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copied!<p>Here is some example code that worked for me.</p> <p>1: Create a layout for your badge menu item.</p> <pre><code><RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="48dp" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_gravity="right" >  <ImageView android:layout_width="48dp" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:clickable="true" android:src="@drawable/bkg_actionbar_notify_off" />  <TextView android:id="@+id/actionbar_notifcation_textview" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:padding="@dimen/padding_small" android:text="99" android:textColor="@color/holo_orange_dark" /> </RelativeLayout> </code></pre> <p>2: Create a menu item in res/menu and set the actionLayout to your layout</p> <pre><code><menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" > <item android:id="@+id/badge" android:actionLayout="@layout/actionbar_badge_layout" android:icon="@drawable/icn_menu_posts" android:showAsAction="always"> </item> </menu> </code></pre> <p>3: Then in onCreateOptionsMenu of your activity or fragment you can do something like this...</p> <pre><code>public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) { inflater.inflate(R.menu.badge, menu); RelativeLayout badgeLayout = (RelativeLayout) menu.findItem(R.id.badge).getActionView(); TextView tv = (TextView) badgeLayout.findViewById(R.id.actionbar_notifcation_textview); tv.setText("12"); } </code></pre> <p>Note: If you wanted to change the badge count later on, you could store a reference to the Menu object passed to onCreateOptionsMenu and use the same code to get the required view and set a value. </p> <p>=== ApCompat Warning ==================================================</p> <p>If using the AppCompatActivity then you must set the actionView in <code>onCreateOptionsMenu</code></p> <pre><code> @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu); MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.badge); MenuItemCompat.setActionView(item, R.layout.actionbar_badge_layout); RelativeLayout notifCount = (RelativeLayout) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(item); TextView tv = (TextView) notifCount.findViewById(R.id.actionbar_notifcation_textview); tv.setText("12"); return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu); </code></pre>

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