It seems impossible to find any answer on my question/problem regarding af scollable TextSelectionMenu! I have searched the whole Stackoverflow and Google without any succes and I have tried various ideas out.
I have 10 menu items in my custom TextSelectionMenu. Only 6 of them is visible, the rest is of course not, since you can't scroll to the others. Is it possible to implement a Scrollview/HorizontalListview of any sort to be able to scroll to the rest?
My menu_main.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<item
android:id="#+id/textcolor"
android:icon="#drawable/textcolor"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:visible="true"
android:title="ColorPicker"
tools:ignore="AppCompatResource" />
<item
android:id="#+id/bold"
android:icon="#drawable/bold2"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:visible="true"
android:title="Bold"
tools:ignore="AppCompatResource" />
<item
android:visible="true"
android:id="#+id/italic"
android:icon="#drawable/italic2"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Italic"
tools:ignore="AppCompatResource" />
<item
android:visible="true"
android:id="#+id/underline"
android:icon="#drawable/underline2"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Underline"
tools:ignore="AppCompatResource" />
<item
android:visible="true"
android:id="#+id/stroke"
android:icon="#drawable/strike"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Strikethrough"
tools:ignore="AppCompatResource" />
<item
android:visible="true"
android:id="#+id/increase"
android:icon="#drawable/increase"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Increase"
tools:ignore="AppCompatResource" />
<item
android:visible="true"
android:id="#+id/decrease"
android:icon="#drawable/decrease"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Decrease"
tools:ignore="AppCompatResource" />
The CustomTextSelectionMenu class:
public class CustomTextSelectionMenu extends FragmentActivity implements android.view.ActionMode.Callback {
EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edittext);
#Override
public boolean onCreateActionMode(android.view.ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = mode.getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
menu.removeItem(android.R.id.selectAll);
menu.removeItem(android.R.id.paste);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onPrepareActionMode(android.view.ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onActionItemClicked(android.view.ActionMode mode, MenuItem item) {
// Just a lot of switch cases inside here...
return true;
}
}
I think, there is no way to scroll the text selection menu.
But you can do is, show the few menu items say 2 or 3 as showAsAction="always" and the rest of the menu items are automatically can be shown in overflow menu.
Related
here's my problem:
I have that nice toolbar with the icons in landscape mode:
after expanding the search view and showing the popup menu the "add" item appears (I thought that it shouldn't):
then returning with the back arrow key, as you see, the add button goes:
and you won't find it in the popup menu anymore:
I'm using support:appcompat-v7:25.1.0, and here's my menu code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:id="#+id/app_bar_search"
android:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="Search"
app:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
android:enabled="true"
android:visible="true"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"/>
<item android:title="Add"
android:enabled="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_add"
android:visible="true"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:id="#+id/add" />
<item android:title="Settings"
android:id="#+id/settings"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_settings"
android:enabled="true"
android:visible="true" />
<item android:title="Feedback"
android:id="#+id/feedbvack"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_feedback"
android:enabled="true"
android:visible="true" />
</menu>
I can set the add button showAsAction to "always" but I know that this is discouraged.
Does anyone here know why is there this behavior? and how can I prevent that?
Thanks in advance.
You can try to use this:
MenuItemCompat.setOnActionExpandListener(searchMenuItem, new MenuItemCompat.OnActionExpandListener() {
#Override
public boolean onMenuItemActionExpand(MenuItem item) {
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onMenuItemActionCollapse(MenuItem item) {
supportInvalidateOptionsMenu();
//or use invalidateOptionsMenu();
return true;
}
});
So when SearchView will be collapsed Toolbar will reallocate items and ifRoom items will be visible. I had this bug too and solved it this way.
Try this
<item
android:id="#+id/app_bar_search"
android:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="Search"
app:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
android:enabled="true"
android:visible="true"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"/>
<item android:title="Add"
android:enabled="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_add"
android:visible="true"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:id="#+id/add" />
<item android:title="Settings"
android:id="#+id/settings"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_settings"
android:enabled="true"
android:visible="true" />
<item android:title="Feedback"
android:id="#+id/feedbvack"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_feedback"
android:enabled="true"
android:visible="true" />
Set app:showAsAction to always to make sure it will be visible always.
