1. Pre API 2.3
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
menu.add(0, ABOUT, 1, "About");
setMenuBackgroud();
return true;
}
private void setMenuBackgroud() {
getLayoutInflater().setFactory(new Factory() {
@Override
public View onCreateView(String name, Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
if (name.equals("com.android.internal.view.menu.IconMenuItemView")) {
LayoutInflater f = getLayoutInflater();
try {
final View view = f.createView(name, null, attrs);
new Handler().post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
view.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.background);
}
});
return view;
} catch (InflateException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
return null;
}
});
}
2. Post API 2.3
可以采用自定义Style的方式实现,以ActionBar的MenuItem为例,本例子兼顾了4.0及以上 直接使用ActionBar的情况,和4.0以下使用support库,如AppCompat库的情况,关键点为红色标记部分
<style name="ActionBar.Dark" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar">
<item name="android:actionBarItemBackground">@drawable/action_bar_item_background</item>
<!-- Support library compatibility -->
<item name="actionBarItemBackground">@drawable/action_bar_item_background</item>
</style>