I am following step by step instructions shared on development platform of google <http://developer.android.com/training/basics/actionbar/index.html>

But some how due to some reason I am not seeing ic\_action\_search.png on Menu bar in my simulator, though it is imported and copied on drawable-hdpi.

Listing down all options tried till now (using eclipse IDE):

1. Import image ic\_action\_search.png
2. Don't import image but copy it directly on folder
3. Size of image, I have copied it directly from Android\_Design\_Icons.zip suggested at <https://developer.android.com/design/downloads/index.html>
4. Recompile project by "Clean"
5. Deleting res in bin folder
6. Deleting R.java in gen folder
7. Creating whole project altogether again
8. Changing option android:showAsAction to "never", "always", "ifRoom"
9. Placing .png file at right place
10. Not using .jpg only .png
11. Using Support library
12. Using lower case to define file names
13. Added following to menu tag,
 xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
 xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
 tools:context="com.example.actionbar.MainActivity"
14. Added follwoing to item tag
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"

My main\_activity\_actions.xml looks like,

```
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<!-- Search, should appear as action button -->
  <item android:id="@+id/action_search"
      android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_search"
      android:title="@string/action_search"
      android:showAsAction="never" />
 <item android:id="@+id/action_settings"
      android:title="@string/action_settings"
      android:showAsAction="never" /></menu>

```

.... but still I cant see search image getting loaded up in menu bar. Though settings icon shows the action\_search value defined in string.xml
I am not using Support Library Setup as of now, and android:minSdkVersion="11"
 android:targetSdkVersion="19"

I need to show this, as there is something wrong here and as i go further I still cant load any other image. Please advise