Dropdown-free Action Bar menu icon

Question

I’m trying to remove the dropdown menu from the Actionbutton Overflow from the Action Bar. In this case it would be the one that has the 3 points, one on top of the other, as default and as default option, "Settings". I would like to remove this "Settings" item, causing it to already perform an action by clicking on the menu icon. Any ideas ?

Answer 1

In the.xml menu you create the option

<item
        android:id="@+id/action_settings"
        android:orderInCategory="100"
        android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_settings"
        app:showAsAction="always"
        android:title="settings" />

And then go to your Activity and

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        int id = item.getItemId();
        if(id == R.id.action_settings) {
                Intent intent = new Intent(this, SettingsActivity.class);
                startActivity(intent);
                return true;
        }
       return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

I implemented something like this in my app and it worked, I hope it works for you.