android option menu with icon

Question

How to show icon with option menu.I have tried the following code but my option menu is without image icon.I am using android version 4.0 for developing app.

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Answer 1

I tried the code in two line and it works:

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
        menu.add("Add Contacts");
        menu.getItem(0).setIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher);
        return true;
}