title: How to remove text and logo OR add Overflow on Android ActionBar using AppCompat on API 8?
body: <p>Have researched this to death and just cannot find the answer.</p>
  
  <p>I have an ActionBar using AppCompat. I am supporting up to API v7 (API v8 would do). ActionBar works perfectly from API v11. API &lt; v11 has the problem of removing an icon (and thus a feature) from the ActionBar without supplying an Overflow. The big picture is that I have an App Logo, an App Title, and 3 Icons all squidging into the same ActionBar on a low end phone. Trying to make some room!</p>
  
  <p>I would be happy with 1 of 2 solutions. Either:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>A method of getting an Overflow so that the functionality can be retrieved from a pull down.</li>
  <li>(Preferred) A method of removing the icon and text from ActionBar</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Below is my current XML for API 11+:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;resources&gt;
  
      &lt;!--
          Base application theme for API 11+. This theme completely replaces
          AppBaseTheme from res/values/styles.xml on API 11+ devices.
      --&gt;
      &lt;style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"&gt;
          &lt;item name="android:actionBarStyle"&gt;@style/LiteActionBarStyle&lt;/item&gt;
          &lt;item name="actionBarStyle"&gt;@style/LiteActionBarStyle&lt;/item&gt;
      &lt;/style&gt;
  
      &lt;style name="LiteActionBarStyle" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse"&gt;
          &lt;item name="android:displayOptions"&gt;&lt;/item&gt;
      &lt;/style&gt;
  
  &lt;/resources&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Specifically:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;item name="android:displayOptions"&gt;&lt;/item&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This iss the attribute that is unavailable before API v11.</p>
  
  <p>This is where I am so far:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"&gt;
  
      &lt;!--
          Base application theme, dependent on API level. This theme is replaced
          by AppBaseTheme from res/values-vXX/styles.xml on newer devices.
      --&gt;
      &lt;style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"&gt;
          &lt;item name="actionBarStyle"&gt;@style/LiteActionBarStyle&lt;/item&gt;
      &lt;/style&gt;
  
      &lt;style name="LiteActionBarStyle" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse"&gt;&lt;/style&gt;
  
  &lt;/resources&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What is the alternative for APIs prior to v11?</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT:</strong></p>
  
  <p>Updated Style with transparency suggestion:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"&gt;
  
      &lt;!--
          Base application theme, dependent on API level. This theme is replaced
          by AppBaseTheme from res/values-vXX/styles.xml on newer devices.
      --&gt;
      &lt;style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"&gt;
          &lt;item name="actionBarStyle"&gt;@style/LiteActionBarStyle&lt;/item&gt;
      &lt;/style&gt;
  
      &lt;style name="LiteActionBarStyle" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse"&gt;
          &lt;item name="android:icon"&gt;@android:color/transparent&lt;/item&gt;
      &lt;/style&gt;
  
  &lt;/resources&gt;
  </code></pre>