title: Actionbar action icons not showing up
body: <p>I have searched many questions but unable to solve my problem. Please help me in this. i have used <code>app:showAsAction="always"</code> but even them i am unable to get icon on actionbar. i have also tried <code>app:showAsAction="ifRoom"</code> but didnt work. I am a beeginner in android and help will be really greatfull. Thanks in advance
  my manifest.xml</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="mavilla.laundrynotes" &gt;
  
      &lt;application
          android:allowBackup="true"
          android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
          android:label="@string/app_name"
          android:theme="@style/Apptheme" &gt;
          &lt;activity
              android:name=".MainActivity"
              android:label="@string/app_name" &gt;
              &lt;intent-filter&gt;
                  &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt;
  
                  &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /&gt;
              &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
          &lt;/activity&gt;
      &lt;/application&gt;
  
  &lt;/manifest&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>my style.xml</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;resources&gt;
      &lt;style name="Apptheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light"&gt;
          &lt;item name="android:actionBarStyle"&gt;@style/ActionBar.Solid.Apptheme&lt;/item&gt;
      &lt;/style&gt;
      &lt;style name="ActionBar.Solid.Apptheme" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.Solid"&gt;
          &lt;item name="android:background"&gt;@color/Crimson&lt;/item&gt;
      &lt;/style&gt;
  &lt;/resources&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>my menu.xml</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
      xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" tools:context=".MainActivity"&gt;
      &lt;item
          android:id="@+id/action_settings"
          android:title="Add"
          android:icon="@mipmap/add"
          app:showAsAction="always" /&gt;
  &lt;/menu&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>main_activity.java</p>
  
  <pre><code>package mavilla.laundrynotes;
  
  import android.app.Activity;
  import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.view.Menu;
  import android.view.MenuItem;
  
  
  public class MainActivity extends Activity {
  
      @Override
      protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
      }
  
      @Override
      public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
          // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
          getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
          return true;
      }
  
      @Override
      public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
          // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
          // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
          // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
          int id = item.getItemId();
  
          //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
          if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
              return true;
          }
  
          return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
      }
  }
  </code></pre>