MenuItem

SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS

public static final int SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS

Always show this item as a button in an Action Bar. Use sparingly! If too many items are set to always show in the Action Bar it can crowd the Action Bar and degrade the user experience on devices with smaller screens. A good rule of thumb is to have no more than 2 items set to always show at a time.

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW

public static final int SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW

This item's action view collapses to a normal menu item. When expanded, the action view temporarily takes over a larger segment of its container.

Constant Value: 8 (0x00000008)

SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM

public static final int SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM

Show this item as a button in an Action Bar if the system decides there is room for it.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

SHOW_AS_ACTION_NEVER

public static final int SHOW_AS_ACTION_NEVER

Never show this item as a button in an Action Bar.

Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT

public static final int SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT

When this item is in the action bar, always show it with a text label even if it also has an icon specified.

Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)

collapseActionView

public abstract boolean collapseActionView ()

Collapse the action view associated with this menu item. The menu item must have an action view set, as well as the showAsAction flag SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW. If a listener has been set using setOnActionExpandListener(android.view.MenuItem.OnActionExpandListener) it will have its OnActionExpandListener#onMenuItemActionCollapse(MenuItem) method invoked. The listener may return false from this method to prevent collapsing the action view.

expandActionView

public abstract boolean expandActionView ()

Expand the action view associated with this menu item. The menu item must have an action view set, as well as the showAsAction flag SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW. If a listener has been set using setOnActionExpandListener(android.view.MenuItem.OnActionExpandListener) it will have its OnActionExpandListener#onMenuItemActionExpand(MenuItem) method invoked. The listener may return false from this method to prevent expanding the action view.

getActionProvider

public abstract ActionProvider getActionProvider ()

Gets the ActionProvider.

getActionView

public abstract View getActionView ()

Returns the currently set action view for this menu item.

getAlphabeticModifiers

public int getAlphabeticModifiers ()

Return the modifier for this menu item's alphabetic shortcut. The modifier is a combination of KeyEvent#META_META_ON, KeyEvent#META_CTRL_ON, KeyEvent#META_ALT_ON, KeyEvent#META_SHIFT_ON, KeyEvent#META_SYM_ON, KeyEvent#META_FUNCTION_ON. For example, KeyEvent#META_FUNCTION_ON|KeyEvent#META_CTRL_ON

getAlphabeticShortcut

public abstract char getAlphabeticShortcut ()

Return the char for this menu item's alphabetic shortcut.

getContentDescription

public CharSequence getContentDescription ()

Retrieve the content description associated with this menu item.

getGroupId

public abstract int getGroupId ()

Return the group identifier that this menu item is part of. The group identifier can not be changed after the menu is created.

getIcon

public abstract Drawable getIcon ()

Returns the icon for this item as a Drawable (getting it from resources if it hasn't been loaded before). Note that if you call setIconTintList(android.content.res.ColorStateList) or setIconTintMode(android.graphics.PorterDuff.Mode) on this item, and you use a custom menu presenter in your application, you have to apply the tinting explicitly on the Drawable returned by this method.

getIconTintBlendMode

public BlendMode getIconTintBlendMode ()

Returns the blending mode used to apply the tint to this item's icon, if specified.

Related XML Attributes:

• android:iconTintMode

getIconTintList

public ColorStateList getIconTintList ()

Related XML Attributes:

• android:iconTint

getIconTintMode

public PorterDuff.Mode getIconTintMode ()

Returns the blending mode used to apply the tint to this item's icon, if specified.

Related XML Attributes:

• android:iconTintMode

getIntent

public abstract Intent getIntent ()

Return the Intent associated with this item. This returns a reference to the Intent which you can change as desired to modify what the Item is holding.

getItemId

public abstract int getItemId ()

Return the identifier for this menu item. The identifier can not be changed after the menu is created.

getMenuInfo

public abstract ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo getMenuInfo ()

Gets the extra information linked to this menu item. This extra information is set by the View that added this menu item to the menu.

getNumericModifiers

public int getNumericModifiers ()

Return the modifiers for this menu item's numeric (12-key) shortcut. The modifier is a combination of KeyEvent#META_META_ON, KeyEvent#META_CTRL_ON, KeyEvent#META_ALT_ON, KeyEvent#META_SHIFT_ON, KeyEvent#META_SYM_ON, KeyEvent#META_FUNCTION_ON. For example, KeyEvent#META_FUNCTION_ON|KeyEvent#META_CTRL_ON

getNumericShortcut

public abstract char getNumericShortcut ()

Return the char for this menu item's numeric (12-key) shortcut.

getOrder

public abstract int getOrder ()

Return the category and order within the category of this item. This item will be shown before all items (within its category) that have order greater than this value.

