>A menu resource defines an application menu (Options Menu, Context Menu, or submenu) that can be inflated withMenuInflater
.
>EXAMPLE:
res/menu/example_menu.xml
:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <item android:id="@+id/item1" android:title="@string/item1" android:icon="@drawable/group_item1_icon" android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"/> <group android:id="@+id/group"> <item android:id="@+id/group_item1" android:onClick="onGroupItemClick" android:title="@string/group_item1" android:icon="@drawable/group_item1_icon" /> <item android:id="@+id/group_item2" android:onClick="onGroupItemClick" android:title="@string/group_item2" android:icon="@drawable/group_item2_icon" /> </group> <item android:id="@+id/submenu" android:title="@string/submenu_title" android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText" > <menu> <item android:id="@+id/submenu_item1" android:title="@string/submenu_item1" /> </menu> </item> </menu>
The following application code inflates the menu from the onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu)
callback and also declares the on-click callback for two of the items:
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.example_menu, menu);
return true;
}
public void onGroupItemClick(MenuItem item) {
// One of the group items (using the onClick attribute) was clicked
// The item parameter passed here indicates which item it is
// All other menu item clicks are handled by onOptionsItemSelected()
}
Note: The android:showAsAction
attribute is available only on Android 3.0 (API Level 11) and greater.