Creating Options menu in Android

Question

I am trying to create options menu in my Android program. I am using the following code to inflate options menu :

 @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {     
     super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);   
        MenuInflater inflater=getMenuInflater();
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.optionsmenu, menu);
        return true;
   }

And my xml code is :

?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
    android:id="@+id/Option1"
    android:title="Option1"/>
<item
    android:id="@+id/Option2"
    android:title="Option2"/>
<item
    android:id="@+id/Option3"
    android:title="Option3"/>
</menu>

But with this code i am not able to show the options menu in my screen.

Also, i am using the code

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" 

to make the activity as full screen view. Does this code creates problem in inflating the menu?

Thanks in advance,

Timson

Coiffure

This is for which Android Version? – Santalaceous

See here: #13267530 – Accolade

Answer 1

remove the line super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu); from your onCreateOptionMenu. You are actually already providing the menu before inflating it.

Septarium

I tried without super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu). but still am not getting the menu. Is it a problem with the full screen view? – Coiffure

no. it shouldn't be a problem with full screen. Clean your project and then run – Septarium

I given a Log inside the onCreateOptionsMenu method. But log is not coming in the console. So can i assume that @Override is not working? – Coiffure

are you overriding this in your activity? just thought to confirm :) – Septarium

yes. Am overriding it :) and I am using ActivityGroup in my program. Does this create any issue with menu? – Coiffure

it should work in ActivityGroup too. If you are using Activites to add inside your activitygroup then add this code to your activities rather than to group – Septarium

hmmm try adding to ActivityGroup and see, because i just tested it doing on one of my own ActivityGroup and it worked – Septarium

Answer 2

Options menu shows up by pressing the Options Menu button at the bottom of the phone

Santalaceous

Android version is 2.2. I am pressing the options menu at the bottom. But still the code is not working. – Coiffure

Answer 3

Don't call

super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);

as that will return a value before your code is executed.

Discography

Answer 4

Use this code:

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
      MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
      inflater.inflate(R.menu.options_menu, menu);
      return true;
    }

Kandace

I tried your code without "super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu); " working perfectly for me.. – Kandace