Android Sherlock action bar always shows actions in the dropdown menu

Question

I installed three action elements that add to the ABS via the XML menu as follows:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" > <item android:id="@+id/menu_share_app" android:icon="@drawable/share_ab" android:showAsAction="collapseActionView" android:title="@string/menu_share_app"/> <item android:id="@+id/menu_search" android:icon="@drawable/share_ab" android:showAsAction="always" android:title="@string/menu_search"/> <item android:id="@+id/menu_settings" android:icon="@drawable/share_ab" android:showAsAction="collapseActionView" android:title="@string/menu_settings"/> </menu> 

I want to show search lists and the other two in the drop-down list, I did showasaction as "collapseActionView", but I don't get any drop-down list. Here is a pic example of what you expect. Thank you :)

Answer 1

I just changed the code and the order.

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" > <item android:id="@+id/menu_search" android:icon="@drawable/share_ab" android:showAsAction="always" android:title="@string/menu_search"/> <item android:id="@+id/menu_share_app" android:icon="@drawable/share_ab" android:showAsAction="never" android:title="@string/menu_share_app"/> <item android:id="@+id/menu_settings" android:icon="@drawable/share_ab" android:showAsAction="never" android:title="@string/menu_settings"/> </menu> 

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