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spences10
spences10

Reputation: 590

Do I need a menu resource for each layout resource

I have an app with an action bar and menu resource folder with an menu_main.xml file in it, I suppose I'm right in assuming that each resource file should have an activity?

If not is there a way to dynamically change the android:visible="false" to android:visible="true"? Or am I going about it the wrong way?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 195

Answers (1)

A--C
A--C

Reputation: 36449

Menus are for Activities, not layouts.

To answer your question, there is a way to dynamically change the visibility. In your onCreateOptionsMenu (Menu menu) method, you can set individual menu components to be visible/invisible.

Eg.

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
  getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
  menu.findItem(R.id.myMenuItem1).setVisible(false);
}

However, I would stick with making a separate menu xml per Activity - it's small (it is just text after all), and it helps make sure that you're not mixing stuff up.

Upvotes: 1

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