Add menu in admin

• In your package's source directory i.e. packages/ACME/HelloWorld/src, create the Config folder and create a file named admin-menu.php.

<?php

return [
    [
      'key'        => 'helloworld',
      'name'       => 'Hello World',
      'route'      => 'helloworld.admin.index',
      'sort'       => 1,
      'icon-class' => 'dashboard-icon',
    ]
];

• In this file, we provide the name of the menu, route & its icon.

Params	Description
key	Unique key for menu icon.
name	Name of menu icon.
route	Route name for your menu icon.
sort	Sort number on which your menu icon should display.
icon-class	Class for menu icon.

• For the route, just add the named route which specified above i.e. helloworld.admin.index,

  Route::view('/admin/hello-world', 'helloworld::admin.index')->name('helloworld.admin.index');
  

• After that, we need to merge this menu.php folder with a core menu file. For this, we use the method mergeConfigFrom() in the register method of the service provider.

  <?php
  
  namespace ACME\HelloWorld\Providers;
  
  use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event;
  use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
  
  class HelloWorldServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
  {
    /**
     * Register services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
      public function register()
      {
          $this->mergeConfigFrom(
              dirname(__DIR__) . '/Config/admin-menu.php', 'menu.admin'
          );
      }
  }
  

• Run this command i.e. php artisan optimize.

• Now, the menu will display in the admin panel. You can change the icon according to your needs.