Number in Action Bar like Gmail
android, android-actionbar
Solution
Use a custom view with your spinner and text view for the top AB and enable the `android:uiOptions="splitActionBarWhenNarrow"` in the manifest declaration for your activity
//set the actionbar to use the custom view (can also be done with a style)
getActionBar().setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM);
//set the custom view to use
getActionBar().setCustomView(R.layout.custom_ab);
Where `custom_ab.xml` is a layout with your ImageView, Spinner and TextView for the count.
Problem
I'm trying to display a data count in the top right corner of my Action Bar. If I wouldn't be using a split action bar I would just create a TextView in the bar, but it's currently not possible to have items in the top Action Bar when you have split. To clarify, what I mean is this: Did Google use a different Action Bar implementation or is there a way to do this? I think I remember reading about it, but I can't find how it was called.