Android Menus and Sub-Menus - java

I'm having trouble creating a radio-button sub-menu that is shown when a menu item from the options menu that appears when a user presses the menu button is selected. This is what I have so far:
// Expand the options menu when the user taps their menu button
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
return true;
}
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch item.getItemId() {
case R.id.expandRadioMenu:
// Show the sub-menu and collapse the initial menu
return true;
}
}
The XML of res/menu/menu.xml is as follows:
<menu
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:visible="true"
android:enabled="true"
android:checkable="false"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_menu_mark"
android:id="#+id/expandRadioMenu"
android:title="Select"
android:titleCondensed="select">
<menu>
<group
android:enabled="true"
android:visible="false"
android:checkableBehavior="single"
android:id="#+id/radio">
<item
android:enabled="true"
android:visible="true"
android:title="Foo"
android:titleCondensed="Foo"
android:id="#+id/foo">
</item>
<item
android:enabled="true"
android:visible="true"
android:title="Bar"
android:titleCondensed="Bar"
android:id="#+id/bar">
</item>
</group>
</menu>
</item>
</menu>

I know it's not particularly appealing, but have you tried moving the sub menu into a separate .xml file? I've seen it work before, but it's not a terribly hopeful solution. I suppose it might further identify the problem though.

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Actionmode Bar doesn't cover whole titlebar

In my app I need to use the ActionMode.
I have followed several Guides and Tutorials (https://medium.com/asos-techblog/style-actionmode-on-android-5e613fa77c32, https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/menus e.g.) on implementing my Contextual Action Menu but as you can see in this image:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/ag2Mp.jpg
There is part of the titleBar still visible on the bottom. My question is if there is anything i can do to change this behaviour.
I also tried to change the style of my ActionModeBar but when i change the styling it becomes invisible (only showing the icons) and the titlebar is completely visible.
I have not made any changes to the ActionMode except the menu that contains the buttons:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item android:id="#+id/stopCab"
android:title="Stop contextual action bar"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_baseline_cancel_24"/>
<item android:id="#+id/deleteCab"
android:title="Delete selected items"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_delete_white_24dp"/>
</menu>
Initializing the ActionMode:
private ActionMode.Callback actionModeCallback = new ActionMode.Callback() {
#Override
public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode actionMode, Menu menu) {
MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater();
menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.contextual_action_bar_menu, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode actionMode, Menu menu) {
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode actionMode, MenuItem menuItem) {
switch (menuItem.getItemId()) {
case R.id.deleteCab:
//TODO: do something
return true;
case R.id.stopCab:
//TODO: do something
return true;
default:
return false;
}
}
#Override
public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode actionMode) {
FieldChooserActivity.this.actionMode = null;
}
};
And starting the ActionMode:
FieldChooserActivity.this.actionMode = startActionMode(FieldChooserActivity.this.actionModeCallback);
In my Style the AppTheme parent is Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar
And each Activity has
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
in AndroidManifest.
Maybe this is the fault why i cant change the style without the ActionMode becoming invisible.
I hope someone can help me with this matter and thanks in advance!
I found a solution that fixed my problem (where the ActionMode bar doesn't cover the Toolbar).
As i looked at the layout of my activity i saw that in the Toolbar is a height attribute called '?attr/actionBarSize':
<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/fieldChooserToolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay">
I then added the height to a custom style for my ActionMode:
<style name="ActionModeTheme" parent="AppTheme">
<item name="windowActionModeOverlay">true</item>
<item name="actionModeCloseDrawable">#drawable/ic_delete_white_24dp</item>
<item name="actionMenuTextColor">#android:color/white</item>
<item name="height">?attr/actionBarSize</item>
<item name="background">#color/colorSecondary</item>
<item name="android:src">#drawable/ic_baseline_close_24</item>
</style>
The last part was that i added following line to my AppTheme-styling:
<item name="actionModeStyle">#style/ActionModeTheme</item>
And then it worked!
The second problem where my ActionMode bar was invisible was most likely caused by adding the actionModeStyling to the AppTheme.NoActionBar.

