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Menu won't show up. I don't know why

I'm just following another tutorial but the result is different. When I'm trying to run my apk, menu icon won't show up on primary layout (activity_main.xml) Anyone knows what I missed?
menu_main_activity.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<!-- NEW NOTE -->
<item
android:id="#+id/action_create"
android:enabled="true"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_add"
android:orderInCategory="0"
android:title="create"
android:visible="true"
app:showAsAction="always" />
<!-- SETTINGS -->
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:enabled="true"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_manage"
android:orderInCategory="10"
android:title="settings"
android:visible="true"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
</menu>
MainNote.java:
package com.example.lenovo.home;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.annotation.IdRes;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.CardView;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
public class MainNote extends AppCompatActivity {
private ListView mListNotes;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main_note);
mListNotes = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.main_listview);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main_activity, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_create: //run NoteActivity in new note mode
startActivity(new Intent(this, NoteActivity.class));
break;
case R.id.action_settings:
//TODO show settings activity
break;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
#Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
//load saved notes into the listview
//first, reset the listview
mListNotes.setAdapter(null);
ArrayList<Note> notes = Utilities.getAllSavedNotes(getApplicationContext());
//sort notes from new to old
Collections.sort(notes, new Comparator<Note>() {
#Override
public int compare(Note lhs, Note rhs) {
if (lhs.getDateTime() > rhs.getDateTime()) {
return -1;
} else {
return 1;
}
}
});
if (notes != null && notes.size() > 0) { //check if we have any notes!
final NoteAdapter na = new NoteAdapter(this, R.layout.view_note_item, notes);
mListNotes.setAdapter(na);
//set click listener for items in the list, by clicking each item the note should be loaded into NoteActivity
mListNotes.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
//run the NoteActivity in view/edit mode
String fileName = ((Note) mListNotes.getItemAtPosition(position)).getDateTime()
+ Utilities.FILE_EXTENSION;
Intent viewNoteIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), NoteActivity.class);
viewNoteIntent.putExtra(Utilities.EXTRAS_NOTE_FILENAME, fileName);
startActivity(viewNoteIntent);
}
});
} else { //remind user that we have no notes!
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "you have no saved notes!\ncreate some new notes :)"
, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
}
And, the last is my activity_main_note.xml
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context="com.example.lenovo.home.MainNote">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/main_listview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:visibility="visible" />
</LinearLayout>
UPDATE
This is my styles code
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />
<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />
</resources>
This is my theme code for application.

I have just run your code and it works fine.
I am running it with the following theme in styles.xml:
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
</style>
</resources>
In manifest I have android:theme="#style/AppTheme" in the application tag.
And my Activity extends AppCompatActivity
Also check you have put the menu xml in res/menu folder.
The only thing I see but it is regarding the item being selected is that the return statement is wrong, but it doesn't have to do with the icons not appearing.
In onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) you should return true if you handle the request or false if not.
Change it like this:
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
boolean rtn = false;
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_create: //run NoteActivity in new note mode
startActivity(new Intent(this, NoteActivity.class));
rtn = true;
break;
case R.id.action_settings:
//TODO show settings activity
rtn = true;
break;
default:
rtn = super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
return rtn;
}
See this question: Should "android: onOptionsItemSelected" return true or false
EDIT I
I see in your styles.xml you are extending Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar, which doesn't have an ActionBar.
In this case you can switch to a theme with an ActionBar as I am using or otherwise you need to add your own action bar to the layout using a Toolbar.

