Set android:showAsAction=“ifRoom|withText” programmatically

Question

Is it possible to set the flags as suggested here android:showAsAction=\"ifRoom|withText\" programmatically?

Answer 1

If you want to set these properties at run time then you need to do so on the MenuItem, not the ActionBar.

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu);
    MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.your_menu_item);
    item.setShowAsActionFlags(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT);
}