just override onCreateOptionsMenu like this in your MainPage.java @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, menu); return true; }
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
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 … Read more
This is currently not possible. See the response directly from Android developers Reto Meier and Roman Nurik during the Android Developer Office Hours: http://youtu.be/pBmRCBP56-Q?t=55m50s
Please try to set setBackgroundDrawable on PopupWindow that should close the window if you touch outside of it.
Update: To create a popup menu in android with Kotlin refer my answer here. To create a popup menu in android with Java: Create a layout file activity_main.xml under res/layout directory which contains only one button. Filename: activity_main.xml <RelativeLayout xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android” xmlns:tools=”http://schemas.android.com/tools” android:layout_width=”match_parent” android:layout_height=”match_parent” android:paddingBottom=”@dimen/activity_vertical_margin” android:paddingLeft=”@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin” android:paddingRight=”@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin” android:paddingTop=”@dimen/activity_vertical_margin” tools:context=”.MainActivity” > <Button android:id=”@+id/button1″ android:layout_width=”wrap_content” android:layout_height=”wrap_content” android:layout_alignParentLeft=”true” android:layout_alignParentTop=”true” … Read more
The previously posted answer is OK, generally speaking. But it basically removes the default behaviour of the Overflow menu. Things like how many icons can be displayed on different screen-sizes and then they dropped off into the overflow menu when they can’t be displayed. By doing the above you remove a lot of important functionality. … Read more
I created my own menu class. It maybe isn’t exactly what you want but it should hopefully get you started. Here is the article I published and a downloadable link to the source code. http://www.codeproject.com/KB/android/AndroidMenusMyWay.aspx
Get a MenuItem pointing to such item, call setVisible on it to adjust its visibility and then call invalidateOptionsMenu() on your activity so the ActionBar menu is adjusted accordingly. Update: A MenuItem is not a regular view that’s part of your layout. Its something special, completely different. Your code returns null for item and that’s … Read more
In case people are still visiting for a working solution, here is what worked for me:– This is for Appcompat support library. This is in continuation to ActionBar styling explained here Following is the styles.xml file. <resources> <!– Base application theme. –> <style name=”AppTheme” parent=”Theme.AppCompat.Light”> <!– This is the styling for action bar –> <item … Read more