I need to create a custom list for displaying action menu items. At the moment i am inflating the menu.
How can I create an adapter and a custom row for actionbar menu? Can I use the menuInflator or do I have to use something else?
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getSupportMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_one, menu);
You can specify your menu items in the R.menu.menu_one file by adding items to it, from the android documentation:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:title="#string/action_search"/>
<item android:id="#+id/action_compose"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_compose"
android:title="#string/action_compose" />
</menu>
This will add two items to the ActionBar.
You can also add items to the ActionBar dynamically like here:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
{
menu.add(0, 0, 0, "Item1").setIcon(R.drawable.myicon)
.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM);
menu.add(0, 1, 0, "Item2").setIcon(R.drawable.othericon)
.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM);
return true;
}
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I'm coming back to my main activity from a fragment and for some logic I have to change the appearence of an icon on the action bar menu.
This is the menu on the action bar:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:context="it.gn.sfa.Main">
<item
android:id="#+id/action_search"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
android:title="Search" />
<item
android:id="#+id/action_filter"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_filter_empty"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:title="Filter" />
<item
android:id="#+id/action_new"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_action_new"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:title="New" />
</menu>
I have to change the sencond item (the one with id = action_filter).
I've tried different solutions, found on different post. The most rated is
mOptionsMenu.getItem(0).setIcon(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_action_filter));
but seems not to work.
On the other side getActionBar().setIcon(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_action_filter)); changes the logo, and I don't want so.
How can i change only the second item on menu?
try this one
mOptionsMenu.findItem(R.id.action_filter).setIcon(R.drawable.ic_action_filter);
Assuming you have it all set up for mOptionsMenu in
private Menu mOptionsMenu;
...
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
// inflating your menu here
mOptionsMenu = menu;
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
Hope it helps :)
I hope it will be help for you
getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
getSupportActionBar().setTitle(Html.fromHtml("<font color='#ffffff'>" + "Messages" + "</font>"));
getSupportActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(getResources().getColor(R.color.messagebar_color)));
getSupportActionBar().setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.back_arrow_black);
You have to modify your onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
I changed the color of my search bar programmatically. I am posting the code here. Hope it helps.
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.items, menu);
menu.getItem(0).setIcon(getTintedDrawable(R.drawable.search, R.color.blue));
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
Where getTintedDrawable() is a function that i created which returns a drawable. So all you need to do is replace getTintedDrawable(R.drawable.search, R.color.blue) by your drawable.
NOTE: I have used menu.getItem(0) my code since I had only 1 item defined in menu/items.xml. If you have multiple try different values (from 0 to one less than number of menu items). My guess would be that its the number at which the item is defined but I'm not too sure.
I manage to rotate/change the icon this way:
MenuItem item = getToolbar().getMenu().findItem(Menu.FIRST);
<prepare the image view from drawable here>
item.setActionView(imageView);
Seems to work OK.
You could also simply use the item.setIcon() instead.
While i m trying to show 3 menu in overflow menu on sherlockactionbar but it not showing overflow icon , but when i press menu button from hardware it shows option at bottom of screen :
I m overriding menu through this in SherlockFragmentActivity
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(com.actionbarsherlock.view.Menu menu) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
MenuInflater inflater = getSupportMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.activity_home, menu);
return true;
}
and in Menu xml i have also added android:showAsAction="never" property coding for that .xml:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_settings"
android:icon="#android:drawable/ic_menu_info_details"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="about"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_settings2"
android:icon="#drawable/plusnew"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="Add"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_settings3"
android:icon="#drawable/tem2"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="Done"/>
</menu>
If your Phone has a HardwareButton for the Overflowmenu, it wont display the software button because you don't need it.
In this Case:
Not a Bug, its a feature :)
Try,
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Used to put dark icons on light action bar
SubMenu subMenu1 = menu.addSubMenu("Share");
subMenu1.add("Facebook").setOnMenuItemClickListener(
new OnMenuItemClickListener() {
public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {
return false;
}
});
MenuItem subMenu1Item = subMenu1.getItem();
subMenu1Item.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_share);
subMenu1Item.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS
| MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT); //Note the flag SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS
return true;
}
I want to create a simple option menù on the Action Bar (classic three dots). I wrote this part of code but nothing appear:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
return true;
}
Even this one but always nothing appear:
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
menu.add(0, 0, 0, "Settings");
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
There are no three dots on the Action Bar. Is there anything else to write maybe in the onCreate()?
Edit. The menu.xml
<xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:title="Info" android:id="#+id/settings"></item>
</menu>
Add the below line into the menu xml file
<item
android:title="Info"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:id="#+id/settings" >
</item>
check AndroidManifest.xml, set android:targetSdkVersion="10" or lowwer.
At my new application that I created, I got auto generated code for creating menu:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
And I added item at menu.xml
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/action_settings"/>
<item android:id="#+id/item1"></item>
</menu>
But there is no menu button, am I missing something?
EDIT:
In your menu definition you put:
android:showAsAction="never"
Change it to:
android:showAsAction="always"
Check this example, including an icon for the menu:
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_calendar"
android:title="#string/calendar"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_calendar_holo_light"
android:showAsAction="always|withText" />
always means the button will always be displayed. You can replace it by ifRoom if it is a menu such as Settings that should appear in the menu as an option but not displayed all the time.
withtext means that the title of the menu will be displayed beside the icon if there is enough place for it.
Details about all these options are available here.
For the rest, you need to create and show the ActionBar in your onCreate() function:
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
//you might need this line if you are not using the Holo theme
getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_ACTION_BAR);
setContentView(R.layout.main_activity);
ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
actionBar.show();
(...)
Check for the import you are using. Check example below
import com.actionbarsherlock.view.Menu;
import com.actionbarsherlock.view.MenuInflater;
...
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getSupportMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
You should use Menu and MenuInflater of actionbarsherlock..
Check out this link on implemention of ActionBarSherlock
Try
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="#string/action_settings"/>
<item android:id="#+id/item1"></item>
I have navigation menu item. Currently I create it manually in onCreateOptionsMenu:
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
mLocations = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.locations);
Context context = getSupportActionBar().getThemedContext();
ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> list = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(
context, R.array.locations, R.layout.sherlock_spinner_item);
list.setDropDownViewResource(R.layout.sherlock_spinner_dropdown_item);
getSupportActionBar().setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_LIST);
getSupportActionBar().setListNavigationCallbacks(list, this);
}
Is there a way to define it in XML ?
You need to do two things: One is to set up the xml and the second to inflate it. Here is main.xml:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/action_settings"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/exit"
android:orderInCategory="200"
android:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/exit"/>
</menu>
Then, inflate the XML on the main activity:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getSupportMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
If you are using fragments it should look something like this:
#Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
inflater.inflate(R.menu.fragment, menu);
}
and of course have a matching fragment.xml to go with it.
Good luck!