Android action bar options menu item custom selectable background

I'm trying to use the default android action bar with a custom view:
<style name="ActionBar" parent="android:Widget.Material.ActionBar.Solid">
<item name="android:displayOptions">showCustom</item>
<item name="android:customNavigationLayout">#layout/customNavigationLayout</item>
</style>
The options menu contains a single item which should always show with text:
<item
android:id="#+id/action_cancel"
android:showAsAction="always|withText"
android:title="#string/action_cancel" />
Now I'm having the issue with the selectable background, which is still the size of an action icon:
How can I setup the action bar to apply a selectable background which fills the whole box of the item?
You can try setting the android:actionBarItemBackground attribute in styles, like so:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Material">
...
<item name="android:actionBarItemBackground">?android:selectableItemBackground</item>
</style>
Use one of the following solutions:
Solution 1:
Add <item name="actionButtonStyle">#style/ActionButtonStyle</item> to your base application theme with for exmaple:
<style name="ActionButtonStyle" parent="android:Widget.Material.Button">
<item name="android:textColor">#android:color/black</item>
<item name="android:textSize">16sp</item>
<item name="android:background">#drawable/button_background</item>
</style>
and
button_background
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_pressed="true"
android:drawable="#color/colorAccent"/>
<item android:state_focused="true"
android:drawable="#color/colorPrimaryDark"/>
<item android:drawable="#color/colorPrimary"/>
</selector>
Solution 2:
Use menuItem.setActionView to apply a custom layout to your menu item as follows:
layout_action_cancel (custom menu item layout):
<Button
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Cancel"
android:id="#+id/b_action_cancel"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#drawable/button_background">
</Button>
Then in your onCreateOptionsMenu apply the custom Layout to the menu
item:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater();
menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
LayoutInflater layoutInflater = getLayoutInflater();
View layout = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.layout_action_cancel, null, false);
menu.getItem(0).setActionView(layout);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
and in onPrepareOptionsMenu set an OnClick Listener (replacing the
onOptionsItemSelected)
#Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
View layout = menu.getItem(0).getActionView();
if(layout instanceof Button){
Button b_action_cancel = layout.findViewById(R.id.b_action_cancel);
b_action_cancel.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
//your code
}
});
}
return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}
You can try applying drawable withe selected and normal state at menu item property :
<item
android:id="#+id/action_cancel"
android:showAsAction="always|withText"
android:title="#string/action_cancel"
android:icon="#drawable/mybuttonbackground" />

How can I implement onCreateOptionsMenu on my bottomNavigationView

Hi I wouldike to know when I click on my bottomnavigationView how to display my search toolbar ?
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.toolbar_menu, menu);
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
private BottomNavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener mOnNavigationItemSelectedListener = new BottomNavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener() {
#Override
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(#NonNull MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.navigation_home:
return true;
case R.id.navigation_loope:
toolbar_menu.xml
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:title="Search"
android:id="#+id/action_search"
app:showAsAction="ifRoom|collapseActionView"
app:actionViewClass="android.support.v7.widget.SearchView"/>
</menu>
Bottom_nav_view.xml
<item
android:id="#+id/navigation_home"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_home"
android:title="#string/title_home" />
<item
android:id="#+id/navigation_loope"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_loope"
android:title="#string/title_loope"
/>
<item
android:id="#+id/navigation_take_photo"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_take_photo"
android:title="#string/title_take_photo" />
<item
android:id="#+id/navigation_public"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_public"
android:title="#string/title_public" />
</menu>
I can't actually use getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.toolbar_menu, menu) I don't know how to implement it for doing the same result when i click on my loope (R.id.navigation_loope)
EDIT : Bottom_nav_view it's for my bottom bar and toolbar_menu for my topbar. If I click on the item navigation_loop, I wouldike to show the search bar on the top.

