Icons not showing up in Action bar

Question

I am trying to get an action bar within my android app to show up with icons. No matter what I do, I only see the overflow icon with a dropdown, while I want to see the Home and Logout icons next to each other on the action bar menu. I have read through most posts on SO for a solution but am unable to find a solution. Can anyone please help ?

Below is my code :

AndroidManifest.xml

<application
    android:name=".application.MySampleApplication"
    android:icon="@drawable/letter"
    android:label="My Sample"
    android:theme="@android:style/Theme.WithActionBar">

Menu_Main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_logout"
        android:icon="@drawable/logout"
        android:title="@string/logout"
        android:orderInCategory="0"
        app:showAsAction="always" />
    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_home"
        android:title="@string/gohome"
        android:icon="@drawable/ulogo"
        android:orderInCategory="0"
        app:showAsAction="always" />
</menu>

MainActivity.java

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

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    int id = item.getItemId();
    if (id == R.id.action_logout) {
        logout();
        return true;
    }
    if (id == R.id.action_home) {
        goHome();
        return true;
    }
    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

How it shows up now

How I want it to show up

Answer 1

MainActivity extends Activity

This means that you are using the native action bar, not the backport offered by appcompat-v7 . In that case, replace the app: prefixes in your menu resource with android: , and you will have better luck.

Was googling for a solution and saw someone use it

That is surprising. Your question is the first time I have ever seen anyone use that theme. I didn't even know it existed until I looked it up as part of checking your question. Most likely, you will want to use more modern themes.