I can\'t seem to get an image and text to work in portrait mode on menu items in the action bar no matter what I try. I even tried to force android portrait orientation
From the config.xml file of the native ActionBar:
values:
false
values-480dp:
true
To answer your question:
No you can't do that, if the devices width is smaller than 480dp. (Unless you want to create a custom rom with a modded framework)