i have done the android action bar google tutorial,
but this is what i got:
the action setting button does not appear, and when the search button pressed nothing happens.
can any one tell me what is wrong with the code?
here is the files code..
MainActivity.java
package com.example.actionbar;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
public void openSearch(){
System.out.println("TEST SEARCH");
}
public void openSettings(){
System.out.println("TEST SETTINGS");
}
#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.
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);
}
}
}
MainActivityActions.xml
<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="always" />
<!-- Settings, should always be in the overflow -->
<item android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.actionbar"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="7"
android:targetSdkVersion="18" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/Theme.AppCompat.Light" >
<activity
android:name="com.example.actionbar.MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
In your MainActivityActions.xml, change the android:showAsAction="never" under the settings to "always"
I see you are using AppCompat.
When using appCompat you need to specify more things in the menu xml
Exemple:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:yourapp="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="#string/action_search"
yourapp:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
yourapp:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView" />
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
yourapp:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
Note:
For the search item it's missing the bold part:
yourapp:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
yourapp:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
and the settings item it's missing the following bold part:
yourapp:showAsAction="never"
the actionViewClass means it's going to use the SearchView with the dropdown "window"
you can also use collapseActionView to make the search item expand and collapse if you are not using the searchView
See this video from Chris Banes about appcompat
Related
I've got menu_main.xml that works ONLY for activity_main.xml. How to make menu_main.xml works elswhere than only in one activity? When I change content view to another layout the toolbar items from menu_main disappears and leaves me with empty app_bar.
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=".Przepisy">
<item android:id="#+id/action_settings" android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100" app:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
main.java:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_przepisy, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
AndroidMainfest.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.ambu.przepisy" >
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".Przepisy"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
You need to add
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_przepisy, menu);
return true;
to all activities where you want this menu. Inside onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) method.
I have to get search view query text in same activity without the help of listener.so what i had done so far.
menu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/search"
android:title="#string/search_title"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_search"
android:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" />
</menu>
Manifest
<activity android:name=".MainActivty"
android:launchMode="singleTop">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable" />
</activity>
searchable.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:hint="Hint"
android:label="Label"></searchable>
And in MainActivty overrided as below
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.options_menu, menu);
// Associate searchable configuration with the SearchView
SearchManager searchManager =
(SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView =
(SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(
searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
return true;
}
#Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
setIntent(intent);
handleIntent(intent);
}
private void handleIntent(Intent intent) {
if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
// Do work using string
}
}
Still am unable to get the search query after the user press search key. What am doing wrong.help me if any one knows.Thank you.
Hi I was having the same problem this es my menu.xml
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:id="#+id/search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_search"
android:title="#string/search_title"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
app:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom" />
</menu>
I changed:
android:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
with:
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
app:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
The problem was that I was using AppcompatActivity and needs support v7 SearchView.
Hope this helps.
Have big problem removing the Title Bar with Settings button.
When i try to remove it with code : android:theme="#android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"> or similary i get App crash.
Application consists of Splash screen, and Web View activity.
Here is code:
Android Manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="uniquewebsolutions.slatkimacorcvecara" >
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme"
android:debuggable="false" >
<!-- Splash screen -->
<activity
android:name=".splashscreen"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:noHistory="true" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<!-- Main activity -->
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
</activity>
</application>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
</manifest>
Splashscreen.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<ImageView
android:src="#drawable/splash"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:scaleType="fitXY"/>
</RelativeLayout>
Splashscreen.java
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<ImageView
android:src="#drawable/splash"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:scaleType="fitXY"/>
</RelativeLayout>
Splashscreen.java
package uniquewebsolutions.slatkimacorcvecara;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.view.Window;
import android.view.WindowManager;
public class splashscreen extends Activity {
private static int splashInterval = 6000;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
setContentView(R.layout.splashscreen);
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
Intent i = new Intent(splashscreen.this, MainActivity.class);
startActivity(i);
this.finish();
}
private void finish() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
}, splashInterval);
}}
MainActivity.java
package uniquewebsolutions.slatkimacorcvecara;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.webkit.WebSettings;
import android.webkit.WebView;
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
private WebView mWebView;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.activity_main_webview);
WebSettings webSettings = mWebView.getSettings();
webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
mWebView.loadUrl("http://androidapp.cvecaraslatkimacor.com/");
// Force links and redirects to open in the WebView instead of in a browser
mWebView.setWebViewClient(new MyAppWebViewClient());
mWebView.getSettings().setRenderPriority(WebSettings.RenderPriority.HIGH);
mWebView.getSettings().setCacheMode(WebSettings.LOAD_NO_CACHE);
}
#Override
public void onBackPressed() {
if(mWebView.canGoBack()) {
mWebView.goBack();
} else {
super.onBackPressed();
}
}
#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, menu);
return true;
}
#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);
}
}
ActivityMain.xml
<RelativeLayout 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"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<WebView
android:id="#+id/activity_main_webview"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent" />
</RelativeLayout>
Try this
Change the Base application theme from Appcompat theme to Android theme and create a new theme for Splash screen.
