Question

The text doesn’t show up in my android menu, only the icon. What can I do to fix this?

Thanks

XML menu file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:id="@+id/context_menu_favourites"
        android:icon="@drawable/dash_fav_btn"
        android:title="Favourites" 
        android:titleCondensed="Fav"
        />
</menu>

The inflater code in my activity

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
{
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.mainmenu, menu);
    return true;
}

Answer 1

This sometimes happens when the icon is too big… as you just confirmed, that’s the case. And no, if you want to use a bigger icon, you will have to implement a menu yourself.