How to display both icon and title of action inside ActionBar? - android-layout

Question

I need to display both icon and title of action inside ActionBar.
I've tried "withText" option, but it has no effect.

Answer 1

'always|withText' will work if there is sufficient room, otherwise it will only place icon. You can test it on your phone with rotation.
<item android:id="#id/menu_item"
android:title="text"
android:icon="#drawable/drawable_resource_name"
android:showAsAction="always|withText" />

Answer 2

You can create actions with text in 2 ways:
1- From XML:
<item android:id="#id/resource_name"
android:title="text"
android:icon="#drawable/drawable_resource_name"
android:showAsAction="withText" />
When inflating the menu, you should call getSupportMenuInflater() since you are using ActionBarSherlock.
2- Programmatically:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuItem item = menu.add(Menu.NONE, ID, POSITION, TEXT);
item.setIcon(R.drawable.drawable_resource_name);
item.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT);
return true;
}
Make sure you import com.actionbarsherlock.view.Menu and com.actionbarsherlock.view.MenuItem.

Answer 3

What worked for me was using 'always|withText'. If you have many menus, consider using 'ifRoom' instead of 'always'.
<item android:id="#id/resource_name"
android:title="text"
android:icon="#drawable/drawable_resource_name"
android:showAsAction="always|withText" />

Answer 4

The solution I find is to use custom action Layout:
Here is XML for menu.
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:Eventapp="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<!-- This is a comment. -->
<item
android:id="#+id/action_create"
android:actionLayout="#layout/action_view_details_layout"
android:orderInCategory="50"
android:showAsAction = "always"/>
</menu>
The Layout is
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/create"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:paddingRight="5dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:src="#drawable/ic_action_v"/>
</LinearLayout>
this will show the icon and the text together.
To get the clickitem the the fragment or activity:
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater)
{
//super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_details_fragment, menu);
View view = menu.findItem(R.id.action_create).getActionView();
view.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Clicked", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
}

Answer 5

If any1 in 2017 is wondering how to do this programmatically, there is a way that i don't see in the answers
.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT);

Answer 6

You can add button in toolbar
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay"
app:title="title">
<Button
android:id="#+id/button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:background="#color/transparent"
android:drawableRight="#drawable/ic_your_icon"
android:drawableTint="#drawable/btn_selector"
android:text="#string/sort_by_credit"
android:textColor="#drawable/btn_selector"
/>
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
create file btn_selector.xml in drawable
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:state_selected="true"
android:color="#color/white"
/>
<item
android:color="#color/white_30_opacity"
/>
java:
private boolean isSelect = false;
OnClickListener for button:
private void myClick() {
if (!isSelect) {
//**your code**//
isSelect = true;
} else {//**your code**//
isSelect = false;
}
sort.setSelected(isSelect);
}

Answer 7

Some of you guys have great answers, but I found some additional thing. If you want create a MenuItem with some SubMenu programmatically:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
SubMenu subMenu = menu.addSubMenu(0, Menu.NONE, 0, "Menu title");
subMenu.getItem().setIcon(R.drawable.ic_action_child);
subMenu.getItem().setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS);
subMenu.add(0, Menu.NONE, 0, "Subitem 1");
subMenu.add(0, Menu.NONE, 1, "Subitem 2");
subMenu.add(0, Menu.NONE, 2, "Subitem 3");
return true;
}

Answer 8

Try adding a TextView to the menubar first and using setCompoundDrawables() to place the image on whichever side you want. Bond click activity to the textview in the end.
MenuItem item = menu.add(Menu.NONE, R.id.menu_item_save, 10, R.string.save);
item.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS|MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT);
TextView textBtn = getTextButton(btn_title, btn_image);
item.setActionView(textBtn);
textBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// your selector here }
});
You can literally customize everything here:
public TextView getTextButton (String btn_title, Drawable btn_image) {
TextView textBtn = new TextView(this);
textBtn.setText(btn_title);
textBtn.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
textBtn.setTextSize(18);
textBtn.setTypeface(Typeface.create("sans-serif-light", Typeface.BOLD));
textBtn.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL | Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL);
Drawable img = btn_image;
img.setBounds(0, 0, 30, 30);
textBtn.setCompoundDrawables(null, null, img, null);
// left,top,right,bottom. In this case icon is right to the text
return textBtn;
}

Answer 9

Using app:showAsAction="always|withText".
I am using Android 4.1.1, but it should applicable anyway.
Mine look like below
<item
android:id="#+id/action_sent_current_data"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_upload_cloud"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="#string/action_sent_current_data"
app:showAsAction="always|withText"/>

Answer 10

Follow these steps:
Add the Action Bar instance in the Java Code final ActionBar
actionBar = getActionBar();
Enable the Home Display Option
actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false);
Add the following code in the respective activity's manifest file
android:logo=#drawable/logo and android:label="#string/actionbar_text"
I think this will help you