Edit Text Won't Inflate In The Action Bar

I am trying to inflate an EditText into the action bar using the following code public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub

Solution 1:

Try to cast the MenuItem with its class ((MenuItem)), use findItem method and use an inflated View to retrieve the EditText as follows:

// cast the menu itemMenuItemmi= (MenuItem) menu.findItem(R.id.item2);
// Use an inflated viewViewview= (View) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(mi);
// Retrieve the edittextEditTextet= (EditText) view.findViewById(R.id.editText1);  

In the short way, as your code, it might be resumed by this following code:

MenuItemmi= (MenuItem) menu.getItem(R.id.item2);
EditTextet= (EditText) ( (View) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(mi) ).findViewById(R.id.editText1);  

Make sure you return true in onCreateOptionsMenu instead of super method. Finally, make also sure the item uses a custom prefix like this:

<menuxmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"xmlns:customapp="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" ><itemandroid:id="@+id/item2"customapp:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"customapp:actionLayout="@layout/layout_edittext"... /></menu>

Solution 2:

1. Add android support v7 appcompat library project to your Project.
2. Update value for attribute theme as android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light" in your activity's entry in manifest file.

3. Create a layout resource for your custom action bar as

   custom_action_bar.xml

   <EditText
       android:id="@+id/test_edit"
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:hint="Please enter text here !"
       android:gravity="center_vertical"
       android:padding="5dp"
       android:inputType="text" />
   

4. Your activity will now be extending ActionBarActivity instead of Activity.

5. In onCreate() of your activity after super() call, add the following code lines :

   View actionBarLayout = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.action_bar_layout, null);

   ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();

   actionBar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);
   
   actionBar.setCustomView(actionBarLayout);
   
   
   
   
       EditTexteditText= (EditText) actionBarLayout.findViewById(R.id.test_edit);
       editText.setOnEditorActionListener(newOnEditorActionListener()
       {
           @OverridepublicbooleanonEditorAction(TextView v, int actionId, KeyEvent event)
           {
               // TODO Auto-generated method stub
               Log.e("TAG", "key action");
               returnfalse;
           }
       });
   

Alternative, instead you can try adding action views http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html#ActionView