Do you know how to rename existing menu ?
I can rename when press menu item. But I don't know how to access to menu item when press the button.
Please advice.
It would be good if you can clarify the question a little, but each time the user presses the Menu on their Android device while inside one of your activities, the onPrepareOptionsMenu method is called. The first time the menu is shown (i.e. only once), the onCreateOptionsMenu method is called.
Basically, the onPrepareOptionsMenu method is where you should make any changes such as enabling/disabling certain menu items, or changing the menu item text depending on the circumstances.
As an example:
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Check current message count
boolean haveMessages = mMessageCount != 0;
// Set 'delete' menu item state depending on count
MenuItem deleteItem = menu.findItem(R.id.menu_delete);
deleteItem.setTitle(haveMessages ? R.string.delete : R.string.no_messages);
deleteItem.setEnabled(haveMessages);
return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}
Use MenuItem.setTitle(). If this isn't what you needed, you have to be more specific.
The onPrepareOptionsMenu is the proper place to make changes to menuitems.
Related
I am having Viewpager with 3 fragments. I want to show menu in only one of the fragments.
1st, I don't know why toolbar.inflateMenu doesn't work.
2nd, the menu works, if I have onPrepareOptionsMenu method and do
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.add_user, menu); but the menu is displayed in all the fragments.
So, according to other questions in stack overflow, I implemented the below code, but it doesn't show the menu, it enters the method but menu is not shown.
override fun onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu: Menu?): Boolean {
//getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.add_user, menu);
info("Menu=>${tabs_viewpager.currentItem}")
val menuItem = menu?.findItem(R.id.addUserMenu)
menuItem?.setVisible(tabs_viewpager.currentItem == 1)
return true
}
The control comes to this method and shows currentItem. But it doesn't display the menu. Menu is there with id. Can someone direct me what can I correct to get this work?
try calling setHasOptionsMenu(true); in oncreate() of the fragments where you want the menu to show (you can set it to false in the fragments where you do not want the menu to show).
also include:
#Override
public void onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
// your code
}
in the fragments where you want to set/change the menu. this is called everytime before the menu is shown.
you can also call invalidateOptionsMenu() or supportInvalidateOptionsMenu() (if you're using the support library) to force onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu) to be called.
you may want to check out this menus tutorial
good luck
clive
I have a Toolbar being used as an ActionBar with two items. I only want to ever display one at a time as they kind of replace each other. The problem is that when i replace a Fragment, it call onCreateOptionsMenu and will inflate the menu again, meaning that the same action button will be shown, even if the other one was previously in the ActionBar. I have to need to change anything in the ActionBar from my Fragments or when a new Fragment is displayed(with FragmentManager.FragmentTransaction.replace()). So my question is how do I not call onCreateOptionsMenu when a new fragment is displayed?
I can't use a boolean because I will still need it to reinflate on orientation change. And any advice on how to handle orentation change for my situation?
I can post code, but it seems more conceptual and I'm not sure that it would help.
I solved the problem by instead of not calling onCreateOptionsMenu, I added the items to my menu manually.
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
boolean refreshVisible;
if (refreshItem != null && refreshItem.isVisible()){//is being displayed prior to inflation
refreshVisible = true;
}else if (refreshItem == null){//it's null so the menu has never been created
refreshVisible = true;
}else {//it's not null and invisibe, other icon was being displayed
refreshVisible = false;
}
menu.clear();//clear menu so there are no duplicate or overlapping icons
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);//inflate menu
refreshItem = menu.findItem(R.id.refresh);
useDataItem = menu.findItem(R.id.use_data);
refreshItem.setVisible(refreshVisible);//if menu is being created for first time or item was previously visible, then display this item
useDataItem.setVisible(!refreshVisible);//display this item if not displaying other
return true;
}
I would fiddle with the onPrepareOptionsMenu hook. If you can detect that your menu should not be shown you should jest return false from there. Per documentation:
Prepare the Screen's standard options menu to be displayed. This is called right before the menu is shown, every time it is shown. You can use this method to efficiently enable/disable items or otherwise dynamically modify the contents.
and
You must return true for the menu to be displayed; if you return false it will not be shown.
You can call setHasOptionsMenu(false); inside your fragment.
This will prevent onCreateOptionsMenu() from being called when that fragment added.
I want to change one of my Action Bar Menu Tab Labels depending on the state of a variable in my code. I found the following that describes how to use onPrepareMenuOptions() for this purpose, but my problem is that onPrepareMenuOptions() is being called after I change the variable that controls the label state.
How can I alter a MenuItem on the Options Menu on Android?
