ActionMode.Callback

public interface ActionMode.Callback

Callback interface for action modes. Supplied to startSupportActionMode (Callback)}, a Callback configures and handles events raised by a user's interaction with an action mode.

An action mode's lifecycle is as follows:

Summary

Public methods
abstract boolean

Called to report a user click on an action button.
abstract boolean

Called when action mode is first created.
abstract void

Called when an action mode is about to be exited and destroyed.
abstract boolean

Called to refresh an action mode's action menu whenever it is invalidated.

Public methods

onActionItemClicked

Added in 1.1.0
abstract boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode mode, MenuItem item)

Called to report a user click on an action button.

Parameters
ActionMode mode

The current ActionMode
MenuItem item

The item that was clicked
Returns
boolean

true if this callback handled the event, false if the standard MenuItem invocation should continue.

onCreateActionMode

Added in 1.1.0
abstract boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu)

Called when action mode is first created. The menu supplied will be used to generate action buttons for the action mode.

Parameters
ActionMode mode

ActionMode being created
Menu menu

Menu used to populate action buttons
Returns
boolean

true if the action mode should be created, false if entering this mode should be aborted.

onDestroyActionMode

Added in 1.1.0
abstract void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode mode)

Called when an action mode is about to be exited and destroyed.

Parameters
ActionMode mode

The current ActionMode being destroyed

onPrepareActionMode

Added in 1.1.0
abstract boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu)

Called to refresh an action mode's action menu whenever it is invalidated.

Parameters
ActionMode mode

ActionMode being prepared
Menu menu

Menu used to populate action buttons
Returns
boolean

true if the menu or action mode was updated, false otherwise.