mainactivity findviewbyid to ites in menu code example
Example: android findviewbyid from item.actionView returns null
item.setActionView(R.layout.counter_action_bar_notification_icon);
final View menu_hotlist = MenuItemCompat.getActionView(item);
TextView ui_hot =(TextView) menu_hotlist.findViewById(R.id.hotlist_hot);
ui_hot.setText(Integer.toString(13));