Options menu persists in the second activity - android

After clicking a button to open a new Activity using this method:
setContentView(R.layout.activity_comunidades01);
The second Activity still display the same menu as the previous one.
I have already readed serval methods to fix it as the one related in here:
Android: How to enable/disable option menu item on button click?
But I discovered that the methods to intialize and create the menu are never called. I even try to follow this other link without success:
onCreateOptionsMenu is never called
I even deleted all the items in the menu.xml for this activity but still displaying the previous activity options.
I also clarify I am using android 4.4 as target API but level 10 as a minimum one since some devices that will be used are running android 2.3.
My second Activity is like this:
public class SecondActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_SecondActivity);
}
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu){
System.out.println("EN ON PREPARE OPTIONS MENU");
(menu.findItem(R.id.sincronizar)).setEnabled(false);
return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
System.out.println("EN ON CREATE OPTIONS MENU");
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.SecondActivity, menu);
return true;
}
}

To start second activity use this:
Button bt = (Button)findViewById(R.id.bt);
bt.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
Intent intent = new Intent(FirstActivity.this, SecondActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
//finish(); //if you want to close FirstActivity after showing SecondActivity
}
});

After clicking a button to open a new Activity using this method:
setContentView(R.layout.activity_comunidades01)
This is not how you open another activity!
This way you only change the content of the current activity, nothing else.
Use Activity.startActivity() or Activity.startActivityForResult() as described in the docs to start another activity.

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LayoutInflater Onclick Not working

I have 2 xml one main xml and one menu xml. I want to get the click event from menu xml to main xml activity. is there is any way to solve this problem.
Main Home Page
Menu Page
Now click on the menu page button event i want in my main home activity page.
I done Like this
View otherLayout = LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(R.layout.menu_layout,null);
Button tstclick = (Button) otherLayout.findViewById(R.id.textclick);
tstclick.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
//Your thing
System.exit(0);
}
});
The Activity class provides us two methods to inflate/show menu items and work with them or assign some tasks to them. They are:
onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item)
The onCreateOptionsMenu() method is responsible for creating and inflating the menu by help of MenuInflater class.
The onOptionsItemSelected() method is responsible for assigning tasks to each menu item. Each menu item is identified by help of its unique ID.
In order to show and work with menu's in any Activity, both the methods needs to be overridden as shown below:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem menuItem) {
switch (menuItem.getItemId()) {
// All your menu items will come here. Each menu item ID will become a separate case in the Switch case
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(menuItem);
}
}
}
As soon as the user clicks or taps on any menu item, the onOptionsItemSelected() method is called by the Android OS and then the ID for that particular menu item will be matched in the method. The group of statements specified in the respective case will then be executed.
For more info visit the following links:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/menus.html
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MenuInflater.html

Menu button works just ONE time

I want to show a Menu when click a specific image :
popup_but = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView2);
popup_but.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
showmen();
}
});
And the menu :
public void showmen() {
PopupMenu popup = new PopupMenu(First.this, popup_but);
popup.getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.popup, popup.getMenu());
popup.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId())
{
case R.id.men1:
//do something
return true;
case R.id.men5:
finish();
return true;
}
return true;
}
});
popup.show();
}
It. works. now i want to do the same when click the hardware menu button. so i use this code :
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
{
showmen();
}
The problem is here : when menu button clicked it just show menu for the FIRST time
Take a look in the onPrepareOptionsMenu:
On Android 2.3.x and lower, the system calls onPrepareOptionsMenu()
each time the user opens the options menu (presses the Menu button).
On Android 3.0 and higher, the options menu is considered to always be
open when menu items are presented in the action bar. When an event
occurs and you want to perform a menu update, you must call
invalidateOptionsMenu() to request that the system call
onPrepareOptionsMenu().
onCreateOptionsMenu() is called every time the hardware menu button is clicked, and if it returns true each time. What I do is, style the menu items using XML and then inflate the XML inside onCreateOptionsMenu() . Every time I click the hardware menu, the menu is inflated from XML. onPrepareOptionsMenu() is only for when you want to change the menu items during the lifecycle of the app. The problem, I think is in your implementation of showmen(). I think the PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener is called only the first time, not every time.

