HT4557 I've entered home sharing Id but no icon is appearing for it?

Air play icon isn't appearing on iPad - double click main menu, scrolled left to right through apps, but not appearing. Apple TV and iPad are connected to same wifi. No home sharing option on iTunes in settings. Please advise how to see icon for air play. Both Apple TV and iPad are new.

Gino Cerullo,
Thanks for your response. I tried all that myself. In fact, last night, it all worked fine on all users. This morning, no Home Sharing would show up. It is really weird because some setting must have changed, but I did not knowingly changed anything, and now all the obvious fixes don't work. In fact, if I turn off Home Sharing and turn it back on, then it comes up only until I hit the "done" button on the set up page and then it goes away from the left hand column again. The ADVANCED drop down tab says it is on, but it is not there.
Thanks anyway.
Edzell

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