An order integer contains the item's category (the upper bits of the integer; set by or/add the category with the order within the category) and the ordering of the item within that category (the lower bits). Example categories are Menu#CATEGORY_SYSTEM, Menu#CATEGORY_SECONDARY, Menu#CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE, Menu#CATEGORY_CONTAINER. See Menu for a full list.

getSubMenu

public abstract SubMenu getSubMenu ()

Get the sub-menu to be invoked when this item is selected, if it has one. See hasSubMenu().

getTitle

public abstract CharSequence getTitle ()

Retrieve the current title of the item.

getTitleCondensed

public abstract CharSequence getTitleCondensed ()

Retrieve the current condensed title of the item. If a condensed title was never set, it will return the normal title.

getTooltipText

public CharSequence getTooltipText ()

Retrieve the tooltip text associated with this menu item.

hasSubMenu

public abstract boolean hasSubMenu ()

Check whether this item has an associated sub-menu. I.e. it is a sub-menu of another menu.

isActionViewExpanded

public abstract boolean isActionViewExpanded ()

Returns true if this menu item's action view has been expanded.

isCheckable

public abstract boolean isCheckable ()

Return whether the item can currently display a check mark.

isChecked

public abstract boolean isChecked ()

Return whether the item is currently displaying a check mark.

isEnabled

public abstract boolean isEnabled ()

Return the enabled state of the menu item.

isVisible

public abstract boolean isVisible ()

Return the visibility of the menu item.

setActionProvider

public abstract MenuItem setActionProvider (ActionProvider actionProvider)

Sets the ActionProvider responsible for creating an action view if the item is placed on the action bar. The provider also provides a default action invoked if the item is placed in the overflow menu.

Note: Setting an action provider overrides the action view set via setActionView(int) or setActionView(android.view.View).

setActionView

public abstract MenuItem setActionView (int resId)

Set an action view for this menu item. An action view will be displayed in place of an automatically generated menu item element in the UI when this item is shown as an action within a parent.

Note: Setting an action view overrides the action provider set via setActionProvider(android.view.ActionProvider).

setActionView

public abstract MenuItem setActionView (View view)

Set an action view for this menu item. An action view will be displayed in place of an automatically generated menu item element in the UI when this item is shown as an action within a parent.

Note: Setting an action view overrides the action provider set via setActionProvider(android.view.ActionProvider).

setAlphabeticShortcut

public abstract MenuItem setAlphabeticShortcut (char alphaChar)

Change the alphabetic shortcut associated with this item. The shortcut will be triggered when the key that generates the given character is pressed along with the corresponding modifier key. The default modifier is KeyEvent#META_CTRL_ON in case nothing is specified. Case is not significant and shortcut characters will be displayed in lower case. Note that menu items with the characters '\b' or '\n' as shortcuts will get triggered by the Delete key or Carriage Return key, respectively.

See Menu for the menu types that support shortcuts.

setAlphabeticShortcut

public MenuItem setAlphabeticShortcut (char alphaChar, 
                int alphaModifiers)

Change the alphabetic shortcut associated with this item. The shortcut will be triggered when the key that generates the given character is pressed along with the modifier keys. Case is not significant and shortcut characters will be displayed in lower case. Note that menu items with the characters '\b' or '\n' as shortcuts will get triggered by the Delete key or Carriage Return key, respectively.

See Menu for the menu types that support shortcuts.

setCheckable

public abstract MenuItem setCheckable (boolean checkable)

Control whether this item can display a check mark. Setting this does not actually display a check mark (see setChecked(boolean) for that); rather, it ensures there is room in the item in which to display a check mark.

See Menu for the menu types that support check marks.

setChecked

public abstract MenuItem setChecked (boolean checked)

Control whether this item is shown with a check mark. Note that you must first have enabled checking with setCheckable(boolean) or else the check mark will not appear. If this item is a member of a group that contains mutually-exclusive items (set via Menu#setGroupCheckable(int, boolean, boolean), the other items in the group will be unchecked.

See Menu for the menu types that support check marks.

setContentDescription

public MenuItem setContentDescription (CharSequence contentDescription)

Change the content description associated with this menu item.

setEnabled

public abstract MenuItem setEnabled (boolean enabled)

Sets whether the menu item is enabled. Disabling a menu item will not allow it to be invoked via its shortcut. The menu item will still be visible.

setIcon

public abstract MenuItem setIcon (Drawable icon)

Change the icon associated with this item. This icon will not always be shown, so the title should be sufficient in describing this item. See Menu for the menu types that support icons.

setIcon

public abstract MenuItem setIcon (int iconRes)

Change the icon associated with this item. This icon will not always be shown, so the title should be sufficient in describing this item. See Menu for the menu types that support icons.

This method will set the resource ID of the icon which will be used to lazily get the Drawable when this item is being shown.

setIconTintBlendMode

public MenuItem setIconTintBlendMode (BlendMode blendMode)

Specifies the blending mode used to apply the tint specified by setIconTintList(android.content.res.ColorStateList) to this item's icon. The default mode is BlendMode#SRC_IN.

