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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.

Toolbar icons not appearing in AppCompat Activity

I am trying to add toolbar to my app but somehow it is not working. Neither title not action icons are appearing. Even " : " menu is also not appearing. Here are my codes:
Style.xml:
<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.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />
<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />
</resources>
Menu_main.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.vaibhav.thirdeye.MainActivity">
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
app:showAsAction="never" />
<item android:id="#+id/next"
android:title="#string/next"
android:orderInCategory="200"
android:icon="#drawable/next_arrow"
app:showAsAction="always"/>
</menu>
content_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"
android:background="#drawable/back_splash"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context="com.example.vaibhav.thirdeye.MainActivity"
tools:showIn="#layout/activity_main"
app:theme="#style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<include
android:id="#+id/app_bar"
layout="#layout/app_bar" />
MainActivity.java:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
public static final String EXTRA_MESSAGE = "com.example.vaibhav.thirdeye.MESSAGE";
Toolbar toolbar;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
//Adding Custom toolbar
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.app_bar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
toolbar.setNavigationIcon(R.drawable.next_arrow);
toolbar.setTitle("ThirdEye");
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main,menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
int id = item.getItemId();
switch (id){
case R.id.action_settings:
Toast settings = Toast.makeText(this, "Voila!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
settings.show();
case R.id.next:
Toast next = Toast.makeText(this, "Voila!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
next.show();
}
return true;
}
}
app_bar.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="#dimen/icon_size"
android:background="#color/colorPrimary">
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
Output Screenshot:
Any helps????

Remove extra toolbars in your MainActivity's activity_main.xml layout, it will solve your problems.

Change title bar text in Android doesn't work

I'm trying to customize the title bar in my android application. In order to do that, I used accepted answer of this question.
Here is the code I used.
Here is my titlebar.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="400dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<ImageView android:id="#+id/ImageView01"
android:layout_width="57dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/ic_prof"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/myTitle"
android:text="This is my new title"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:textColor="#FFA500"
/>
</LinearLayout>
Here is my main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>
Here is my TitleBar.java
package com.myayubo;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Window;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class TitleBar extends Activity {
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
final boolean customTitleSupported = requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
if (customTitleSupported) {
getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.titlebar);
}
final TextView myTitleText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.myTitle);
if (myTitleText != null) {
myTitleText.setText("NEW TITLE");
// user can also set color using "Color" and then
// "Color value constant"
myTitleText.setBackgroundColor(Color.GREEN);
}
}
}
Here is my strings.xml
<string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>
<string name="app_name">My Ayubo</string>
<color name="titlebackgroundcolor">#3232CD</color>
<color name="titletextcolor">#FFFF00</color>
But, I cannot customize my title bar using following code. I mean, code is running without any errors. But, it is not doing what I expected. What I need is to add an image and a title in to my header. How am I suppose to do that?

figured it out in my own.
First added following items in 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=".MainActivity">
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="1"
android:showAsAction="never" />
<item
android:id="#+id/action_example"
android:title="Logout"
android:orderInCategory="2"
android:showAsAction="withText|ifRoom" />
<item
android:id="#+id/profPicture"
android:title=""
android:orderInCategory="3"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_prof"
android:onClick="userProfile"
/>
<item
android:id="#+id/dealsPic"
android:title=""
android:orderInCategory="2"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_deals"
android:onClick="doThis"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/addLoc"
android:title=""
android:orderInCategory="1"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_location"
android:onClick="gotoLocation"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/namePerson"
android:title="Nathalia Smith"
android:orderInCategory="4"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:onClick="userProfile"/>
</menu>
Then added following methods to java file to implement onlick events of images and buttons.
public void doThis(MenuItem item){
// Toast.makeText(this, "Hello World", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), DealsList.class);
finish();
startActivity(intent);
}
public void gotoLocation(MenuItem item){
// Toast.makeText(this, "Hello World", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), AddLocation.class);
finish();
startActivity(intent);
}
public void userProfile(MenuItem item){
// Toast.makeText(this, "Hello World", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), UserProfile.class);
finish();
startActivity(intent);
}
Thanks for everyone who answered. :)

