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Are icons supported for Android OptionMenu.MenuItem?

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Hi all,

I am having trouble setting an icon on an Android option menu, using the example code at the bottom of (https://developer.appcelerator.com/apidoc/mobile/1.3/Titanium.UI.Android.OptionMenu-module). Everything else works but the icon does not show.

I have even tried putting the image file in the same directory as the js file, but still with no success.

For example, icon : 'item1.png'

Note that I only have access to an emulator at this time.

I hope someone can kindly offer some suggestions.

Thanks

Hal

— asked May 21st 2010 by Paul Dowsett
  • android
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    The path should be window relative. You can always reference it with an absolute path. (e.g /images/item1.png'). If you turn on your Trace level logging it may provide helpful information on the error.

    — answered May 21st 2010 by Don Thorp
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    • I can confirm that icons for optionMenu menu items is working. A working exmaple would be:

      atl = Titanium.UI.Android.OptionMenu.createMenuItem({title : 'ATL', icon:'/images/camera.png'});

      …where "images" is a directory in the Resources folder.

      — commented November 4th 2010 by Paul Dowsett

  • Hi Don
    Thank you for your reply.
    If I use a path like '/images/item1.png', the title stops working.
    There is also nowhere in the kitchensink that uses an icon for OptionMenu.
    Have you had this working before?
    Thank you kindly
    Hal

    — answered May 21st 2010 by Paul Dowsett
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  • Hi all,

    I am using icons in my Android applications and they work.

    What I did is copy the icons' images in the Resources folder, then I use the following code:

    var btn_add = Titanium.UI.Android.OptionMenu.createMenuItem({
    title: 'Add New Task',
    icon: 'add.png'
});

    The code above is saved in a file but is not in the Root of the Resources folder, so if your .js file is in a sub-folder the code above should still work.

    — answered May 22nd 2010 by Simon Facciol
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