Use of ifRoom has this feature if space available it will show or else it will hide it better use always or never
<item android:title="Add"
android:enabled="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_add"
android:visible="true"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:id="#+id/add" />
#Kovy has answered above with the fix for this bug and I confirm it fixes the bug. Thank you very much, mate! However, the above function has been deprecated in favour of individual menu items OnActionExpandListener. Example of it is as posted below:
MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater();
menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
searchItem.setOnActionExpandListener(new MenuItem.OnActionExpandListener() {
#Override
public boolean onMenuItemActionExpand(MenuItem item) {
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onMenuItemActionCollapse(MenuItem item) {
supportInvalidateOptionsMenu();
return true;
}
});
I am very new to Java Programming and Android Studio.
While creating an Options Menu, I created a list of options in the main menu with two items in a group sub menu.
This is my menu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
>
<item
android:id="#+id/giveup_setting"
android:orderInCategory="1"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:title="#string/action_option1"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/new_game_setting"
android:orderInCategory="2"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/action_option2"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/help_setting"
android:orderInCategory="3"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/action_option3"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/settings_setting"
android:orderInCategory="4"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/action_option4" />
<menu>
<group android:checkableBehavior="single">
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_color"
android:orderInCategory="1"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/layout_color"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_text"
android:orderInCategory="2"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/layout_text"/>
</group>
</menu>
<item
android:id="#+id/about_setting"
android:orderInCategory="5"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/action_option5"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/exit_setting"
android:orderInCategory="6"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/action_option6"/>
</menu>
An this is how I inflate the menu in my MainActivity:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
menu.clear();
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem menu) {
// Handle item selection
switch (menu.getItemId()) {
case R.id.help_setting:
//show help screens
return true;
case R.id.menu_color:
//change a layout of my main activity
return true;
case R.id.menu_text:
//change another layout of my main activity
return true;*/
case R.id.about_setting:
//show my about screen
return true;
case R.id.giveup_setting:
//resets the game
case R.id.new_game_setting:
//restarts the app
return true;
case R.id.exit_setting:
//exits the app
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(menu);
}
}
On running the app, the menu populates but the "Settings" item (which has the nested group radio buttons) displays twice.
On running the app, the menu populates but the "Settings" item (which has the nested group radio buttons) displays twice.
What am I doing wrong?
if android:id="#+id/settings_setting" is the one you want to have a submenu don't close the item tag. Instead inflate <menu> inside the <item> tag.
<item
android:id="#+id/settings_setting"
android:orderInCategory="4"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/action_option4">
<menu>
<group android:checkableBehavior="single">
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_color"
android:orderInCategory="1"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/layout_color"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_text"
android:orderInCategory="2"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/layout_text"/>
</group>
</menu>
</item>
I want to display my menu items on ActionBar with android
I found some samples but It was not what I wanted
Menu should be similar picture below(Overflow Icon or text)
My menu.xml is :
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="#+id/action_refresh"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:icon="#drawable/icon"
android:visible="true"
android:title="Refresh"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="Settings">
<item
android:id="#+id/mapMenu"
android:title="map menu" />
<item
android:id="#+id/favMenu"
android:title="favorite" />
<item
android:id="#+id/listMenu"
android:title="List Menu" />
</item>
and my android code :
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), item.getTitle() + " selected", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.mapMenu:
// do something
break;
case R.id.favMenu:
// do something
break;
case R.id.listMenu:
// do something
break;
}
return true;
}
Once write following in all item tags
android:showAsAction="never"
then all items will display in overflow.
Ex:
<item
android:id="#+id/mapMenu"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="map menu" />
Hope this will helps you.
