Set android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" programmatically

Question

Is it possible to set the flags as suggested here android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" programmatically?

Somniloquy

Answer 1

For each MenuItem, do the following:

myMenuItem.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT);

Integrant

I try myMenuItem.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT); on kotlin but it didnt work, it only allow to input with one value type, is there any other way? – Rawdon

Answer 2

If you want to set these properties at run time then you need to do so on the MenuItem, not the ActionBar.

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu);
    MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.your_menu_item);
    item.setShowAsActionFlags(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT);
}

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Answer 3

Have you tried this:

getSupportActionBar().setDisplayOptions(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayOptions(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT);

Keloid

I believe that should be (MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT), flag-style. – Integrant

Based on the documentation, I don't think this should work, since setDisplayOptions() needs the ActionBar DISPLAY_ constants Although, some constants do overlap. – Coriecorilla