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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Using Intents to Display and Share Posts Easy Sharing with Intents

Alex Park
Alex Park
7,567 Points
Posted by Alex Park
Alex Park
7,567 Points

Cannot add a new item in the Android menu

I am doing the Easy sharing with Intents lessons and i am trying to add an item to the [menu] - [activity_blog_web_view.xml] But i cannot add anything by clicking the button

<item
    android:id="@+id/action_share"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_share"
    android:showAsAction="always"
    android:title="@string/action_share"/>

So i had to write it down But although i save my documents it doesn't show up in the item and it is keep saying error.

The log says something like this

[2014-06-22 20:54:17 - BlogReader] ActivityManager: Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] cmp=com.alexpark.blogreader/.MainListActivity } [2014-06-22 21:09:02 - BlogReader] Error in an XML file: aborting build.

1 Answer

Roman Mayer
Roman Mayer
5,824 Points
Roman Mayer
Roman Mayer
5,824 Points

this code seems fine to me.. is there an error in another part of the xml file or maybe a completely different xml file?

Alex Park
Alex Park
7,567 Points
Alex Park
Alex Park
7,567 Points

I dont' know. the red underline doesn't appear in the editor but it shows error in the log :/