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.DeviceDefault.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
</style>
<!-- Splash screen theme. -->
<style name="SplashTheme" parent="android:Theme.DeviceDefault.Light.NoActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
</style>
</resources>
Now make your MainActivity to extend Activity instead of ActionBarActivity
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
Open menu_main.xml and change
app:showAsAction="never"
to
android:showAsAction="never"
In AndroidManifest.xml set the theme for Splash Screen as follows
<activity
android:name=".splashscreen"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:theme="#style/SplashTheme"
android:noHistory="true" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
Remove these lines from the SplashScreen.java
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
And you will get what you wanted. The error which you got is because you are switching from an Activity to ActionBarActivity
I was going through the tutorial by google and couldn't figure out how to place search icon on action bar.
this is the main_activity_actions.xml code :-
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<!-- Search, should appear as action button -->
<item android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="#string/action_search"
android:showAsAction="always" />
<!-- Settings, should always be in the overflow -->
<item android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
this is the MainActivity.java :-
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity
{
public final static String EXTRA_MESSAGE = "com.example.myfirstapp.MESSAGE";
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_display_message);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
if (savedInstanceState == null)
{
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.add(R.id.container, new PlaceholderFragment()).commit();
}
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
{
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_activity_actions, menu);
return true;
}
#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);
}
}
/**
* A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
*/
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment
{
public PlaceholderFragment()
{
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container,
false);
return rootView;
}
}
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);
}
public void openSearch()
{
}
public void openSettings()
{
}
}
Manifest.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.myfirstapp"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="7"
android:targetSdkVersion="19" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:theme="#style/Theme.AppCompat.Light"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<activity
android:name="com.example.myfirstapp.MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.example.myfirstapp.DisplayMessageActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_display_message"
android:parentActivityName="com.example.myfirstapp.MainActivity" >
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
android:value="com.example.myfirstapp.MainActivity" />
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
I have already seen few answers and posted an the stack overflow and tried them and it still doesn't work
the search icon never shows up while I try to run it
can someone suggest what to do?
in activity_action.xml
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:(YOUR_PROJECT_NAME)="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
>
<!-- Search, should appear as action button -->
<item android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="#string/action_search"
YOUR_PROJECT_NAME:showAsAction="always" />
I want to add a SearchView to my ActionBar, so I've done as in Google Tutorial reported here.
AndroidManifest.xml
<activity
android:name="it.polimi.dima.sound4u.activity.SoundSearchActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_sound_search" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEARCH" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name="it.polimi.dima.sound4u.activity.MyGiftsActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_my_gifts" >
<meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable" />
</activity>
searchable.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:hint="#string/search_hint" />
MyGiftsActivity.java
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.my_gifts, menu);
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
}
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.search:
onSearchRequested();
return true;
case R.id.action_logout:
doLogout();
return true;
case R.id.action_settings:
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
my_gifts.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">
<item android:id="#+id/search"
android:title="#string/search_title"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" />
<item android:id="#+id/action_logout"
android:title="#string/logout_label"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
<item android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="#string/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
app:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
SoundSearchActivity.java
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_sound_search);
handleIntent(getIntent());
}
#Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
super.onNewIntent(intent);
handleIntent(intent);
}
private void handleIntent(Intent intent) {
if (Intent.ACTION_SEARCH.equals(intent.getAction())) {
String query = intent.getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY);
Log.w(TAG_LOG, query);
}
}
The SearchView is correctly created and can switch from the Icon mode to the TextView mode but when I push the Search Button on the keyboard the new SoundSearchActivity doesn't start. Anyone can help me?
Try this in your manifest:
Add a meta-data pointing to the SearchActivity in the tag of the Activity where search is started
Move the searchable tag to the SearchAvtivity
Add launchMode="singleTop" to the SearchActivity to make sure there's only one instance of it at top of the stack. New search intents will come in trough onNewIntent which you already implemented.
<meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="#xml/searchable" />
</activity>
<activity
android:name="it.polimi.dima.sound4u.activity.MyGiftsActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_my_gifts" >
<meta-data android:name="android.app.default_searchable"
android:value="it.polimi.dima.sound4u.activity.SoundSearchActivity"/>
The initial guide by Google (found here) didn't give me a working SearchView either, but making theses changes did.