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Target action bar item from navigation drawer

I am currently working on an app that i implemented a toolbar and a search functionality on the toolbar with a searchview to filter list views which is working fine.
I also have a navigation drawer whereby i also want one of its items to do exactly what the search functionality is doing on the toolbar. How do implement an intent to lead me to SearchViewon toolbar when searchitem is clicked from navigation drawer.
menu_main for toolbar
<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/viewMode"
android:orderInCategory="100"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_view_compact_black_24dp"
android:title="#string/view" />
<item
// my search functionality
android:id="#+id/search"
android:orderInCategory="100"
app:actionViewClass= "android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_search"
android:title="#string/search" />
</menu>
activity_navdrawer
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<group android:checkableBehavior="single">
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_notes"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_note_add_black_24dp"
android:title="#string/first_layout" />
<item
// search functionality which should lead me to searchview on toolbar
android:id="#+id/nav_search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_search_black_24dp"
android:title="#string/third_layout" />
</group>
<item android:title="#string/app_communicate">
<menu>
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_share"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_share_black_24dp"
android:title="#string/app_share" />
<item
android:id="#+id/nav_send"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_email_black_24dp"
android:title="#string/app_send" />
</menu>
</item>
</menu>
from main activity
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handling navigation view item clicks here.
int id = item.getItemId();
if(id == R.id.nav_notes) {
Intent noteIntent = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
startActivity(noteIntent);
} else if(id == R.id.nav_search) {
MenuItem searchMenuItem = mOptionsMenu.findItem(R.id.search);
searchMenuItem.expandActionView();
// what should i implement here?
}
DrawerLayout drawer = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
drawer.closeDrawer(GravityCompat.START);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(`final` Menu menu) {
mOptionsMenu = menu;
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
SearchManager searchManager =
(SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
searchView.setMaxWidth(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
ArrayAdapter<Note> arrayAdapter = (ArrayAdapter<Note>) mListNotes.getAdapter();
arrayAdapter.getFilter().filter(newText);
return false;
}
});
return true;
}

Try the following code below:
private Menu mOptionsMenu;
...
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(final Menu menu) {
mOptionsMenu = menu;
...
}
...
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
...
} else if(id == R.id.nav_search) {
MenuItem searchMenuItem = mOptionsMenu.findItem(R.id.menu_search);
searchMenuItem.expandActionView();
}
...

Add <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> to your search activity in manifest. Then do this:
else if(id == R.id.nav_search) {
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEARCH));
}
If this works, courtesy - Start Activity Using Custom Action

Android Activity Menu

I wanted to create an option menu which shows up similar to Whatsapp even if the device has its own "hardware" option button. The solution I found online worked just fine until I wanted to add another action to the Bar.
Menu:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:title=""
android:id="#+id/addViewedMovie"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_add_to_queue_black_24px"
android:showAsAction="always"
></item>
<item
android:title=""
android:id="#+id/menu_overflow"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_more_vert_white_48dp"
app:showAsAction="always">
<menu>
<item
android:id="#+id/show_settings"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/setttings"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/show_help"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/help"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/show_about"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/about"/>
</menu>
</item>
</menu>
And this in my MainActivity:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu);
return true;
}
With this the app forces the addViewedMovie Action into an Overflow-Menu. Does anyone know how to prevent this?

Try this code and tell me if its work.. you should use app:showAsAction not android:showAsAction also you do not need to use submenu to show 3 dots.. just below code works fine also show 3 dots
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:title="Movie"
android:id="#+id/addViewedMovie"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_add_to_queue_black_24px"
app:showAsAction="always"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/show_settings"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/setttings"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/show_help"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/help"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/show_about"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/about"/>
</menu>

Create a folder name Menu in your res folder.
menu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:myapp="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item android:id="#+id/search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
myapp:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
<item android:id="#+id/abc"
android:title="ABC" />
<item android:id="#+id/abc1"
android:title="ABC1" />
<item android:id="#+id/abc2"
android:title="ABC2" />
</menu>
In java file put this:-
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
return true;
}
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.search:
return true;
case R.id.abc:
return true;
case R.id.abc1:
return true;
case R.id.abc2;
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}

Simple.
use app instead of android as app is for design support library.
And so, in Gradle build in dependencies, you must have: compile com.android.support:design..... like that. But, I have seen that you already used it below. So,
Just use: app:showAsAction="never" instead of android:showAsAction="always" in your addViewedMovie item.
Remember: never means it will be on overflow menu item. always means is will show in action bar.

