Changing Overflow Icon In The Action Bar
Answer : You can with a style, but you have to add it to the main Theme declaration. <resources> <!-- Base application theme. --> <style name="Your.Theme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo"> <!-- Pointer to Overflow style ***MUST*** go here or it will not work --> <item name="android:actionOverflowButtonStyle">@style/OverFlow</item> </style> <!-- Styles --> <style name="OverFlow" parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionButton.Overflow"> <item name="android:src">@drawable/ic_action_overflow</item> </style> </resources> You also can change it dynamically, which I go into detail about here: Changing the Android Overflow menu icon programmatically For those who can't get it to work try this WITHOUT the "android:" namespace. <item name="actionOverflowButtonStyle">...