If you want to show the three dots, irrespective of device menu button, then you can call below code (which is based on reflection) in your application class' onCreate method-
try {
ViewConfiguration config = ViewConfiguration.get(this);
Field menuKeyField = ViewConfiguration.class.getDeclaredField("sHasPermanentMenuKey");
if(menuKeyField != null) {
menuKeyField.setAccessible(true);
menuKeyField.setBoolean(config, false);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Caution: This is an awful hack that breaks consistency with the rest
of the apps on the platform
Thanks all
but I added android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" and result is :
I also tested android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" and menu items hid
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="#+id/main_menu"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:icon="#drawable/icon"
android:visible="true">
<item
android:id="#+id/action_refresh"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="Refresh"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:title="Settings"
android:showAsAction="never" />
<item
android:id="#+id/mapMenu"
android:title="map menu"
android:showAsAction="never" />
<item
android:id="#+id/favMenu"
android:title="favorite"
android:showAsAction="never" />
<item
android:id="#+id/listMenu"
android:title="List Menu"
android:showAsAction="never" />
</item>
</menu>
android:showAsAction: When and how this item should appear as an action item in the Action Bar. A menu item can appear as an action item only when the activity includes an ActionBar (introduced in API Level 11).
Try the given code. First you create root item keep its android:showAsAction:Always then inside that root item create other items with android:showAsAction:never.
I have two menu items in menu/contacts_menu.xml as :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" >
<item
android:id="#+id/pm_action_search"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:orderInCategory="1"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView"
android:title="#string/action_search"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/show_online"
android:icon="#drawable/online_icon"
android:orderInCategory="2"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:title="Show Online"/>
</menu>
Where , in my Fragment :
#Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
inflater.inflate(R.menu.contacts_menu, menu);
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.show_online) {
// DO SOMETHING
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
I have done the same procedure in my others apps, and action items are showing. But in my current app, they are not showing. only if i press the menu button, action items are showing only with text. i want to show the icons on my action bar.
I guess you are using appcompat library? Try this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:appcompat="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:id="#+id/pm_action_search"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:orderInCategory="1"
android:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
appcompat:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
android:title="#string/action_search" />
<item
android:id="#+id/show_online"
android:icon="#drawable/online_icon"
android:orderInCategory="2"
android:showAsAction="always"
appcompat:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Show Online" />
</menu>
This should definitely work, but for simplicity you can also try this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:appcompat="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:id="#+id/pm_action_search"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:orderInCategory="1"
appcompat:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
android:title="#string/action_search" />
<item
android:id="#+id/show_online"
android:icon="#drawable/online_icon"
android:orderInCategory="2"
appcompat:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Show Online" />
</menu>
I want to add a submenu inside my OptionsMenu to a menuItem, programatically according to my parameters. I've checked "MenuItem" in android sdk and there is no addSubMenu() method!, although you can find "hasSubMenu()" and "getSubMenu".
Was thinking on doing this in onCreateOptionsMenu:
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuItem mi = menu.getItem(MYITEMID); // << this is defined in my XML optionsMenu
SubMenu subm = mi.addSubMenu(0,1,0,"Map 1"); // no addSubMenu() method!!!???
....
How do I create a submenu inside a menuitem in code?
Sometimes Android weirdness is really amazing (and amusing..). I solved it this way:
a) Define in XML a submenu placeholder like this:
<item android:visible="true" android:id="#+id/m_area"
android:titleCondensed="Areas"
android:title="Areas"
android:icon="#drawable/restaur"
android:enabled="true">
<menu>
<item android:id="#+id/item1" android:title="Placeholder"></item>
</menu>
</item>
b) Get sub menu item in OnCreateOptionsMenu, clear it and add my submenu items, like this:
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.mapoptions, menu);
int idx=0;
SubMenu subm = menu.getItem(MYITEM_INDEX).getSubMenu(); // get my MenuItem with placeholder submenu
subm.clear(); // delete place holder
while(true)
{
anarea = m_areas.GetArea(idx); // get a new area, return null if no more areas
if(anarea == null)
break;
subm.add(0, SUBAREASID+idx, idx, anarea.GetName()); // id is idx+ my constant
++idx;
}
}
I know this is an old question, but I just came across this problem myself.
The most straightforward way of doing this, seems to be to simply specify the item itself as a submenu, then add to this item.