Related XML Attributes:

• android:iconTintMode

setIconTintList

public MenuItem setIconTintList (ColorStateList tint)

Applies a tint to this item's icon. Does not modify the current tint mode, which is PorterDuff.Mode#SRC_IN by default.

Subsequent calls to setIcon(android.graphics.drawable.Drawable) or setIcon(int) will automatically mutate the icon and apply the specified tint and tint mode using Drawable#setTintList(ColorStateList).

Related XML Attributes:

• android:iconTint

setIconTintMode

public MenuItem setIconTintMode (PorterDuff.Mode tintMode)

Specifies the blending mode used to apply the tint specified by setIconTintList(android.content.res.ColorStateList) to this item's icon. The default mode is PorterDuff.Mode#SRC_IN.

Related XML Attributes:

• android:iconTintMode

setIntent

public abstract MenuItem setIntent (Intent intent)

Change the Intent associated with this item. By default there is no Intent associated with a menu item. If you set one, and nothing else handles the item, then the default behavior will be to call Context.startActivity(Intent) with the given Intent.

Note that setIntent() can not be used with the versions of Menu#add that take a Runnable, because Runnable#run does not return a value so there is no way to tell if it handled the item. In this case it is assumed that the Runnable always handles the item, and the intent will never be started.

setNumericShortcut

public MenuItem setNumericShortcut (char numericChar, 
                int numericModifiers)

Change the numeric shortcut and modifiers associated with this item.

See Menu for the menu types that support shortcuts.

setNumericShortcut

public abstract MenuItem setNumericShortcut (char numericChar)

Change the numeric shortcut associated with this item.

See Menu for the menu types that support shortcuts.

setOnActionExpandListener

public abstract MenuItem setOnActionExpandListener (MenuItem.OnActionExpandListener listener)

Set an OnActionExpandListener on this menu item to be notified when the associated action view is expanded or collapsed. The menu item must be configured to expand or collapse its action view using the flag SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW.

setOnMenuItemClickListener

public abstract MenuItem setOnMenuItemClickListener (MenuItem.OnMenuItemClickListener menuItemClickListener)

Set a custom listener for invocation of this menu item. In most situations, it is more efficient and easier to use Activity#onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem) or Activity#onContextItemSelected(MenuItem).

setShortcut

public abstract MenuItem setShortcut (char numericChar, 
                char alphaChar)

Change both the numeric and alphabetic shortcut associated with this item. Note that the shortcut will be triggered when the key that generates the given character is pressed along with the corresponding modifier key. The default modifier is KeyEvent#META_CTRL_ON in case nothing is specified. Also note that case is not significant and that alphabetic shortcut characters will be handled in lower case.

See Menu for the menu types that support shortcuts.

setShortcut

public MenuItem setShortcut (char numericChar, 
                char alphaChar, 
                int numericModifiers, 
                int alphaModifiers)

Change both the numeric and alphabetic shortcut associated with this item. Note that the shortcut will be triggered when the key that generates the given character is pressed along with the corresponding modifier key. Also note that case is not significant and that alphabetic shortcut characters will be handled in lower case.

See Menu for the menu types that support shortcuts.

setShowAsAction

public abstract void setShowAsAction (int actionEnum)

Sets how this item should display in the presence of an Action Bar. The parameter actionEnum is a flag set. One of SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS, SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM, or SHOW_AS_ACTION_NEVER should be used, and you may optionally OR the value with SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT. SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT requests that when the item is shown as an action, it should be shown with a text label.

setShowAsActionFlags

public abstract MenuItem setShowAsActionFlags (int actionEnum)

Sets how this item should display in the presence of an Action Bar. The parameter actionEnum is a flag set. One of SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS, SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM, or SHOW_AS_ACTION_NEVER should be used, and you may optionally OR the value with SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT. SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT requests that when the item is shown as an action, it should be shown with a text label.

Note: This method differs from setShowAsAction(int) only in that it returns the current MenuItem instance for call chaining.

setTitle

public abstract MenuItem setTitle (CharSequence title)

Change the title associated with this item.

setTitle

public abstract MenuItem setTitle (int title)

Change the title associated with this item.

Some menu types do not sufficient space to show the full title, and instead a condensed title is preferred. See Menu for more information.

setTitleCondensed

public abstract MenuItem setTitleCondensed (CharSequence title)

Change the condensed title associated with this item. The condensed title is used in situations where the normal title may be too long to be displayed.

setTooltipText

public MenuItem setTooltipText (CharSequence tooltipText)

Change the tooltip text associated with this menu item.

setVisible

public abstract MenuItem setVisible (boolean visible)

Sets the visibility of the menu item. Even if a menu item is not visible, it may still be invoked via its shortcut (to completely disable an item, set it to invisible and disabled).