Android Question AddMenuItem2 and Theme Holo

[Robert Valentino]

I am running on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 with Android 4.4.2

If I have SetApplicationAttribute(android:theme, "@android:style/Theme.Holo") in my Manifest

Then use AddMenuItem2 the ICON does not show up in the MenuItem

If I comment out the Holo theme then AddMenuItem2 works just fine the the ICON shows up on the menuitem.

If I do not use the Holo theme the compiler complains that I should have it.

How do I use the Holo theme and get the ICONs on the menuitems?

Is there an easy way for me to fix this problem?

Bob Valentino

 

[Robert Valentino]

I saw a posting on the web for using a theme this way. SetApplicationAttribute(android:theme, "@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault")

Now this seems to make the complier happy because I have a theme and the icons show up on the MenuItems

BUT... I am not sure how this will effect my App on other devices

Any help here would be appreciated.

 

[DonManfred]

You are talking about how many items you are using in the menu?

 

[Erel]

You should use AddMenuItem3 and set the AddToActionBar parameter to true. Icons will not show in the overflow menu (in Android 4 theme).

 

[Robert Valentino]

Only have 3 menuitems

Tried AddMenuItem3 with Holo and still no icons.

Is there ANY draw back to using the DeviceDefault theme?

BobVal

 

[Erel]

Tried AddMenuItem3 with Holo and still no icons

Make sure that the icons are small (24x24).

Is there ANY draw back to using the DeviceDefault theme?

If you set android:targetSdkVersion to 14 then the holo theme will be used by default.

The Android 2.x theme is an old theme. You shouldn't use it with Android 4 devices.