Working with a Xoom Tablet and the menu(options) button on the bottom of the screen does not light up (is not active).
Any suggestions?
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu (Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.option_menu, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle item selection
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.about:
about();
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
private void about() {
AlertDialog alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(this).create();
alertDialog.setTitle("About");
alertDialog.setMessage("App v1.0");
alertDialog.setButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
// here you can add functions
}
});
alertDialog.setIcon(R.drawable.icon);
alertDialog.show();
}
The menu key shown on the system bar in Android 3.0+ is a compatibility feature for running older apps. Setting targetSdkVersion="10" means you are not developing an app that targets Android 3.0+ and the system will adjust compatibility behavior for your app accordingly.
If you are truly writing an app to run on Android 3.0+ tablets you will not have a menu key on the system bar. Forget about it. Put it out of your mind. :) Abusing compatibility features in this way explicitly breaks Android UI design guidelines. The action bar will present your activity's options menu if present. If you do not have an action bar in your activity you should present options using some other on-screen affordance.
I figured it out..
My target and min Sdk was:
android:targetSdkVersion="11"
android:minSdkVersion="11"
Changed to:
android:targetSdkVersion="11"
android:minSdkVersion="10"
Menu button doesn't work on 11 and up.
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For the first time i use the contextual actionbar. When i click in the item of my ListView i want have the possibility to share that item in some way (whatsapp/mail/gmail/drive etc etc..). I'm trying in with this method but no works:
the menu layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:id="#+id/shareButton"
android:actionProviderClass="android.widget.ShareActionProvider"
android:title="#string/share"
android:showAsAction="always"/>
</menu>
The contextual actionbar class:
public class CABMode implements ActionMode.Callback {
private ShareActionProvider mshare;
#Override
public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
mode.getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.cab, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
// don't need to do anything
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode mode, MenuItem item) {
mshare = (ShareActionProvider) item.getActionProvider();
mshare.setShareIntent(Share());
return true;
}
#Override
public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode mode) {
Mode = null;
}
public Intent Share() {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intent.setType("text/plain");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Share");
return intent;
}
}
Well, the contextual actionbar it opens well when i do an long click, but the share button in the actionbar doesn't work. When i say "not works" i mean that seems not clickable. Nothing works when i click over the item. Nothing appears. What i want it's open the multiple share ways. Thanks
When i say "not works" i mean that seems not clickable
ActivityChooserView, the action view ShareActionProvider returns, disables the "share" button when there are no items to display, which in your case if because you're setting up ShareActionProvider incorrectly. All of the "on click" events are handled internally, you won't receive any callbacks to ActionMode.Callback.onActionItemClicked.
Rather than settings it up in ActionMode.Callback.onActionItemClicked, move that code into ActionMode.Callback.onCreateActionMode and call Menu.findItem to initialize it.
#Override
public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
mode.getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.cab, menu);
final MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.your_share_action_provider_id);
mshare = (ShareActionProvider) item.getActionProvider();
mshare.setShareIntent(Share());
return true;
}
I am using Google My Tracks code from here in my app.
Although in the app itselfthe menu bar is visible. when I integrate it in my app I cannot see the menu bar.
The code is exactly the same.
In the following code I cannot see the system.out.println message.
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
System.out.println("Menu created");
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.track_list, menu);
menu.findItem(R.id.track_list_feedback)
.setVisible(ApiAdapterFactory.getApiAdapter().isGoogleFeedbackAvailable());
searchMenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.track_list_search);
ApiAdapterFactory.getApiAdapter().configureSearchWidget(this, searchMenuItem, trackController);
startGpsMenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.track_list_start_gps);
refreshMenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.track_list_refresh);
exportAllMenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.track_list_export_all);
importAllMenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.track_list_import_all);
deleteAllMenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.track_list_delete_all);
return true;
}
If it makes any difference, in all my other activities except the ones imported from this project, I do not use the menu bar.
If this code resides inside a Fragment, make sure you call setHasOptionsMenu(true) in onCreate() method of this Fragment.
I'm trying to make the actionbar menu (onCreateOptionsMenu) open ONLY on a long-click. How would I achieve this? At the moment I have it working for just a single short press/click using the following code:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
// TODO: Only onlongclick should the menu be revealed
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.my_menu_id, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.menu_home:
open_home();
return true;
case R.id.menu_how_to:
open_how_to();
return true;
case R.id.menu_rate:
open_rate();
return true;
case R.id.menu_about:
open_about();
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
I'd like the menu to ONLY open for a long click (sort of like a hidden/trick feature). I've looked into onLongClickListener but can't get it to work. Thanks for your help! Really appreciate it.
I ended up figuring this one out myself. There's 2 ways of doing it. Either a context menu or a alert dialog menu. The alert dialog menu allow icons whereas the context menu does not.
See my answer here:
Open Actionbar Menu on Longclick - Android
I'm using sherlock action bar.
I have 2 items on the action bar. When the item is chosen (active), I want to change the icon's image.
This is my code on Java
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu (Menu menu){
MenuInflater inflater = getSupportMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menutes, menu);
todaySched=menu.findItem(R.id.todaySched);
if(todaySched.isEnabled()){
todaySched.setIcon(R.drawable.calendarselected);
}
return true;
}
but when I do this the icon become double, and the icon won't change neither.
Can someone help?
Use the on onOptionsItemSelected method
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.todaySched:
// put your code here to change the icon
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
you may need to include the correct namespace for the ActionBar Sherlock library to ensure it Overrides the correct menu item. So the start of the method will look like this:
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(com.actionbarsherlock.view.MenuItem item)
I'm trying to get my options menu to show up in the new Android 3.0 system bar. I can get this behavior to work with the Notepadv3 tutorial. However, when implementing nearly the identical functions, the menu shows in the above action bar, but not the system bar. Any ideas?
Attached is the appropriate code for my application:
public class AACUser extends Activity {
private static final int ADMIN_ID = Menu.FIRST;
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
menu.add(0, ADMIN_ID, 0, R.string.menu_admin);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onMenuItemSelected(int featureId, MenuItem item) {
switch(item.getItemId()) {
case ADMIN_ID:
enterAdminMode();
return true;
default:
return super.onMenuItemSelected(featureId, item);
}
}
}
I've also tried implementing these menu functions as recomended by the creating menu documentation:
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.user_menu, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle item selection
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.menu_adminMode:
enterAdminMode();
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
but no difference: it still displays the option in the overflow of the action bar, but not the system bar.
As of Android 3.0, the options menu is not required (if not deprecated). If you target API 11 (Android 3.0) or later, it is assumed that your app will work without an options menu, so the system bar will not display one. The options menu in the system bar is only there for backwards compatibility with old applications. New applications should have another affordance for accessing options, such as that provided by the action bar.
I think that the menu button in the system bar is for backward compatibility purposes only. So if you want to design your app for Honeycomb then the menu should be and will be in the action bar.