Android dynamic navigation drawer menu items

Question

I want to populate menu of Android navigation drawer.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true" tools:openDrawer="start">

    <include layout="@layout/app_bar_bbnavigation_drawer" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" />

    <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView android:id="@+id/nav_view"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="start" android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
        app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header_bbnavigation_drawer"
        **app:menu="@menu/activity_bbnavigation_drawer_drawer"** />

</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

How should I do that?

Answer 1

You can get the menu using getMenu() method of NavigationView and then using the menu instance, you can perform operations like:

• Finding particular item by using findItem(int id)
• Getting particular item from the particular index by using getItem(int index)