Navigation Drawer icon not showing (Sherlock actionbar)

Question

Have the navigation Drawer working with the sherlock actionbar but i am having trouble getting the 3 line icon (like gmail) to show instead of the normal up button \"<\". He

Answer 1

Though I'm guessing by now you must have worked it out, just wanted to submit an answer:

Change your code to the following:

mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, mDrawer,
        R.drawable.ic_drawer, R.string.menu_open, R.string.menu_close) {
    public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {

        super.onDrawerClosed(view);
    }

    public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
        super.onDrawerOpened(drawerView);
    }
};
mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);
getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.myIcon);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(true);

Essentially, the ActionBar options that you are setting in code need to be set after the DrawerToggle has been completed, not before.

Answer 2

Have you tried implementing the method:

    mDrawerToggle.syncState();

This has worked for me in the past.

Answer 3

May be this will work...

in onCreateOptionMenu inflate your menu layout getSupportMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.action_bar_menu, menu);

Answer 4

What you can do is create a style like below:

 <style name="AppTheme" parent="Your Theme name">
        <item name="homeAsUpIndicator">@drawable/ic_drawer</item>
 </style>

And in Android manifest apply this theme like:

<application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
</application>

This will solve the issue getting the 3 line icon for sure.

Answer 5

Did you add the toggle to your drawer?

mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);