Action bar is not inflated - android

Question

I'm trying to inflate the action bar in my activity with some simple itemes in the onCreateOptionsMenu method but it doesn't work. It simply shows me the action bar with just the name of the activity, without any items.

Here is my xml menu code(ringtones.xml):

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    tools:context="activities.RingtonesActivity" >

    <item android:id="@+id/action_add"
          android:icon="@drawable/add"
          android:title="@string/action_add_ringtone"
          android:showAsAction="ifRoom" />

    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_settings"
        android:orderInCategory="100"
        android:title="@string/action_settings"
        android:showAsAction="never"/>

</menu>

And here is my implementation for onCreateOptionsMenu:

@Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.ringtones, menu);
        return true;
    }

And here is an image of the action bar:

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Also, I extend the "ActionBarActivity" class. What am I doing wrong here?

Edit: I have just noticed that even if I return false in onCreateOptionsMenu, the action bar is still displayed as it is! What is going on?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 14 '15 at 09:33

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Change this

android:showAsAction="never"

to

android:showAsAction="always"

answered Jan 14 '15 at 09:33

Green goblin

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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Please change in your code. Instead of

  android:showAsAction="ifRoom"  

          and 

    android:showAsAction="never"

Do

android:showAsAction="always"

Please add this line in your ringtones.xml

xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

I am putting a link if your are using support library for action bar. Please go through that. link Please let me know, If it works for your.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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answered Jan 14 '15 at 09:37

droidd

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I already have this line in my ringtones.xml. Please look at the code I have putted in my post – David Lasry Jan 14 '15 at 13:17
Please refer a link.. I posted a link also. – droidd Jan 14 '15 at 13:54
I checked your link and I didn't find an answer there. Another thing I have just noticed is that even if I return false in onCreateOptionsMenu, the action bar is still displayed as it is! What is going on – David Lasry Jan 14 '15 at 14:07

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 07 '19 at 11:51

I know this is an old question, but i had this problem and it was because i forgot to add this im my fragment:

override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setHasOptionsMenu(true)
}

Also, don't forget to add:

override fun onOptionsItemSelected(item: MenuItem): Boolean {
        if (item.itemId == R.id.action_delete) {
            //Do something
            return true
        }
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item)
}

Action bar is not inflated - android

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