Android overflow menu overlapping actionbar

I'm trying to make a menu with two items, "Exit" and "Settings", where the "Exit" item is located on the actionbar, while the "Settings" item is located in the overflow menu.
However when I click on the menu icon, the overflow menu overlaps the "Exit" item. Is there anyway I can prevent this behaviour?
This is what's currently happening
This is what I'm trying to achive
Menue.XML
<menu xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<group android:checkableBehavior="single">
<item android:title="#string/setting"
android:id="#+id/setting"
android:orderInCategory="2"
app:showAsAction="never"
/>
<item android:title="#string/exit"
android:id="#+id/exit"
android:orderInCategory="1"
app:showAsAction="withText|ifRoom"
android:icon="#drawable/exit"
/>
</group>
</menu>
Activity_main.XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 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"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.example.meunueexample.MainActivity">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Hello World!"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</RelativeLayout>
Main_Activity.Java
package com.example.meunueexample;
import android.app.*;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { // it wil inflate the menue in the action bar
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) { // here we will get the selected item form group option
int id = item.getItemId(); // will get id of selected item these IDs are not user defined
if (id == R.id.setting) {
android.app.DialogFragment myfragment= new DialogFragment(); // made object of dialog fragment
myfragment.show(getFragmentManager() , "thedialog"); // thedialog is object created in DialogFragment class
return true;
} else if (id == R.id.exit) {
finish();
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
Dialog_Fragment.Java
package com.example.meunueexample;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.app.Dialog;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.Toast;
/**
* Created by AQ on 9/10/2017.
*/
public class DialogFragment extends android.app.DialogFragment {
#Override
public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) { // override this method to ake dialog box
AlertDialog.Builder thedialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity()); // jiss activity ka oper is na show hona hy
thedialog.setTitle("Sample Dialog");
thedialog.setMessage("Hlw AQ");
thedialog.setPositiveButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() { // on click listener on button clicked
#Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Clicked OK", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}); // place semicolon there
thedialog.setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() { // on click listener on button clicked
#Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Clicked Cancel", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}); // place semicolon there
return thedialog.create();
} // may change abndroid version from android manifest and from build.gradle
}

You can change this behaviour by creating a style with a vertical offset, like so:
<style name="OverflowMenu" parent="Widget.AppCompat.PopupMenu.Overflow">
<!-- Required for pre-Lollipop. -->
<item name="overlapAnchor">false</item>
<item name="android:dropDownVerticalOffset">-4.0dip</item>
<!-- Required for Lollipop. -->
<item name="android:overlapAnchor">false</item>
<item name="android:dropDownVerticalOffset">4.0dip</item>
</style>
You can then apply this style in your theme:
<item name="actionOverflowMenuStyle">#style/OverflowMenu</item>

How to implement image with text in Menu options in android

i am trying so hard to implement customized menu option with both image and text in menu item list but i did not get it...so please help me how to implement it...thank you in advance
here is my menu.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="com.example.admin.sst.Signuplogin">
<item android:id="#+id/one" android:title="one"
app:showAsAction="never"
/>
<item android:id="#+id/two" android:title="two"
android:orderInCategory="100" app:showAsAction="never" />
<item android:id="#+id/three" android:title="three"
android:orderInCategory="100" app:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>

You can use PopupMenu on any view clicked.
Full Demo:
MainActivity:
package pk.sohail.gallerytest.activity;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.PopupMenu;
import android.widget.Toast;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import pk.sohail.gallerytest.R;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
Context context;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
context = this;
Button btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
PopupMenu popupMenu = new PopupMenu(context, view);
popupMenu.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
#Override
public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.one:
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "1",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
case R.id.two:
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "2",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
case R.id.three:
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "3",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
}
return false;
}
});
popupMenu.inflate(R.menu.main);
// Force icons to show
Object menuHelper;
Class[] argTypes;
try {
Field fMenuHelper = PopupMenu.class.getDeclaredField("mPopup");
fMenuHelper.setAccessible(true);
menuHelper = fMenuHelper.get(popupMenu);
argTypes = new Class[]{boolean.class};
menuHelper.getClass()
.getDeclaredMethod("setForceShowIcon", argTypes)
.invoke(menuHelper, true);
} catch (Exception e) {
// Possible exceptions are NoSuchMethodError and
// NoSuchFieldError
//
// In either case, an exception indicates something is wrong
// with the reflection code, or the
// structure of the PopupMenu class or its dependencies has
// changed.
//
// These exceptions should never happen since we're shipping the
// AppCompat library in our own apk,
// but in the case that they do, we simply can't force icons to
// display, so log the error and
// show the menu normally.
Log.w("as", "error forcing menu icons to show", e);
popupMenu.show();
return;
}
popupMenu.show();
}
});
}
}
activity_main.xml:
<Button
android:id="#+id/button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Pop Menu"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
R.menu.main:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<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="com.example.admin.sst.Signuplogin">
<item
android:id="#+id/one"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:title="one"
app:showAsAction="never" />
<item
android:id="#+id/two"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="two"
app:showAsAction="never" />
<item
android:id="#+id/three"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="three"
app:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>

