Android ActionBar is not displaying icons

android

Solution

Per the Adding Action Items guide, you must use the `http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto` schema version of `showAsAction`, rather than `android:showAsAction`:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
    <item
        android:id="@+id/menu"
        android:orderInCategory="0"
        app:showAsAction="always"
        android:icon="@drawable/abc_ic_cab_done_holo_dark" />
    <item
        android:id="@+id/lol"
        android:orderInCategory="0"
        app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
        android:icon="@drawable/abc_ic_go" />
</menu>

Problem

I'm having troubles with the ActionBar of my application, the problem is that is still showing the old android menu. I have checked other awnsers to this question but nothing has worked. Mi minimum app SDK allowed is 7 but I'm running in a device with Android 4.2. I imported ``` import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity; ``` This is my onCreate() method ``` @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); inputTextView = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputText); outputTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.outputText); inputTextView.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() { @Override public boolean onEditorAction(TextView textView, int i, KeyEvent keyEvent) { showMessage((View) textView); return true; } }); registerForContextMenu(inputTextView); } ``` This is my onCreateOptionsMenu ``` @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.mainmenu, menu); return true; } ``` This is my XML ``` <item android:id="@+id/menu" android:orderInCategory="0" android:showAsAction="always" android:icon="@drawable/abc_ic_cab_done_holo_dark" > </item> <item android:id="@+id/lol" android:orderInCategory="0" android:showAsAction="ifRoom" android:icon="@drawable/abc_ic_go"> </item> ``` Here is my appManifest.xml, I know that it miss the package (I removed it and I'm trying to add it) ``` <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="11" android:targetSdkVersion="19"/> <application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/AppTheme"> <activity android:label="@string/app_name" android:name="com.ricardo.message.MainActivity" android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/> </intent-filter> </activity> </application> ``` Thanks for the help!

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