Shortcut to settings android

I'm interested about how is possible create a shortcut to different items of settings in android devices.
Specifically to advances settings of mobile data.
I want to do an app that allows user a quick access to switch menu 2g-3g.
I know that the app dosen't do switch, I only want the shorcut to this menu.
I don't know how It's made!
I'm very glad if somebody help me!
Thanks a lot!!!
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener
{
Button boton;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
boton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.boton);
boton.setOnClickListener(this);
}
#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;
}
#Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
if(v.getId() == R.id.boton)
{
startActivity(new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_DATA_ROAMING_SETTINGS));
}
}
}
I do this code by the explanation of Seraphim but dosen't work.
To switch to the 2G/3G settings page use this code inside the Button click handler:
startActivity(new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_DATA_ROAMING_SETTINGS));
or others, look at:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html
Other interesting are:
android.provider.Settings.ACTION_DATA_ROAMING_SETTINGS
android.provider.Settings.ACTION_NETWORK_OPERATOR_SETTINGS
android.provider.Settings.ACTION_WIRELESS_SETTINGS
android.provider.Settings.ACTION_APN_SETTINGS
i would like to suggest u that refer this three link(FIRST,SECOND,THIRD) and u would be able to change most of the settings by ur own . ANDROID SETTINGS mostly stores there respective values to this three tables.
If you want to enable or disable GPS than use
Settings.Secure.setLocationProviderEnabled(cr, LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, true);

On click interraction between screens android

I have created 2 main activity.java files in my source file.
In the first one i make the first screen appear and when i click a button i want to go
to another activity in order to get the second screen appear.
That's why i have created my MainActivity2.java file that is triggered when i click a button.
Although i have no compile errors, when i run my app it stops in the simulator and it does not even show the first screen. The code is the following :
MainActivity.java :
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Button imageButton1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.imageButton1);
imageButton1.setOnClickListener(this);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Intent i=new Intent(MainActivity.this, MainActivity2.class);
startActivity(i);
}
}
and for
MainActivity2.java :
public class MainActivity2 extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main_2);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
}
, where activity_main is my first .xml file containing the forst screen and imageButton1 is
the button i have created in my xml file that i want to go to the MainActivity2, when clicked and trigger the second activity in order to show the second screen. And activity_main_2.xml contains the second screen.
Thanks in advance.
First of all, have you declared both of the activities in the manifest file of the application? That might be the reason why the application force closes.
Secondly,
In the onClick method you should check if that button has actually been clicked by checking for the id of the button.
public void onClick(View v) {
if(v.getId()==R.id._idofImageButton_){
Intent i=new Intent(MainActivity.this, MainActivity2.class);
startActivity(i);
}
}
Hope this helps.
First of all check if you have added second Activity to AndroidManifest file. If you did, then please, provide stack trace.

Re-using Options menu code

Is there a convenient way of showing the same Options menu options in multiple Activities?
Example: In my app, I display a TV Guide in one of three ways.
Seven day guide (TabActivity with 7 tabs)
All channels 'Now showing' (ListActivity)
All shows today by start time (Activity - could be changed easily to ListActivity)
For the Options menu in the TabActivity, the code is quite simple...
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
menu.clear();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.gv_options_menu, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.view:
...
...
}
}
...but at the moment it seems I need to copy/paste it to the other two Activities which I don't like doing. If I change the Options menu code for one I'll need to do it for the other two also.
The only alternative I can think of is I have a 'helper' class (POJO) to which I could add a method and pass the context into to allow use of the getMenuInflator() method and another method I could pass the result of item.getItemId() into to process with the switch-case.
What is the normal way of having multiple Activities with the same Options menu?
Create a simple separate class with these two methods:
public class MyMenuHandler {
private Activity mActivity;
public MyMenuHandler(Activity activity) {
mActivity = activity;
}
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = mActivity.getMenuInflater();
menu.clear();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.gv_options_menu, menu);
return true;
}
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.view:
...
}
}
}
In your activities override those callback methods and redirect the call to an instance of your MyMenuHandler class:
public class MyActivity1 extends TabActivity {
private MyMenuHandler mMenuHandler;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
...
mMenuHandler = new MyMenuHandler(this);
}
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// you may also add here some items which are specific
// for one activity, not for the others
...
return mMenuHandler.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// handle selection of your specific items here,
// if none of them has been selected call mMenuHandler method
...
return mMenuHandler.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
This will let you hold in one place the code which respond to selection of your basic menu items, so there will be no need to worry about copy-pasting it to all activities which are to have the same menu.
One approach is to use inheritance with your Activities. Create a base Activity that implements the options menu methods and then each child Activity will gain that functionality. This is the recommended approach on the Android developer site:
Tip: If your application contains multiple activities and some of them provide the same Options Menu, consider creating an activity that implements nothing except the onCreateOptionsMenu() and onOptionsItemSelected() methods. Then extend this class for each activity that should share the same Options Menu. This way, you have to manage only one set of code for handling menu actions and each descendant class inherits the menu behaviors.
Unfortunately this won't work for you as you are not inheriting from Activity itself but differing subclasses of it, but that is the 'normal' way to do it.
You can encapsulate your action menu in a fragment. In this way you only need to add the fragment in the onCreate menu of your activity.
You need to call setHasOptionsMenu once the fragment is created.
To add the add fragment use a tag instead of a layout id.

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