how to remove overflow menu from option button in Android

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i was trying to make the custom overflow button with new drawable source start an activity instead of showing drop down menu. I've read somewhere that I have to make sure there's only one item in onOptionItemSelected, so here's my code:

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    switch(item.getItemId()){
        case R.id.logout_button:
            Intent i = new Intent(PetVacActivity.this, LoginActivity.class);
            i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);

            SharedPreferences sharedpreferences = getSharedPreferences(LoginActivity.MyPREFERENCES, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
            SharedPreferences.Editor editor = sharedpreferences.edit();
            editor.clear();
            editor.commit();

            startActivity(i);
            finish();
            return true;
        default:
            return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }

}

but unfortunately, my app still showing the overflow button, but there's only one blank drop down menu like this

instead of directly start my activity, i have to click the dropdown menu first to activate my intent

@Arslan yes, i tried hideoverflowmenu() but the drop down still visible — Devo Fauzan Rahman
– Devo Fauzan Rahman, Commented Dec 9, 2015 at 10:56

Vishal Raj · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-09 10:09:01Z

3

In menu.xml u can add

android:showAsAction=""

with these values

never,ifRoom,always,withText,collapseActionView

you can use them in | combinations.

in you case you can use

android:showAsAction="always"

answered Dec 9, 2015 at 10:09

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Devo Fauzan Rahman Over a year ago

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"     >      <item         android:id="@+id/logout_button"         android:icon="@drawable/logout"         android:showAsAction="always"/> </menu>

Devo Fauzan Rahman Over a year ago

finally get it working! I only had to change "android:showAsAction" to "app:showAsAction"

Devo Fauzan Rahman · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-09 17:37:55Z

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finally get it working! I only had to change "android:showAsAction" to "app:showAsAction". Thank you for your attention :)

answered Dec 9, 2015 at 17:37

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Arslan Ashraf · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-09 10:08:11Z

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Just call hideoverflowMenu function of toolbar like this.

toolbar.hideOverflowMenu();

answered Dec 9, 2015 at 10:08

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bongo · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-09 10:21:22Z

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You can use submenu and with own icon

SubMenu subMenu = menu.addSubMenu("MyOverflow").setIcon(R.drawable.ic_my_overflow);
MenuItemCompat.setShowAsAction(subMenu.getItem(), MenuItemCompat.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS | MenuItemCompat.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT);
MenuItem menuItem = subMenu.add("SubMenuItem1");
MenuItem menuItem2 = subMenu.add("SubMenuItem1");

answered Dec 9, 2015 at 10:21

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Spiri · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-09 10:54:11Z

You could try one of these two:

Using the menu defined in an xml file

Menu xml file named 'my_menu' (using the appcompat library):

<?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/log_out_menu_item"
          android:icon="@drawable/ic_log_out"
          android:title=""
          app:showAsAction="ifRoom"/>
</menu>

Activity code:

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

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    switch(item.getItemId()){
        case R.id.log_out_menu_item:
            // start new activity here
            return true;
        default:
            return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
}

Adding the menu item by code

Activity code:

private static final int LOG_OUT_MENU_ITEM_ID = 1;

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuItem menuItem = menu.add(0, LOG_OUT_MENU_ITEM_ID, 0, "");
    menuItem.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher_actionbar);
    MenuItemCompat.setShowAsAction(menuItem, MenuItemCompat.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM);
    return true;
}

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    switch(item.getItemId()){
        case LOG_OUT_MENU_ITEM_ID:
            // start new activity here
            return true;
        default:
            return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
}

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