Android Activity Menu

I wanted to create an option menu which shows up similar to Whatsapp even if the device has its own "hardware" option button. The solution I found online worked just fine until I wanted to add another action to the Bar.
Menu:
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:title=""
android:id="#+id/addViewedMovie"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_add_to_queue_black_24px"
android:showAsAction="always"
></item>
<item
android:title=""
android:id="#+id/menu_overflow"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_more_vert_white_48dp"
app:showAsAction="always">
<menu>
<item
android:id="#+id/show_settings"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/setttings"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/show_help"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/help"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/show_about"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/about"/>
</menu>
</item>
</menu>
And this in my MainActivity:
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu);
return true;
}
With this the app forces the addViewedMovie Action into an Overflow-Menu. Does anyone know how to prevent this?
Try this code and tell me if its work.. you should use app:showAsAction not android:showAsAction also you do not need to use submenu to show 3 dots.. just below code works fine also show 3 dots
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:title="Movie"
android:id="#+id/addViewedMovie"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_add_to_queue_black_24px"
app:showAsAction="always"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/show_settings"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/setttings"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/show_help"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/help"/>
<item
android:id="#+id/show_about"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:title="#string/about"/>
</menu>
Create a folder name Menu in your res folder.
menu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:myapp="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item android:id="#+id/search"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
myapp:showAsAction="ifRoom" />
<item android:id="#+id/abc"
android:title="ABC" />
<item android:id="#+id/abc1"
android:title="ABC1" />
<item android:id="#+id/abc2"
android:title="ABC2" />
</menu>
In java file put this:-
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
return true;
}
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.search:
return true;
case R.id.abc:
return true;
case R.id.abc1:
return true;
case R.id.abc2;
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
Simple.
use app instead of android as app is for design support library.
And so, in Gradle build in dependencies, you must have: compile com.android.support:design..... like that. But, I have seen that you already used it below. So,
Just use: app:showAsAction="never" instead of android:showAsAction="always" in your addViewedMovie item.
Remember: never means it will be on overflow menu item. always means is will show in action bar.
If you are using in a fragment, add below line in the onCreate
setHasOptionsMenu(true);
And two more functions
#Override public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
}
Inflate your views in the above method. Listen to the action in the below one.
#Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

How to get a thinner font in options menu android

I've tried making a option menu in my activity, and I succeed. The problem now, is that the text style is bold, and I don't know how to make it normal. I tried setting textStyle, but it had no effect.
option_menu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item android:id="#+id/AppointmentItem"
app:showAsAction="always"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_notifications_white_24dp"
android:title="Appointments"/>
<item android:id="#+id/WeekItem"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_today_24dp"
android:title="Week vooruit/achteruit"/>
<item android:id="#+id/LeerlingItem"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_person_24dp"
android:title="Leerling veranderen"/>
<item android:id="#+id/InstelllingenItem"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_settings_24dp"
android:title="Instellingen"/>
<item android:id="#+id/OverItem"
app:showAsAction="never"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_work_white_24dp"
android:title="Over ons"/>
</menu>
How I create the options menu in my mainactivity.java
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.option_menu, menu); //your file name
return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(final MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.AppointmentItem:
return true;
case R.id.WeekItem:
getWeek();
return true;
case R.id.LeerlingItem:
getLeerling();
return true;
case R.id.InstelllingenItem:
getSettings();
return true;
case R.id.OverItem:
getAbout();
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
How it looks (first) and how I want it (last):
Fixed it by changing "TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Title" to "TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Subtitle".
<style name="MyActionBar.MenuTextStyle" parent="style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Widget.ActionBar.Subtitle">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/black</item>
<item name="android:textStyle">normal</item>
<item name="android:textSize">16dp</item>
</style>
Thanks to #Rotwang for advising me to check the styles.xml

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