action bar buttons not showing

Question

i cannot seem to make the icons appear on the action bar on top of the activity at my project, i am using the right namespace with the right extend and everything should be running be smoothly, this is the xml for the menu items and i have added the line "xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"" and it still doesn't work

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item android:id="@+id/action_search"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_search_white_24dp"
    android:title="Search"
    android:showAsAction="ifRoom"/>
<item android:id="@+id/action_add"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_add_white_48dp"
    android:title="Add"
    android:showAsAction="ifRoom"/>

this is the java code for the menu inflater

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_actions, menu);
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

Is the menu showing, in other words is the drop down menu showing? ifRoom is a bit finicky, if you want the icons to show try switching the showAsAction value to always — Chris Stillwell
yes when i click on the 3 dots the menu still works and everything is working perfectly fine, but the icons will never show, i even tried the value to always and still nothing — user6677716
This might have to do with using mipmaps, try changing your icons to be in the drawable folder. See this question for more info: stackoverflow.com/questions/34867315/… — Chris Stillwell

Unknown Unknown · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-03T00:53:21

i found the solution to my problem. since i have been trying to use namespace

xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

then i should use

app:showAsAction="ifRoom"

instead of

android:showAsAction="ifRoom"

action bar buttons not showing

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