E.g.:
menu.add(groupId, MENU_VIEW, Menu.NONE, getText(R.string.menu_view));
menu.add(groupId, MENU_EDIT, Menu.NONE, getText(R.string.menu_edit));
SubMenu sub=menu.addSubMenu(groupId, MENU_SORT, Menu.NONE, getText(R.string.menu_sort));
sub.add(groupId, MENU_SORT_BY_NAME, Menu.NONE, getText(R.string.menu_sort_by_name));
sub.add(groupId, MENU_SORT_BY_ADDRESS, Menu.NONE, getText(R.string.menu_sort_by_address));
:
:
Here's a complete answer which builds on the idea of using a placeholder but uses mostly xml to add the submenu.
If you have a menu like so called main_menu.xml:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:title="My Menu"
android:id="#+id/my_menu_item">
<!-- A empty SubMenu -->
<menu></menu>
</item>
</menu>
Create another menu sub_menu.xml which will be used in my_menu_item:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:title="SubMenu One"
android:id="#+id/submenu_one" />
<item android:title="SubMenu Two"
android:id="#+id/submenu_two" />
<item android:title="SubMenu Three"
android:id="#+id/submenu_three" />
</menu>
In your onCreateOptionsMenu:
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate your main_menu into the menu
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu);
// Find the menuItem to add your SubMenu
MenuItem myMenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.my_menu_item);
// Inflating the sub_menu menu this way, will add its menu items
// to the empty SubMenu you created in the xml
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.sub_menu, myMenuItem.getSubMenu());
}
This solution is nice since the inflater handles most of the work.
The best way to do this is in your xml menu file. You can do this by creating a new menu object inside of an item:
<menu>
<item>
...
<menu>
...
</menu>
...
</item>
</menu>
To provide a comprehensive example of Phil's answer, here is my complete, working XML for a menu with two choices, each of which is a menu with three choices. I intend to add a third menu to the top level ...
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:HTMLCode="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item android:id="#+id/Examine"
android:title="#string/Examine"
HTMLCode:showAsAction="always">
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:HTMLCode="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" >
<item android:id="#+id/load"
android:title="#string/load"
HTMLCode:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" />
<item android:id="#+id/findfirst"
android:title="#string/findfirst"
HTMLCode:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" />
<item android:id="#+id/findnext"
android:title="#string/FindNext"
HTMLCode:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" />
</menu>
</item>
<item android:id="#+id/Redirect"
android:title="#string/Redirect"
HTMLCode:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText">
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:HTMLCode="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" >
<item android:id="#+id/getRedirect"
android:title="#string/getRedirect"
HTMLCode:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" />
<item android:id="#+id/toggleRedirect"
android:title="#string/toggleRedirect"
HTMLCode:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" />
<item android:id="#+id/copyRedirect"
android:title="#string/copyRedirect"
HTMLCode:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" />
</menu>
</item>
</menu>
You should consider use a ActionProvider instead.
public class MyActionProvider extends ActionProvider {
private Context mContext;
public MyActionProvider(Context context) {
super(context);
mContext = context;
}
#Override
public View onCreateActionView() {
//LayoutInflater layoutInflater = LayoutInflater.from(mContext);
return null;
}
#Override
public void onPrepareSubMenu(SubMenu subMenu) {
super.onPrepareSubMenu(subMenu);
subMenu.clear();
subMenu.add("menu 1");
subMenu.add("menu 2");
subMenu.add("menu 3");
}
#Override
public boolean hasSubMenu() {
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onPerformDefaultAction() {
return super.onPerformDefaultAction();
}
}
I would just create the submenu in xml file, and in run time get the submenu from menu object, (using findItem(id) method) and use submenu.setVisible(boolean) to add/remove it on run time.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/menu1" android:alphabeticShortcut="a"
android:title="Menu No. 1" android:orderInCategory="1" />
<item android:id="#+id/menu2" android:alphabeticShortcut="b"
android:title="Menu No. 2" android:orderInCategory="2">
<menu >
<group android:id="#+id/group2" android:checkableBehavior="single">
<item android:id="#+id/submenu1" android:title="SubMenu No. 1" />
<item android:id="#+id/submenu2" android:title="SubMenu No. 2" />
</group>
</menu>
</item>