Unable to get action view for ActionBar MenuItem using support library

Question

I recently switched from ActionBarSherlock to Android Support Library ActionBar , and now I get zero in the counter action view in the action bar.

Here is the code suggested by docs :

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { 
  MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
  inflater.inflate(R.menu.home_menu, menu); 
  MenuItem spinnerItem = menu.findItem(R.id.menuNavigateType);
  View view = MenuItemCompat.getActionView(spinnerItem);// !! view is NULL !!
        ...
}

Here R.menu.home_menu:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  xmlns:myapp="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"> 
  ...
  <item 
    android:id="@+id/menuNavigateType"
    myapp:showAsAction="always"
    myapp:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.Spinner"  />
     ...
</menu>

How do I get an idea of ​​the actions?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Not sure, but MenuItemCompat.getActionView()use the following instead :

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { 
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.home_menu, menu);   
    MenuItem spinnerItem = menu.findItem(R.id.menuNavigateType);

    View view = spinnerItem.getActionView();
    // ...
    if(view instanceof Spinner) {
        final Spinner spinner = (Spinner) view;
        // create your adapter
        // ...
        // set your adapter
        spinner.setAdapter(adapter);
    }
}

Also for your element instead android.support.v7.widget.Spinner:

<item
    android:id="@+id/menuNavigateType"
    myapp:showAsAction="always"
    myapp:actionViewClass="android.widget.Spinner" >  

: Android ActionBar (ActionBarCompat) Spinner?.
, .

Answer 2

, , support.v7. myapp. :

<item android:id="@+id/menuNavigateType"
      android:showAsAction="always"
      android:actionViewClass="android.widget.Spinner"/>