Contribution to the solution provided by Gaelan Bolger.
Use this code if you get a “IllegalAccessException: access to field not allowed”.
PopupMenu popup = new PopupMenu(mContext, view);
try {
Field[] fields = popup.getClass().getDeclaredFields();
for (Field field : fields) {
if ("mPopup".equals(field.getName())) {
field.setAccessible(true);
Object menuPopupHelper = field.get(popup);
Class<?> classPopupHelper = Class.forName(menuPopupHelper
.getClass().getName());
Method setForceIcons = classPopupHelper.getMethod(
"setForceShowIcon", boolean.class);
setForceIcons.invoke(menuPopupHelper, true);
break;
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
prepareMenu(popup.getMenu());
popup.show();
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