case R.id.action_send:
                return true;
        }
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
}

here is my activity_recipients.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="com.fartyou.thedirtyappstore.ribbit2.RecipientsActivity">

    <ListView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:id="@+id/lv"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"/>

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/tv"
        android:text="@string/empty_recipients_list_message"
        />
</RelativeLayout>

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