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How can I dynamically create menu items?

I'm building an Android application and I'm trying to build a user management system where users can login, logout, etc. I want to display a login menu item if the user is logged out and a logout button if the user is logged in. How can I do this dynamically?
This is the layout file right now:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/add" android:title="Add" android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_add"/>
<item android:id="#+id/list" android:title="List" android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_list"/>
<item android:id="#+id/refresh" android:title="Refresh" android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_refresh"/>
<item android:id="#+id/login" android:title="Login" android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_login"/>
</menu>
This is my Java right now:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
new MenuInflater(this).inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
return(super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu));
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item)
{
System.out.println(item.getItemId()==R.id.add);
if (item.getItemId()==R.id.add)
{
//Cannot add spot unless we have obtained the users current location.
if((currentLat != 0) && (currentLng != 0))
{
System.out.println("loggedin? : " + auth.isLoggedIn());
if(!auth.isLoggedIn())
{
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "You must be logged in to add a new spot",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
else
{
Intent addIntent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, AddSpot.class);
Bundle b = new Bundle();
b.putDouble("currentLat", currentLat);
b.putDouble("currentLng", currentLng);
addIntent.putExtras(b);
startActivity(addIntent);
return(true);
}
}
}
else if(item.getItemId()==R.id.list)
{
//Pointless showing them a blank screen if nothing is retrieved from the server
if(list != null)
{
Intent listIntent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, ListLocations.class);
listIntent.putExtra("list", list);
startActivity(listIntent);
return(true);
}
}
if(item.getItemId()==R.id.refresh)
{
finish();
startActivity(getIntent());
return(true);
}
if(item.getItemId()==R.id.login)
{
Intent loginIntent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, LoginActivity.class);
startActivity(loginIntent);
return(true);
}
return(super.onOptionsItemSelected(item));
}

How to Dynamically Add Menu Items to an Android Activity
public class yourActivity extends Activity {
...
private static final int MENU_ADD = Menu.FIRST;
private static final int MENU_LIST = MENU.FIRST + 1;
private static final int MENU_REFRESH = MENU.FIRST + 2;
private static final int MENU_LOGIN = MENU.FIRST + 3;
/**
* Use if your menu is static (i.e. unchanging)
*/
/*
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
menu.add(0, MENU_ADD, Menu.NONE, R.string.your-add-text).setIcon(R.drawable.your-add-icon);
menu.add(0, MENU_LIST, Menu.NONE, R.string.your-list-text).setIcon(R.drawable.your-list-icon);
menu.add(0, MENU_REFRESH, Menu.NONE, R.string.your-refresh-text).setIcon(R.drawable.your-refresh-icon);
menu.add(0, MENU_LOGIN, Menu.NONE, R.string.your-login-text).setIcon(R.drawable.your-login-icon);
return true;
}
*/
/**
* Gets called every time the user presses the menu button.
* Use if your menu is dynamic.
*/
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
menu.clear();
if(enableAdd)
menu.add(0, MENU_ADD, Menu.NONE, R.string.your-add-text).setIcon(R.drawable.your-add-icon);
if(enableList)
menu.add(0, MENU_LIST, Menu.NONE, R.string.your-list-text).setIcon(R.drawable.your-list-icon);
if(enableRefresh)
menu.add(0, MENU_REFRESH, Menu.NONE, R.string.your-refresh-text).setIcon(R.drawable.your-refresh-icon);
if(enableLogin)
menu.add(0, MENU_LOGIN, Menu.NONE, R.string.your-login-text).setIcon(R.drawable.your-login-icon);
return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case MENU_ADD: doAddStuff(); break;
case MENU_LIST: doListStuff(); break;
case MENU_REFRESH: doRefreshStuff(); break;
case MENU_LOGIN: doLoginStuff(); break;
}
return false;
}
The following specific example adds a MENU_LOGOUT option if the user is logged in.
private static final int MENU_LOGOUT = MENU.FIRST + 4;
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
...
if(auth.isLoggedIn()) {
menu.add(0, MENU_LOGOUT, Menu.NONE, R.string.your-logout-text).setIcon(R.drawable.your-logout-icon);
}
...
}
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
...
case MENU_LOGOUT:
if(auth.isLoggedIn()) {
doLogout();
} else {
Toast.makeText(this, "You must have somehow been logged out between the time the menu button was pressed and now.", Toast.DURATION_LONG).show();
}
break;
...
}
That's all there is to it.

