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JDurstberger
JDurstberger

Reputation: 4255

Create Menu when clicking on ActionBar-Button

I am very new to android-apps and I couldn't find an answer to my problem.

I created an ActionBar-Button (the one with the 3 dots) for my settings.

What I want to create is such a little "drop down menu" when I click that Button. For Example: I go to "People"-App -> Click the 3 Dots in the upper right Corner -> a menue with the options "Delete Contacts", "Send Contacts" ... shows up.

I want to create that little menue

I think those are called ContextMenu but I dont'know how to create one. This is my OnOptionsItemSelected, do I have to create the Menu here? and how?

    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
    // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
    // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
    int id = item.getItemId();
    if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
        //Create ContextMenu??
        return true;
    }
    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 100

Answers (2)

Chillosoph
Chillosoph

Reputation: 26

"What you mean is the default overflow-menu.
The Items will be put into the "..."-Menu when you specify the mas app:showAsAction=never or ifRoom like this:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

  <item
    android:id="@+id/action_sync"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_sync"
    app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
    android:title="@string/synchronize"/>

  <item
    android:id="@+id/action_settings"
    app:showAsAction="never"
    android:title="@string/settings"/>

</menu>

Upvotes: 1

Michael Hiebl
Michael Hiebl

Reputation: 1

The developer pages for Android describe OptionMenus http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/menus.html#options-menu.

Upvotes: 0

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