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How to make "my account or settings " clickable?

Here is the screen shot of my sidebar navigation bar.
I want to make the items in the sidebar navigation Menu clickable so that I can move to another Activity how can I do this?

You have to treat these as Menu items.
When you set up the navigation bar from the layout XML you attach a menu.xml to it which contains menu items that are then displayed in the navigation bar.
Method 1:
Now from the activity where you have your navigation bar variable you need to get the menu from the navigation view object.
Menu menu = navigation_view.getMenu();
Then you can get individual menuItems from this menu object.
MenuItem myAccount = menu.getItem(0);
MenuItem settingsItem = menu.getItem(1);
MenuItem logoutItem = menu.getItem(2);
Now you can use each of this menuItem objects to set menu click listeners on them and then start the next activity from there. e.g.
myAccount.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new MenuItem.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
#Override
public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem menuItem) {
Intent intent = new Intent(context, ToAcitivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
return true;
}
});
Similarly, you can use rest of the objects and make them clickable.
Method 2:
You can also use
navigation_view.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(new
NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener() {
#Override
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(#NonNull MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()){
case 1:
break;
case 2:
}
return false;
}
});
Second one being more simpler to use

How to return to previously opened tab on back button press

I have a TabLayout with 3 sections. Each section contains list of items.
When I click item on second section, I start new activity like this.
Intent intent = new Intent(getContext(), SecondDetailActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
Inside of SecondDetailActivity I have an action bar with back button.
And I handle click of back button like this.
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case android.R.id.home: {
onBackPressed();
}
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
My problem is:
When I click device's back button, the selected tab of the tablayout is Second tab. But when I click on action bar navigation button, the selected tab is First tab.
How can I make action bar's behavior same as device's back button?

Try to return true while your case is android.R.id.home
like
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case android.R.id.home: {
onBackPressed();
return true;
}
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

Back button as Menu in fragment

I want to add a back button as menu in the left of the action bar in fragment. But I don't want the back arrow as my icon.
actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
The above code line gives the back arrow symbol. Instead i want to use some custom image. Also using that custom image should get it back to its previous activity.

I added something like:
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case android.R.id.home:
getActivity().onBackPressed();
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
It worked for me.

Add this to your theme in styles.xml:
<item name="android:homeAsUpIndicator">#drawable/my_icon</item>
It will override the default icon. By default it uses the following id:
android.R.id.home
You can use this id to navigate back to your previous activity:
View homeView = getActionBar().getCustomView().findViewById(android.R.id.home);
homeView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener(){
#Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
//Go back
}
});
or
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
// Respond to the action bar's Up/Home button
case android.R.id.home:
//Return back to your activity!
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
For more information check the official documentation at : https://developer.android.com/training/implementing-navigation/ancestral.html

Dynamic parent activity for Android up \ back navigation in Preferences menu

I've a Preference activity for a options menu in my Android app.
I've enabled the Up \ Back navigation on the ActionBar and I need to come back to the previous activity that called the Options menu.
For the Preference activity, I could use in the manifest:
android:parentActivityName="mypackage.com.MainActivity"
but how come back to other activies ? The Options menu is called from 4 different activities.
public class Prefs extends PreferenceActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences);
ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
// Enabling Up / Back navigation
actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
}
}

Make sure that you have declared the parent activity in the manifest like this...
<activity
android:name="com.myapp.SetPreferenceActivity"
android:parentActivityName="com.myapp.MainActivity"
>
and then make sure to add the case into your onOptionsItemSelected method...
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
// Respond to the action bar's Up/Home button
case android.R.id.home:
//Take me back to the main activity
NavUtils.navigateUpFromSameTask(this);
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
if you prefer to have the up button point to a custom activity, you can just use an intent.
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
// Respond to the action bar's Up/Home button
case android.R.id.home:
Intent changeActivity = new Intent(this,OtherActivity.class);
startActivity(changeActivity);
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

The default behaviour of the Back button is that it will get you back to the calling activity. The system maintains a back stack of activities while the user navigates the application. Do you need to override this functionality? Please be more specific.

Solved in this way:
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case android.R.id.home:
finish();
}
return true;
}

Want to Add Dialog(Another Activity) when menu item selected

I want to add dialog when men item selected my the use please link me some tutorial or something which help me out in my query..!!
Thank you for your kind time.. :)
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch(item.getItemId()) {
case GO_ITEM_ID :
//See i want to add menu item here but please tell me how.
return true;
case CLEAR_ITEM_ID :
return true;
}
return false;
}

To go to an Activity then you simply use an Intent as you would any other time. Something like
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch(item.getItemId()) {
case GO_ITEM_ID :
Intent i = new Intent(CurrentActivityName.this, NextActivityName.class);
startActivity(i);
If you want it to have the appearance of a Dialog then simply add this line
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.Dialog"
to that <acitvity> tag in your manifest.