In my case the menu items are in the ArrayList , - try this Hope it will help u :)
public void onClick(View v)
{
PopupMenu menu = new PopupMenu(DialogCheckBox.this, v);
for (String s : limits) { // "limits" its an arraylist
menu.getMenu().add(s);
}
menu.show();
}

you can call invalidateOptionsMenu() (note:need to use compatability library like actionBarSherlock to access in case you need to support low API versions) , and then update the menu items according to the status.
there you could hide the login action item and show the logout action item.
you might also try update the icon itself but i never tried it.

private void getPopup(final TextView textView, ArrayList<String> arrayList) {
final PopupMenu popupMenu = new PopupMenu(sContext, textView);
for (int i = 0; i < arrayList.size(); i++) {
popupMenu.getMenu().add(arrayList.get(i));
}
popupMenu.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
#Override
public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {
textView.setText(item.getTitle());
return false;
}
});
popupMenu.show();
}

Simple way to create menu items :
Dynamic_PopUpMenu.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
PopupMenu menu = new PopupMenu(DialogCheckBox.this, v);
menu.getMenu().add("AGIL"); // menus items
menu.getMenu().add("AGILANBU"); // menus items
menu.getMenu().add("AGILarasan");
menu.getMenu().add("Arasan");
menu.show();
}
});
Try this :)

it's so easy
To create the menu
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
menu.add(0, i, 0, "Menu Name").setShortcut('5', 'c');
}
return true;
}
to get the details from clicked menu
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
int id = item.getItemId(); //to get the selected menu id
String name = item.getTitle(); //to get the selected menu name
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

Change menu item after selection in Android

I am trying to replace the menu item to another menu item after selection. I tried the following but it is not working as expected. Any solutions to this. thanks.
The menu.xml file is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:id="#+id/add" android:visible="true" android:enabled="true" android:title="Add"></item>
<item android:id="#+id/delete" android:visible="false" android:enabled="true" android:title="Delete"></item>
</menu>
The code inside MyActivity.java is:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.defaultmenu, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
if(isAdded) {
menu.removeItem(R.id.add);
menu.add(0, R.id.delete, 0, "Delete");
} else {
menu.removeItem(R.id.delete);
menu.add(0, R.id.add, 0, "Add");
}
return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle item selection
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.add:
isLogin = true;
return true;
case R.id.delete:
isLogin = false;
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}

To refresh your menu call invalidateOptionsMenu();
And i guess in onPrepareOptionsMenu, you can do..
if(isAdded) {
menu.findItem(R.id.add).setVisible(false);
menu.findItem(R.id.delete).setVisible(true);
return true;
} else {
menu.findItem(R.id.add).setVisible(true);
menu.findItem(R.id.delete).setVisible(false);
return true;
}
return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);

Try like this
public static final int ADD_CATEGORY_INDEX = Menu.FIRST;
public static final int DELETE_CATEGORY_INDEX= Menu.FIRST+1;
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
menu.add(0, ADD_CATEGORY_INDEX, 0, "Add");
menu.add(0, DELETE_CATEGORY_INDEX, 0, "delete");
return true;
}
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case ADD_CATEGORY_INDEX:
break;
}
case DELETE_CATEGORY_INDEX:
break;
}
return true;
}

I Changed the onPrepareOptionsMenu, now it's working fine.
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
//menu.clear();
if(isadded) {
menu.removeItem(R.id.add);
menu.removeItem(R.id.delete);
menu.add(0, R.id.delete, 0, "Delete");
} else {
menu.removeItem(R.id.add);
menu.removeItem(R.id.delete);
menu.add(0, R.id.add, 0, "Add");
}
return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}

ActionBarSherlock requesting search

I`m trying to request search from ActionBarSherlock.
My class extends SherlockListActivity.
This is how I`m adding Menu button to the ActionBar:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
menu.add("Save")
.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_action_search)
.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM |
MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT);
return true;
}
The problem is that I am unable to invoke it by id:
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch(item.getItemId()) {
case ?????: {
onSearchRequested();
return true;
}
}
return true;
}
How people usually solve this problem?
Thanks.

If you inflate you menu from an XML menu file you will set an id which you can then use in your onOptionsItemSelected method. Like this:
XML
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/menu_search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_search"
android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView" android:title="#string/search"/>
</menu>
Fragment
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.menu_search:
onSearchRequested();
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}

Also you can use
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(com.actionbarsherlock.view.Menu menu) {
menu.add(0, 1, 1, "Refresh").setIcon(R.drawable.ic_refresh).setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM);
menu.add(0, 2, 2, "Search").setIcon(R.drawable.ic_search).setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(com.actionbarsherlock.view.MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()){
case 1:
...
break;
case 2:
...
break;
}
return true;
}

android menu items do not display

there is an activity in my android application. I override the 'onCreateOptionsMenu' method, adding four menu items in the activity. But the menu items do not display. I can not figure out what is the problem. Could somebody give me an clue to fix that or explaination?
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
menu.add(0, FeaturedActivity.MENU_FEATURED, 0, R.string.menu_featured).setIcon(R.drawable.icon_tabbar_featured);
menu.add(0, FeaturedActivity.MENU_THE_DRINK, 1, R.string.menu_the_drink).setIcon(R.drawable.icon_tabbar_drinks);
menu.add(0, FeaturedActivity.MENU_PLAYER, 2, R.string.menu_player).setIcon(R.drawable.icon_tabbar_player);
menu.add(0, FeaturedActivity.MENU_SHARE, 3, R.string.menu_share).setIcon(R.drawable.icon_tabbar_share);
return true;
}

in your activity use
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.optionsmenu, menu);
return true;
}
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.info:
startActivity(new Intent(this, AboutApp.class));
return true;
case R.id.exit:
finish();
return true;
}
return false;
}
and create a folder menu in res and now create an xml in res/menu like optionsmenu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/info" android:title="Info"
android:icon="#drawable/info_menubtn" />
<item android:id="#+id/exit" android:title="Exit" />
</menu>
Hope this will work for you

remove the line super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu); and try .

