Android How to create option Menu

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Here I tried to make option menu  but menu is not displaying on screen  so please guide me where am I doing mistake     MenuTest java  public class MenuTest extends Activity       Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu Menu menu        MenuInflater inflater getMenuInflater        inflater inflate R menu more tab menu  menu       return super onCreateOptionsMenu menu       Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected MenuItem item        switch item getItemId              case R id feeds          break      case R id friends          break      case R id about          break            return true        And my XML file is more tab menu xml   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt menu xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt   lt item     android id    id feeds      android title  Feeds   gt   lt item     android id    id friends      android title  Friends   gt   lt item     android id    id about      android title  About   gt   lt  menu gt    Please guide me

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Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu Menu menu        new MenuInflater this  inflate R menu folderview options  menu       return  super onCreateOptionsMenu menu        Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected MenuItem item         if  item getItemId      R id locationListRefreshLocations            Cursor temp   helper getEmployee active employeeId           String   matches   new String 1           if  temp moveToFirst                  matches 0    helper getEmployerID temp                     temp close                           startRosterReceiveBackgroundTask matches         else if  item getItemId    R id locationListPrefs            startActivity new Intent this  PreferencesUnlockScreen class            return true                       return super onOptionsItemSelected item

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IF your Device is running Android v 4 1 2 or before  the menu is not displayed in the action-bar  But it can be accessed through the Menu- hardware -Button

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Change your onCreateOptionsMenu method to return true  To quote the docs      You must return true for the menu to be displayed  if you return false it will not be shown

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you can create options menu like below   Menu XML code    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt menu xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns app  http   schemas android com apk res-auto  gt        lt item         android id    id Menu AboutUs          android icon   drawable ic about us over black          android title  About US   gt       lt item         android id    id Menu LogOutMenu          android icon   drawable ic arrow forward black          android title  Logout   gt   lt  menu gt    How you can get the menu from MENU XML Convert menu XML to java     Override     public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu Menu menu            getMenuInflater   inflate R menu my options menu menu           return super onCreateOptionsMenu menu           How to get Selected Item from Menu    Override     public boolean onOptionsItemSelected  NonNull MenuItem item            switch  item getItemId                  case R id Menu AboutUs                    About US                 break               case R id Menu LogOutMenu                    Do Logout                 break                    return super onOptionsItemSelected item

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public class MenuTest extends Activity         Override     public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu Menu menu            MenuInflater inflater   getMenuInflater            inflater inflate R menu more tab menu  menu               return true so that the menu pop up is opened         return true             and don t forget to press the menu button or icon on Emulator or device

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please see      private int group1Id   1   int homeId   Menu FIRST  int profileId   Menu FIRST  1  int searchId   Menu FIRST  2  int dealsId   Menu FIRST  3  int helpId   Menu FIRST  4  int contactusId   Menu FIRST  5    Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu Menu menu        menu add group1Id  homeId  homeId      setIcon R drawable home menu       menu add group1Id  profileId  profileId      setIcon R drawable profile menu       menu add group1Id  searchId  searchId      setIcon R drawable search menu       menu add group1Id  dealsId  dealsId      setIcon R drawable deals menu       menu add group1Id  helpId  helpId      setIcon R drawable help menu       menu add group1Id  contactusId  contactusId      setIcon R drawable contactus menu        return super onCreateOptionsMenu menu        Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected MenuItem item        switch  item getItemId          case 1             write your code here         Toast msg   Toast makeText MainHomeScreen this   Menu 1   Toast LENGTH LONG           msg show            return true       case 2             write your code here         return true       case 3             write your code here         return true       case 4             write your code here         return true       case 5             write your code here         return true       case 6             write your code here         return true       default          return super onOptionsItemSelected item

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The previous answers have covered the traditional menu used in android  Their is another option you can use if you are looking for an alternative  https   github com AnshulBansal Android-Pulley-Menu  Pulley menu is an alternate to the traditional Menu which allows user to select any option for an activity intuitively  The menu is revealed by dragging the screen downwards and in that gesture user can also select any of the options

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import android app Activity  import android os Bundle  import android view    import android widget     public class AndroidWalkthroughApp2 extends Activity           Called when the activity is first created          Override     public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout main               Override     public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu Menu menu               show menu when menu button is pressed         MenuInflater inflater   getMenuInflater            inflater inflate R menu options menu  menu           return true              Override     public boolean onOptionsItemSelected MenuItem item               display a message when a button was pressed         String message               if  item getItemId      R id option1                message    You selected option 1                      else if  item getItemId      R id option2                message    You selected option 2                      else               message    Why would you select that                           show message via toast         Toast toast   Toast makeText this  message  Toast LENGTH LONG           toast show             return true

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Good Day I was checked And if You choose Empty Activity  You Don t have build in Menu functions For Build in You must choose Basic Activity In this way You Activity will run onCreateOptionsMenu  Or if You work in Empty Activity from start Chenge in styles xml the

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Replace return super onCreateOptionsMenu menu   with return true  in your onCreateOptionsMenu method This will help  And you should also have the onCreate method in your activity

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Android UI programming is a little bit tricky  To enable the Options menu  in addition to the code you wrote  we also need to call setHasOptionsMenu true  in your overriden method OnCreate    Hope this will help you out

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