Showing Custom Layout on Overflow Drop Down Menu Item? Android

Question

I am trying to figure out how to show a custom view for items inside the overflow menu (on right of actionbar) but I can\'t seem to figure it out. It still shows the title o

Answer 1

If you just want add a drawable (red dot) after text, you can use imageSpan to add drawable after main text like below:

private MenuItem settingsItem;
    ....
    SpannableStringBuilder builder = new SpannableStringBuilder(getString(R.string.settings_menu_name) + " .");
    Drawable drawable = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.red_dot);
    drawable.setBounds(0, 0, drawable.getIntrinsicWidth(), drawable.getIntrinsicHeight());
    builder.setSpan(new ImageSpan(drawable, ImageSpan.ALIGN_BASELINE), builder.length()-1, builder.length(), Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
    settingsItem.setTitle(builder);