Add a button to the top right of action bar

Question

Is there a way I can add a button to the top right of my ActionBar, like where the default settings Button is? I removed the settings Button

Answer 1

You can add a button by editing/create the menu xml file:

Then in your activity, if you created a new file your need to edit 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.menu_main, menu);
    return true;
}

and you can edit what the actions do in the following method:

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
    // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
    // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
    int id = item.getItemId();

    //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
    if (id == R.id.action_name) {
        return true;
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}