android option menu with icon

Question

How to show icon with option menu.I have tried the following code but my option menu is without image icon.I am using android version 4.0 for developing app.

Java code :

 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
            super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
             menu.add("Add Contacts").setIcon(
                    R.drawable.ic_launcher);

            return true;
        }

Following is my app's screen shot

I need image to be displayed on the top of "Add Contacts" item.

Answer 1

Override OnPrepareOptionsMenu and add icon from there too

and if its for above 3.0, use android:showAsAction in xml.

eg. android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"

Answer 2

I tried the code in two line and it works:

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
        menu.add("Add Contacts");
        menu.getItem(0).setIcon(R.drawable.ic_launcher);
        return true;
}

Answer 3

You can create a custom menu like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:id="@+id/add_contacts"
          android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
          android:title="@string/add_contacts"
         />
</menu>

And then inflate it

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.my_menu, menu);
    return true;
}

More on this here: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/menus.html#options-menu