If you are using in a fragment, add below line in the onCreate
setHasOptionsMenu(true);
And two more functions
#Override public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
}
Inflate your views in the above method. Listen to the action in the below one.
#Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

How to get a thinner font in options menu android

I've tried making a option menu in my activity, and I succeed. The problem now, is that the text style is bold, and I don't know how to make it normal. I tried setting textStyle, but it had no effect.
option_menu.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/AppointmentItem"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_notifications_white_24dp"
android:title="Appointments"/>
<item android:id="#+id/WeekItem"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_today_24dp"
android:title="Week vooruit/achteruit"/>
<item android:id="#+id/LeerlingItem"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_person_24dp"
android:title="Leerling veranderen"/>
<item android:id="#+id/InstelllingenItem"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_settings_24dp"
android:title="Instellingen"/>
<item android:id="#+id/OverItem"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_work_white_24dp"
android:title="Over ons"/>
</menu>
How I create the options menu in my mainactivity.java
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.option_menu, menu); //your file name
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(final MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.AppointmentItem:
return true;
case R.id.WeekItem:
getWeek();
return true;
case R.id.LeerlingItem:
getLeerling();
return true;
case R.id.InstelllingenItem:
getSettings();
return true;
case R.id.OverItem:
getAbout();
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
How it looks (first) and how I want it (last):

Fixed it by changing "TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Title" to "TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Subtitle".
<style name="MyActionBar.MenuTextStyle" parent="style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Subtitle">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/black</item>
<item name="android:textStyle">normal</item>
<item name="android:textSize">16dp</item>
</style>
Thanks to #Rotwang for advising me to check the styles.xml

Action items/icons not displaying on action bar in Android App

I am trying to have a search action on my action bar. I have set an icon and have showAsAction set to always but it is still always displayed in the overflow menu. How can I make it display on the action bar itself? Thanks!
Activity
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
#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.
setTitle("Add");
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Settings",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
return true;
}
if (id == R.id.action_search) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Search",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
Menu XML file
<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.testtabs.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:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_search"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="#string/title_search"/>
</menu>

Either remove
android:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
or delete your case statement for action_search in onOptionsItemSelected. Doing either of those will display the icon.
If you want to use SearchView the callback is handled differently than onOptionsItemSelected.
Documentation here: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html#ActionView

Just change app:showAsAction instead of android:showAsAction
<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.testtabs.MainActivity" >
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"`enter code here`
android:title="#string/action_settings"
app:showAsAction="never"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_search"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:title="#string/title_search"/>
</menu>

Android Menus and Sub-Menus

I'm having trouble creating a radio-button sub-menu that is shown when a menu item from the options menu that appears when a user presses the menu button is selected. This is what I have so far:
// Expand the options menu when the user taps their menu button
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
return true;
}
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch item.getItemId() {
case R.id.expandRadioMenu:
// Show the sub-menu and collapse the initial menu
return true;
}
}
The XML of res/menu/menu.xml is as follows:
<menu
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:visible="true"
android:enabled="true"
android:checkable="false"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_mark"
android:id="#+id/expandRadioMenu"
android:title="Select"
android:titleCondensed="select">
<menu>
<group
android:enabled="true"
android:visible="false"
android:checkableBehavior="single"
android:id="#+id/radio">
<item
android:enabled="true"
android:visible="true"
android:title="Foo"
android:titleCondensed="Foo"
android:id="#+id/foo">
</item>
<item
android:enabled="true"
android:visible="true"
android:title="Bar"
android:titleCondensed="Bar"
android:id="#+id/bar">
</item>
</group>
</menu>
</item>
</menu>

I know it's not particularly appealing, but have you tried moving the sub menu into a separate .xml file? I've seen it work before, but it's not a terribly hopeful solution. I suppose it might further identify the problem though.