Error in action_search in action bar menu.

Have you been banging your head over this action_search error? I have been too. The problem arose when I did everything right according to Official Android Guide but still this happened. 

The guide says do this for adding action buttons in Action bar.

<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="ifRoom" />

<!-- Settings should always be in overflow -->

<item android:id="@id/action_settings"

    android:title="@string/action_settings"

    android:showAsAction="never" />

    

</menu>

And I did exactly the same. Where is the problem then? I am a rookie learner but I will make my way. I finally realized that I do not have any image which I could use as icon named ic_action_search so, this is problem.

To get rid of this, you'd certainly have to add ic_action_search to drawable. I found a better way to do it.

Here are the steps:

Press Ctrl+N while you're in Eclipse. It will open the file Wizard.

Select Android > "Android Icon Set".

Select "Action Bar and Tab Icons".

Name the Icon appropriately. In my case, it was ic_action_search.

Click Next.
Clipart > 'Choose'
You'll be presented with icons window where in you can choose the icon which you want.

I needed the search icon, so, I selected that one.

Finish.

Now, you can see the error is gone!

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