On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Jean-Michel <jeanmichel.caz...@gmail.com> wrote: > I found out how to get my menu back (target a SDK below 11)
Your options menu, with targetSdkVersion="11" or higher, will be in the action bar, on the right. > but I > have been Googling for last 3 hours in order to discover how to get a > search button in the action bar and I failed... You have two choices. One says you use android:showAsAction and android:actionLayout in your options menu XML, so on tablets you can have a search field in the action bar itself and on phones it will appear as a regular options menu item. Or, use setCustomView() on ActionBar to add a search field when you are on API Level 11 or higher, and do something else for older devices. > So to make sure things are in perspective: > - I'd like to have the same code accross the board By definition, that's not strictly possible. You can have one code base that supports both search-in-action-bar and other affordances, but you will need to have some action bar-specific stuff somewhere. > - I am using search to trigger a custom action in a custom activity > (still like a search, but not really a search). Huh? > - furthermore I am using long press on serach as well. Huh? -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android 3.1 Programming Books: http://commonsware.com/books -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