No actions or icons showing on the actionbar; only in overflow

I'm not really new to programming but a complete fresh noob regarding android and java.
I recently made the decision to programm an Android App using this tutorial.
I got till the actionbar and can even display some actions like search and settings in the overflow. What I cant manage to do is to let an action appear on the actionbar(with or without icon).
I managed to it once with this tutorial but I somehow cant repeat it on my actual "Tutorialapp".
Here is my code:
main.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<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="com.example.newapp.MainActivity" >
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
app:showAsAction="never"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:orderInCategory="1"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="#string/action_search"
android:showAsAction="always"/>
</menu>
MainActivity.java:
package com.example.newapp;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
public final static String EXTRA_MESSAGE = "com.example.newapp.MESSAGE";
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_search:
openSearch();
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
private void openSearch() {
Toast.makeText(this, "This is a Search Button", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
public void sendMessage (View view){
Intent intent = new Intent(this, DisplayMessageActivity.class);
EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edit_message);
String message = editText.getText().toString();
intent.putExtra(EXTRA_MESSAGE, message);
startActivity(intent);
}
}

try swapping the menu items:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="#string/action_search"
android:showAsAction="always"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="101"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
app:showAsAction="never"/>
</menu>

I dont know why, but you need to specify in java code the action always. I had the same problem, and I solved it like that:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
menu.findItem(R.id.actionSearch).setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS);
return true;
}
Hope it solve your problem. :D!! Good Luck!

How to add action bar to Android app?

I just start with Android. Want to add action bar following the tutorial. I was added res/menu/main_activity_actions.xml:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:NecoSeparator="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" >
<!-- Search, should appear as action button -->
<item android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="#string/action_search"
NecoSeparator:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
<!-- Settings, should always be in the overflow -->
<item android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:showAsAction="never" />
In MainActivity.java i do:
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu items for use in the action bar
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_activity_actions, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
But Eclipse says that cant find : R.menu.main_activity_actions.
What's wrong with this code? I have to do something more with this xml file?
UPDATE
MainActivity.java
package com.example.necoseparator;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.EditText;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
public final static String EXTRA_MESSAGE = "com.example.myfirstapp.MESSAGE";
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu items for use in the action bar
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_activity_actions, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle presses on the action bar items
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_search:
openSearch();
return true;
case R.id.action_settings:
openSettings();
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
public void sendMessage(View view) {
Intent intent = new Intent(this, DisplayMessageActivity.class);
EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edit_message);
String message = editText.getText().toString();
intent.putExtra(EXTRA_MESSAGE, message);
startActivity(intent);
}
}

I Think main problem is to saving your menu layout, if you have an error in file its might happened. please change your menu file with my code and save that and import R file (make sure that is not android.R and its must be YourPackageName.R) then clean your project and run.
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="filtered"
/>
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_load"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_luncher"
android:orderInCategory="200"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="update"/>
</menu>

Remove this line xmlns:NecoSeparator="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto and try again
<!-- Settings, should always be in the overflow -->
<item android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>

You can use Toolbar
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar1);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
and add list of menus