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Lunchbox
Lunchbox

Reputation: 1550

Actionbar menu onclick

Is there any way to use the standard menu button in the action bar to do something? In my case a sliding menu, I already have code that works in the onClick of a normal button. I just want to use the menu button in the action bar instead. Is this possible? Or will I have to customize the action bar and not use the button that is already there?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 628

Answers (1)

Benito Bertoli
Benito Bertoli

Reputation: 25793

I believe you mean the ActionBar Home icon.

First you have to enable it

getActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);

Then you have to handle the event

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item)
{
    switch (item.getItemId())
    {
    case android.R.id.home:
        //do your work
        return true;

    default:
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
}

FYI if you want to follow the Navigation drawer pattern you should read this tutorial.

Upvotes: 1

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