"No resource identifier found for attribute 'showAsAction' in package 'android'"
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I am attempting to update my android application to look better for tablets running Honeycomb. As such, I am targeting version 11 of the SDK (my minSdkVersion = 4). This adds the Honeycomb theme to my app, making it look better. However, I have no way to access my menu options. So, I am attempting to add my menu items as an action bar item with the following in the file in my /res/menu/ folder:
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
However, I get the following error:
>No resource identifier found for attribute 'showAsAction' in package 'android'
I tried altering my minSdkVersion number to 11 to see if it would work, but no luck. Any ideas? Thanks!
Android Solutions
Solution 1 - Android
If you are building with Eclipse, make sure your project's build target is set to Honeycomb too.
Solution 2 - Android
remove android:showAsAction="never" from res/menu folder from every xml file.
Solution 3 - Android
all above fix may not work in android studio .if you are using ANDROID STUDIO...... use this fix
add
xmlns:compat="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
in menu tag instead of
xmlns:compat="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
in menu tag.
Solution 4 - Android
Add "android-support-v7-appcompat.jar" to Android Private Libraries
Solution 5 - Android
Add compat library compilation to the build.gradle file:
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:19.+'
Solution 6 - Android
The problem is related to AppCompat library. With it, you have
xmlns:appname="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
and possibly:
appname:showAsAction="never"
in menu.xml file.
Without the lib, you can only have:
android:showAsAction="never"
and my app works with menu both on Android 4.3 and 2.3.3.
Solution 7 - Android
Check your compileSdkVersion on app build.gradle. Set it to 21:
compileSdkVersion 21
Solution 8 - Android
go to gradle and then to app.buildgradle then set compileSDKVersion to 21 and then if necessary the android studio will download some files
Solution 9 - Android
From answer that was removed due to being written in Spanish:
All of the above fixes may not work in android studio. If you are using ANDROID STUDIO please use the following fix.
Use
xmlns: compat = "http://schemas.android.com/tools"
on the menu label instead of
xmlns: compat = "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"