Number in Action Bar like Gmail

Question

I'm trying to display a data count in the top right corner of my Action Bar.

If I wouldn't be using a split action bar I would just create a TextView in the bar, but it's currently not possible to have items in the top Action Bar when you have split.

To clarify, what I mean is this:

Did Google use a different Action Bar implementation or is there a way to do this? I think I remember reading about it, but I can't find how it was called.

Answer 1

Use a custom view with your spinner and text view for the top AB and enable the android:uiOptions="splitActionBarWhenNarrow" in the manifest declaration for your activity

//set the actionbar to use the custom view (can also be done with a style)
getActionBar().setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM);

//set the custom view to use
getActionBar().setCustomView(R.layout.custom_ab);

Where custom_ab.xml is a layout with your ImageView, Spinner and TextView for the count.