How to display menu item with icon and text in AppCompatActivity

Question

I tried different combinations in xml file:

Answer 1

You need to add tools:context="your class" to menu tag

menu.xml

Override onCreateOptionsMenu() Method

@Override 
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu); 
    menu.getItem(0).getSubMenu().getItem(3).setVisible(false);
    menu.getItem(0).getSubMenu().getItem(4).setVisible(true);
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
} 

You should write tool:context to menu tag then run you will get icons before your text.