BTW, if I set some menu item property to android:showAsAction="never" then 
it is shown in overflow menu (It is the expected behavior). What I don't 
know if it is very standard or possible is to show all actions in overflow 
menu and actionbar buttons independently of the number of items, etc

On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 10:00:01 AM UTC+2, Piren wrote:
>
> everything you need to know is here:
> http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/menus.html
>
> On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 9:45:39 PM UTC+3, Felix Garcia Lainez wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The case is that I have several activities in which I use actionbar 
>> successfully, showing different actions on top (with icons), but when I 
>> click on menu key (galaxy s4) then the menu options is not shown... I don't 
>> know really if this is the desired behavior but I would like to have both 
>> available, as in my device I can't see long texts on action bar options...
>>
>> I am creating the menu in the following way (I have also other menus in 
>> other activities created with onPrepareOptionsMenu)
>>
>> @Override
>>
>> public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) 
>>
>> {
>>
>>     MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
>>
>>     inflater.inflate(R.menu.my_menu, menu);
>>
>>     //super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
>>
>>     return true;
>>
>> }
>>
>>
>> And the content of my_menu is this
>>
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
>>
>> <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";>
>>
>> <item android:id="@+id/menu_item_save_alert_rules"
>>
>>   android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_save"
>>
>>   android:title="@string/menu_save" 
>>
>>   android:showAsAction="ifRoom"/>
>>
>> </menu>
>>
>>
>>
>> What I have found is that if I add more items to the menu (4 or 5) then 
>> it works... 
>>
>>
>> Am I missing something? Is this the desired behavior? If it is the case, 
>> how could I take advantage of showing both kind of menus?
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>

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