How to display menu item with icon and text in AppCompatActivity

Question

I tried different combinations in xml file:

Answer 1

MyActivity.java:

@Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) 
    {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.my_menu, menu);
        View view = menu.findItem(R.id.whats_this).getActionView();
        view.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                // do something
            }
        });
        return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
    }

my_menu.xml

my_layout.xml