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Show Only Text as MenuItem in ActionBar

I've been searching for a way to add text as a MenuItem to the ActionBar. I've tried setting the icon to a transparent ColorDrawable and showAsAction withText but nothing seems to work. Is there any way to add text as a MenuItem?

Thanks for any help :)

Solution

  • If you don't specify the android:icon of the menu item, it will default to the android:title given by you in the XML file.

    Try this and replace the android:id and android:title accordingly:

    <item
    android:id="@+id/menu_item_id"
    android:showAsAction="always"
    android:title="@string/menu_item_title"/>

    Hope that helps!