Dynamic TextView on ActionBar

Question

I need to implement a TextView in the ActionBar. This TextView shows the status of the bluetooth connection so it will update depending of this status.

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Answer 1

Just in case anyone still needs this:

You can dynamically set the text property of menu item by calling the setTitle("Your new string or String resource id") method on the menu item. That way, you do not have to cast the ActionView into a TextView. For example:

@Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

    String bluetoothStatus = "Connected"; //get from source

   menu.findItem(R.id.the_id_of_the_menu_item).setTitle(bluetoothStatus);
    return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}

Answer 2

You can Add TextView manually in

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

By following code.

TextView tv = new TextView(this);
            tv.setText(getString(R.string.matchmacking)+"  ");
            tv.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.WHITE));
            tv.setOnClickListener(this);
            tv.setPadding(5, 0, 5, 0);
            tv.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD);
            tv.setTextSize(14);
            menu.add(0, FILTER_ID, 1, R.string.matchmacking).setActionView(tv).setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS);

and if you want to access text view then make tv as class variable.