android option menu with icon

Question

How to show icon with option menu.I have tried the following code but my option menu is without image icon.I am using android version 4.0 for developing app.

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Answer 1

You can create a custom menu like this:

And then inflate it

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.my_menu, menu);
    return true;
}

More on this here: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/menus.html#options-menu