Functions for adding menu –
- onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
- onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item)
Explicit way –
In onCreateOptionsMenu() , add the items as :
menu.add(GroupId,itemId,order,name);
In onOptionsItemSelected() , write the following code :
int id= item.getItemId();
switch(id){
case 0:
//do the code here
case 1:
//do the code here
}
Implicit way –
Create an xml file for menu. Add items in that menu resource file.
And in onCreateOptionsMenu(), write code as :
MenuInflator inflator = getMenuInflator(); inflator.inflate(R.menu.file , menu );
Inflating a view means taking the xml file and creating the actual objects so that they are actually visible on Activity screen.
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