[android] Hide/Show Action Bar Option Menu Item for different fragments

I have a Sherlock Fragment Activity in which there are 3 Fragments.

Fragment A, Fragment B, Fragment C are three fragments. I want to show a done option menu in Fragment B only.

And the activity is started with Fragment A. When Fragment B is selected done button is added.

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setHasOptionsMenu(true);
}

@Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
    if(!menusInflated){
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.security, menu);
        menusInflated=true;
    }

    super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
}

When I again start Fragment A I want to options Menu DONE (which was set at Fragment B) for this I am doing like this

setHasOptionsMenu(false);
MenuItem item = (MenuItem) menu.findItem(R.id.done_item);
item.setVisible(false);

But this is not hiding at all, also it is giving NullPointerException when Activity if first started with Fragment A.

Please let me know what is the problem.

Hello I got the best solution of this, suppose if u have to hide a particular item at on create Menu method and show that item in other fragment. I am taking an example of two menu item one is edit and other is delete. e.g menu xml is as given below:

sell_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/action_edit"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_edit_white_shadow_24dp"
    app:showAsAction="always"
    android:title="Edit" />

<item
    android:id="@+id/action_delete"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_delete_white_shadow_24dp"
    app:showAsAction="always"
    android:title="Delete" />

Now Override the two method in your activity & make a field variable mMenu as:

  private Menu mMenu;         //  field variable    


  @Override
  public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.sell_menu, menu);
    this.mMenu = menu;

    menu.findItem(R.id.action_delete).setVisible(false);
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
  }

 @Override
 public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    if (item.getItemId() == R.id.action_delete) {
       // do action
        return true;
    } else if (item.getItemId() == R.id.action_edit) {
      // do action
        return true;
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
 }

Make two following method in your Activity & call them from fragment to hide and show your menu item. These method are as:

public void showDeleteImageOption(boolean status) {
    if (menu != null) {
        menu.findItem(R.id.action_delete).setVisible(status);
    }
}

public void showEditImageOption(boolean status) {
    if (menu != null) {
        menu.findItem(R.id.action_edit).setVisible(status);
    }
}

That's Solve from my side,I think this explanation will help you.

MenuItem Import = menu.findItem(R.id.Import);
  Import.setVisible(false)

By setting the Visibility of all items in Menu, the appbar menu or overflow menu will be Hide automatically

Example

 private Menu menu_change_language;
 ...
 ...
 @Override
 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    ...
    ...
    menu_change_language = menu;
   menu_change_language.findItem(R.id.menu_change_language).setVisible(true);

    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

Before going to other fragment use bellow code:

if(menu_change_language != null){                 
 menu_change_language.findItem(R.id.menu_change_language)
  .setVisible(false);
}

To show action items (action buttons) in the ActionBar of fragments where they are only needed, do this:

Lets say you want the save button to only show in the fragment where you accept input for items and not in the Fragment where you view a list of items, add this to the OnCreateOptionsMenu method of the Fragment where you view the items:

public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {

    if (menu != null) {

        menu.findItem(R.id.action_save_item).setVisible(false);
    }
}

NOTE: For this to work, you need the onCreate() method in your Fragment (where you want to hide item button, the item view fragment in our example) and add setHasOptionsMenu(true) like this:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setHasOptionsMenu(true);
}

Might not be the best option, but it works and it's simple.

This will work for sure I guess...

// Declare
Menu menu;
MenuItem menuDoneItem;

// Then in your onCreateOptionMenu() method write the following...
@Override
    public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
        this.menu=menu;
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.secutity, menu);
            }

// In your onOptionItemSelected() method write the following...
@Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
            case R.id.done_item:
                this.menuDoneItem=item;
                someOperation();
                return true;
            default:
                return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
        }
    }

// Now Making invisible any menu item...
public void menuInvisible(){
setHasOptionsMenu(true);// Take part in populating the action bar menu
            menuDoneItem=(MenuItem)menu.findItem(R.id.done_item);
                menuRefresh.setVisible(false); // make true to make the menu item visible.
}

//Use the above method whenever you need to make your menu item visible or invisiable

You can also refer this link for more details, it is a very useful one.

Even though the question is old and answered. There is a simpler answer to that than the above mentioned. You don't need to use any other variables. You can create the buttons on action bar whatever the fragment you want, instead of doing the visibility stuff(show/hide).

Add the following in the fragment whatever u need the menu item.

public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
    super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
}

Sample menu.xml file:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_addFlat"
        android:icon="@drawable/add"
        android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
        android:title="@string/action_addFlat"/>
</menu>

Handling onclick events is as usual.

Try this

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu){
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.custom_actionbar, menu);
    menu.setGroupVisible(...);
}

You can make a menu for each fragment, and a global variable that mark which fragment is in use now. and check the value of the variable in onCreateOptionsMenu and inflate the correct menu

 @Override
     public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
         if (fragment_it == 6) {
             MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
             inflater.inflate(R.menu.custom_actionbar, menu);
         }
     } 

Try this...

You don't need to override onCreateOptionsMenu() in your Fragment class again. Menu items visibility can be changed by overriding onPrepareOptionsMenu() method available in Fragment class.

 @Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setHasOptionsMenu(true);
}
@Override
public void onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).setVisible(false);
    super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}

Late to the party but the answers above didn't seem to work for me.

My first tab fragment (uses getChildFragmentManager() for inner tabs) has the menu to show a search icon and uses android.support.v7.widget.SearchView to search within the inner tab fragment but navigating to other tabs (which also have inner tabs using getChildFragmentManager()) would not remove the search icon (as not required) and therefore still accessible with no function, maybe as I am using the below (ie outer main tabs with each inner tabs)

getChildFragmentManager(); 

However I use the below in my fragments containing/using the getChildFragmentManager() for inner tabs.

    //region onCreate
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setRetainInstance(true);

    //access setHasOptionsMenu()
    setHasOptionsMenu(true);

    }
    //endregion onCreate

and then clear the menu item inside onPrepareOptionsMenu for fragments(search icon & functions)

    @Override
    public void onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

    super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);

    //clear the menu/hide the icon & disable the search access/function ...
    //this will clear the menu entirely, so rewrite/draw the menu items after if needed
    menu.clear();

    }

Works well and navigating back to the tab/inner tab with the search icon functions re displays the search icon & functions.

Hope this helps...