The overflow only "appears" on devices and emulators that lack an off-screen MENU button. For devices and emulators that have an off-screen MENU button, pressing MENU displays the overflow menu. android:showAsAction="never" works just fine.
On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Anuj Goyal <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to force "reset" to show up in ActionBar's overflow (3 > vertical dots). The appearance of summary is correct, but I can't seem to > make the overflow appear. What set of enums do I need > for android:showAsAction? I have tried these 3 variants but none give the > desired result: > > android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" > android:showAsAction="never|withText" > android:showAsAction="always|withText" > > Maybe it's user error, but this would be useful to add to the docs > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html#ActionItems > > I have also looked on stackoverflow and have not found anything directly > answering this question. > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9286822/how-to-force-use-of-overflow-menu-on-devices-with-menu-button > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9163594/overflow-actionbar-entry-missing-for-ics-phone-using-compat-lib?rq=1 > > [image: Inline image 3] > > <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; > > <item > android:id="@+id/menu_reset" > android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_reset" > android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" > android:title="@string/menu_reset"/> > <item > android:id="@+id/menu_summary" > android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_summary" > android:showAsAction="always" > android:title="@string/menu_summary"/> > </menu> > > public class MainActivity extends Activity { > > @Override > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > setContentView(R.layout.activitymain); > > ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar(); > actionBar.show(); > return; > } > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in NYC: http://marakana.com/training/android/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
