showAsAction = “always” is ignored in Toolbar

Question

After switching to toolbar there is a problem with menu icons. Although I set for a menu item android:showAsAction=\"always\" it does not show the icon, I can only find it c

Answer 1

Replace android:showAsAction with app:showAsAction. You will also need to add xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" alongside your existing xmlns item in your root element.

Answer 2

With AppCompat there is a little change. If you are running lint it will complain about it. Type this:

<?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/someId"
    android:title="@string/someText"
    app:showAsAction="always"/>
</menu>

You need to declare the "app" namespace and reference it.