How to change MenuItem icon in ActionBar programmatically

Question

How to change MenuItem icon in ActionBar programmatically? I tried to use

MenuItem menuItem = (MenuItem)findViewById(R.id.action_settings);
menuItem.setIcon(         


        

Answer 1

Here is how i resolved this:

1 - create a Field Variable like: private Menu mMenuItem;

2 - override the method invalidateOptionsMenu():

@Override
public void invalidateOptionsMenu() {
    super.invalidateOptionsMenu();
}

3 - call the method invalidateOptionsMenu() in your onCreate()

4 - add mMenuItem = menu in your onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) like this:

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.webview_menu, menu);
    mMenuItem = menu;
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

5 - in the method onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) change the icon you want like this:

 @Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

    switch (item.getItemId()){

        case R.id.R.id.action_settings:
            mMenuItem.getItem(0).setIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher); // to change the fav icon
            //Toast.makeText(this, " " + mMenuItem.getItem(0).getTitle(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); <<--- this to check if the item in the index 0 is the one you are looking for
            return true;
    }
    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}