Adding icons to the ActionBar on Android

Im following the next tutorial: Adding Action Buttoms, I did it step by step but when I run my app doesn´t shows any icon. I was debugging but everything seems correct and I have any nullPointerException or something like that.
This is my mainActivity:
package com.training.training.appone;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.EditText;
public class MyActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
public final static String EXTRA_MESSAGE = " com. training.example.appone.MESSAGE";
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_my);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
//getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_my, menu);
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_activiy_actions, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
//noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
public void sendMessage(View view){
Intent intent = new Intent(this, DisplayMessageActivity.class);
EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.txt_edit_message);
String message = editText.getText().toString();
// El primer parametro es el KeyName:
intent.putExtra(EXTRA_MESSAGE, message);
startActivity(intent);
}
}
And I put this XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- Search, should appear as action button -->
<item android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="#string/action_search"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
<!-- Settings, should always be in the overflow -->
<item android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
I have an error in the last line "android:showsAsAction="never", I have the libray downloaded and referenced in my build gradle: compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.0.0' I also tryed changed "android" to "res-auto", but it says that the items must have a title (they have them):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/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"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
<!-- Settings, should always be in the overflow -->
<item android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
My library:
In this point I have no idea what happends.

Make the following changes in your menu.xml
<menu
....
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
...
app:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
And if you want to display your menu on actionBar then it should be app:showAsAction="always".

In your XML file, Please change this line
app:showAsAction="always"
instead of
android:showAsAction="never"

Probably as you are using AppCompat library, you should use
app:showAsAction="never"
instead
android:showAsAction="never"

If you look at the xml schemas in the tutorial you have both:
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:yourapp="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
Notice the xmlns:android and xmlns:yourapp are different. So all you need to do is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:yourapp="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"
yourapp:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
<!-- Settings, should always be in the overflow -->
<item android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
yourapp:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
The android and yourapp tags can be named however you want. They are just a named reference to the schema.

Android setting custom actionbar

In my project i would to set a custom actionBar (with a custom layout) after a specific action.
I have this simple Activity:
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
public class MainActivity2 extends ActionBarActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main_activity2);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main_activity2, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_settings:
//apriImpostazioni ();
return true;
case R.id.information_item:
//apriInformazioni ();
return true;
case R.id.search_item:
apriBarraRicerca ();
System.out.println ("IL BOTTONE RICERCA E' PREMUTO");
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
private void apriBarraRicerca () {
getActionBar ().setCustomView(getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.search_layout, null));
}
}
Where "menu_main_activity2" is this 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="zipangulu.myapplication.MainActivity2">
<item android:id="#+id/action_settings" android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100" app:showAsAction="never" />
<item android:id="#+id/information_item"
android:title="Info"
android:icon="#drawable/info"
android:orderInCategory="100"
app:showAsAction="always"/>
<item android:id="#+id/search_item"
android:title="Search"
android:icon="#drawable/search_icon"
android:orderInCategory="100"
app:showAsAction="always"/>
</menu>
I would, pressing the search_item on the main actionbar, set a custom actionBar whith this layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#4584d3">
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/back_button"
android:background="#null"
android:src="#drawable/back_icon"/>
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="6"
android:id="#+id/campo_ricerca"/>
<Spinner
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:spinnerMode="dropdown"
android:id="#+id/spinner_anno"/>
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:src="#drawable/search_icon"
android:id="#+id/avvia_ricerca"/>
</LinearLayout>
But at runtime I have a NullPointerException in the body of "apriBarraRicerca" method..why?How can I fix this problem?
EDIT: as suggested I replaced "getActionBar ()" with "getSupportActionBar ()", now I don't have any exception but nothing happens.
EDIT2: I added getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true); and now my custom actionbar is visible but not as i want, look at the following image:
http://bit.ly/1Dc2kGg
The bar is visible but cutted, and are visible also the items of the previous actionBar..

You can try do the same thing with the android.support.v7.widget.ToolBar
Your Layout which you can populate as you desire:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="#688A08"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize">
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
You have to modify the values->styles.xml:
<resources>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
</style>
</resources>
And the in the onCreate() method you do the following:
Toolbar tb = (Toolbar)findViewById(R.id.top_bar);
if(tb != null){
setSupportActionBar(tb);
}
Hope it helps!!!