#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
menu.add("this is menu");
menu.add("this is another");
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
edit into above code and add return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu); at last and remove it from first line

Android, How to create option Menu

Here I tried to make option menu, but menu is not displaying on screen, so please guide me where am I doing mistake...
MenuTest.java
public class MenuTest extends Activity {
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater=getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.more_tab_menu, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch(item.getItemId())
{
case R.id.feeds:
break;
case R.id.friends:
break;
case R.id.about:
break;
}
return true;
}
}
And my XML file is more_tab_menu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:id="#+id/feeds"
android:title="Feeds"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/friends"
android:title="Friends"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/about"
android:title="About"/>
</menu>
Please guide me,

public class MenuTest extends Activity {
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.more_tab_menu, menu);
// return true so that the menu pop up is opened
return true;
}
}
and don't forget to press the menu button or icon on Emulator or device

please see :==
private int group1Id = 1;
int homeId = Menu.FIRST;
int profileId = Menu.FIRST +1;
int searchId = Menu.FIRST +2;
int dealsId = Menu.FIRST +3;
int helpId = Menu.FIRST +4;
int contactusId = Menu.FIRST +5;
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
menu.add(group1Id, homeId, homeId, "").setIcon(R.drawable.home_menu);
menu.add(group1Id, profileId, profileId, "").setIcon(R.drawable.profile_menu);
menu.add(group1Id, searchId, searchId, "").setIcon(R.drawable.search_menu);
menu.add(group1Id, dealsId, dealsId, "").setIcon(R.drawable.deals_menu);
menu.add(group1Id, helpId, helpId, "").setIcon(R.drawable.help_menu);
menu.add(group1Id, contactusId, contactusId, "").setIcon(R.drawable.contactus_menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case 1:
// write your code here
Toast msg = Toast.makeText(MainHomeScreen.this, "Menu 1", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
msg.show();
return true;
case 2:
// write your code here
return true;
case 3:
// write your code here
return true;
case 4:
// write your code here
return true;
case 5:
// write your code here
return true;
case 6:
// write your code here
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}

Change your onCreateOptionsMenu method to return true. To quote the docs:
You must return true for the menu to be displayed; if you return false it will not be shown.

#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
new MenuInflater(this).inflate(R.menu.folderview_options, menu);
return (super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu));
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
if (item.getItemId() == R.id.locationListRefreshLocations) {
Cursor temp = helper.getEmployee(active_employeeId);
String[] matches = new String[1];
if (temp.moveToFirst()) {
matches[0] = helper.getEmployerID(temp);
}
temp.close();
startRosterReceiveBackgroundTask(matches);
} else if (item.getItemId()==R.id.locationListPrefs) {
startActivity(new Intent(this, PreferencesUnlockScreen.class));
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

you can create options menu like below:
Menu XML code:
<?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/Menu_AboutUs"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_about_us_over_black"
android:title="About US"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/Menu_LogOutMenu"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_arrow_forward_black"
android:title="Logout"/>
</menu>
How you can get the menu from MENU XML(Convert menu XML to java):
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.my_options_menu,menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
How to get Selected Item from Menu:
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(#NonNull MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()){
case R.id.Menu_AboutUs:
//About US
break;
case R.id.Menu_LogOutMenu:
//Do Logout
break;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.*;
import android.widget.*;
public class AndroidWalkthroughApp2 extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// show menu when menu button is pressed
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.options_menu, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// display a message when a button was pressed
String message = "";
if (item.getItemId() == R.id.option1) {
message = "You selected option 1!";
}
else if (item.getItemId() == R.id.option2) {
message = "You selected option 2!";
}
else {
message = "Why would you select that!?";
}
// show message via toast
Toast toast = Toast.makeText(this, message, Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
toast.show();
return true;
}
}

Replace return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu); with return true; in your onCreateOptionsMenu method
This will help
And you should also have the onCreate method in your activity

The previous answers have covered the traditional menu used in android. Their is another option you can use if you are looking for an alternative
https://github.com/AnshulBansal/Android-Pulley-Menu
Pulley menu is an alternate to the traditional Menu which allows user to select any option for an activity intuitively. The menu is revealed by dragging the screen downwards and in that gesture user can also select any of the options.

Android UI programming is a little bit tricky. To enable the Options menu, in addition to the code you wrote, we also need to call setHasOptionsMenu(true) in your overriden method OnCreate().
Hope this will help you out.

IF your Device is running Android v.4.1.2 or before,
the menu is not displayed in the action-bar.
But it can be accessed through the Menu-(hardware)-Button.

Good Day
I was checked
And if You choose Empty Activity
You Don't have build in Menu functions
For Build in You must choose Basic Activity
In this way You Activity will run onCreateOptionsMenu
Or if You work in Empty Activity from start
Chenge in styles.xml the