As specific as I can be, I have a dialogFragment that's brought up when the user selects the relevant Action Bar item. The dialog allows the user to change a parameter, and depending on value selected, I want to change the AB item label (but not the code associated with either the AB item or the dialogFragment it starts up.
Is there something I should be doing (perhaps in the dialog's onDismiss() method) to force my application to call onPrepareMenuOptions()??
In response to Nate's request, my activity has the following code:
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu (Menu menu)
{
getMenuInflater().inflate (R.menu.app_menu, menu);
this.abMenu = menu;
this.varTab = abMenu.findItem (R.id.menu_varTab);
// Need to be able to change this label
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu (menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu (Menu menu)
{
varTab.setTitle (0 == importantVariable
? ("Set Var")
: ("Set Var\n" + String.valueOf (importantVariable)) + " units");
return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu (menu);
}
Following good advice, I added act.invalidateOptionsMenu() to the onDismiss() method of the dialogFragment associated with this menu item, and now the onPrepareOptionsMenu() is called when it should.
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().
I believe - if you are using tabs in your action bar, that something like this should work:
bar.getTabAt(0).setText("Some new Sequence");
Our UX asks for a button to start multi-choice mode. this would do the same thing as long-pressing on an item, but would have nothing selected initially.
What I'm seeing in the code is that I cannot enter multi-choice mode mode unless I have something selected, and if I unselect that item, multi-choice mode exits (contextual action bar closes).
I've also tried this in other apps (gmail), and it works the same way.
Is there a way to be in multi-select mode, with no items selected?
It's very hacky, but I've done this by having an item selected, but making it look like it's not selected, by making the background temporarily transparent. When an item is then selected by the user, the secretly-selected item is deselected and the background restored to normal. Or, if it's the secretly-selected item which is selected (thus deselecting it), I reselect it, then set a boolean to stop it happening again.
I also had to use a counter in onItemCheckedStateChanged, as I was changing the checked state of the secret item from within that callback, resulting in a loop.
Probably not an ideal solution for all cases, but I don't think there's another way to do it at the moment, since AbsListView can't easily be extended.
Edit: if the screen orientation changes while the selected state of the selected item is hidden, it will suddenly be shown as being selected, so you have to make sure to save the fact that it should be hidden, and restore it after the listview is recreated. I had to use the View post() method to ensure the restoration happened after the listview had finished redrawing all its child items after the configuration change.
Edit: another potential issue is if the user tries to carry out an action while there are supposedly no items selected. As far as the application knows there is an item selected so it will carry out the action on that item, unless you make sure it doesn't.
Just call:
mListView.setItemChecked(-1, true);
ListView's actionMode will be started without selecting any list element.
Make sure you've properly set your ListView before call:
mListView.setMultiChoiceModeListener( ... )
mListView.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
or
mListView.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_SINGLE);
You just have to use :
listView.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
listView.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_SINGLE);
If you want to change the action bar, call this from your activity:
startActionMode(new ActionMode.Callback {
#Override
public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
return false;
}
#Override
public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode mode) {
}
#Override
public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode mode, MenuItem item) {
return false;
}
});
I have an Options menu up and running in my Android application and I've overridden the onCreateOptionsMenu, onOptionsItemSelected and onPrepareOptionsMenu methods to customize the menu a little.
My question is related to keeping the Options menu open after the user clicks on a menu item. Basically, I'd like to be able to hide the menu until the user clicks on the device menu key. Once the user clicks on this key, I'd like to be able to hold the menu in place regardless of how many times the user clicks on menu items. If the user wants to hide the Options menu, they'd just need to click on the device menu key again.
Is this type of interaction supported (or even advisable). If this interaction is not supported, any alternative suggestions are more than welcome.
Cheers!
Sean
This will not be possible with onCreateOptionsMenu and the other methods. They always act that way.
But you can do it another way. But there you have to program the whole menu yourself. Basically add the Menu in your layout.xml and let it be hidden (visibility = gone). Then you overwrite the methods onKeyDown. There you check if it is the Menu key. if the menu is not yet open yes, then you show the menu. If it is open already, you hide it.
should not be too difficult. Good thing as well is, that you can make the menu look exactly the way you want and as well let it react the way you want.
For anybody like me, who found this question in google:
To keep menu open after selecting item, you need this code:
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
item.setChecked(!item.isChecked());
item.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW);
item.setActionView(new View(this));
item.setOnActionExpandListener(new MenuItem.OnActionExpandListener() {
#Override
public boolean onMenuItemActionExpand(MenuItem item) {
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onMenuItemActionCollapse(MenuItem item) {
return false;
}
});
return false;
}
Important to return false in onOptionsItemSelected and methods of OnActionExpandListener
This solution from #MayurGajra. More details here: How to hold the overflow menu after I click it？