Android actionbar not visible

Question

I am trying to add an option menu in actionbar to my existing app but it is not working. If I create a new project with \"hello world\" default app I can see the button in a

Answer 1

For your information, I solved my problem of the actionBar by going on the layout XML file and then pressing on View Option -> Show Layout Decorations.

Hope it will solve your problem.

Cheers.

Answer 2

Spent 3 hours and eventually fixed it! Forget removing android:theme="@style/AppTheme" from your manifest. It makes run-time error. This is how I fixed the problem. Your activity should extend AppCompatActivity instead of Activity.

Answer 3

getSupportActionBar().show();

Simply paste this code in your java onCreate function.

Answer 4

Principale extends ActionBarActivity should take care of the issue

Answer 5

on create of your activity.

getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);
        getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false);
        customNav = LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(
                R.layout.action_bar_customvieew, null);
        getSupportActionBar().setCustomView(customNav);

Answer 6

I had the same problem and I confirm that if you delete android:theme="@style/AppTheme" from AndroidManifest.xml, it will solve your problem.