Setting PopupMenu menu items programmatically

Question

I have a PopupMenu and I know the usual way to associate a menu to it is to use popup.getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.my_menu, popup.getMenu()); or something of the like. My problem is, I have an array of items that I want in the menu and I need to be able to change them programmatically in Java. How can I do this?

score 149 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 09 '12 at 02:53

149

Just figured it out; for anyone who runs into this same problem you just do:

popup.getMenu().add(groupId, itemId, order, title);

for each MenuItem you want to add.

answered Dec 09 '12 at 02:53

score 47 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 12 '13 at 09:11

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Just create the popup menu registering the view the popup will show underneath and use the getMenu() method to add the values. Don't forget to call show();

PopupMenu menu = new PopupMenu(this, view);

menu.getMenu().add("titleRes");
menu.show();

answered Jan 12 '13 at 09:11

Khaled Annajar

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Agilanbu · Answer 3 · 2018-05-05T06:25:26.727

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Try this:

Dynamic_PopUpMenu.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        PopupMenu menu = new PopupMenu(DialogCheckBox.this, v);
        menu.getMenu().add("AGIL");         
        menu.getMenu().add("AGILarasan");
        menu.getMenu().add("Arasan");
        menu.show();
    }
});

edited May 05 '18 at 06:25

answered Dec 07 '16 at 04:39

Agilanbu

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score 21 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 28 '15 at 14:31

Defines ids in popupmenu.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/slot1"
            app:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
            android:title="Movies"
            android:visible="true"/>
        <item
            android:id="@+id/slot2"
            app:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
            android:title="Music"
            android:visible="true"/>
        <item
            android:id="@+id/slot3"
            app:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
            android:title="Comedy"
            android:visible="true"/>

</menu>

PopupMenu popupMenu = new PopupMenu(FullMenuActivity.this, view);                      
popupMenu.setOnMenuItemClickListener(FullMenuActivity.this);
popupMenu.getMenu().add(1, R.id.slot1, 1, "slot1");
popupMenu.getMenu().add(1,R.id.slot2,2,"slot2");
popupMenu.getMenu().add(1,R.id.slot3,3,"slot3");
popupMenu.show();

 @Override
    public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {

        switch (item.getItemId()) {
            case R.id.slot1:
                SessionManager.selected_slot = item.getTitle().toString();
                Toast.makeText(this, "slot1 Clicked", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                return true;
            case R.id.slot2:
                SessionManager.selected_slot = item.getTitle().toString();
                Toast.makeText(this, "slot2 Clicked", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                return true;
            case R.id.slot3:
                SessionManager.selected_slot = item.getTitle().toString();
                Toast.makeText(this, "slot3 Clicked", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                return true;
            default:
                return true;
        }
    }

That's a much better explanation – E.Akio Apr 07 '21 at 18:58 — E.Akio, Apr 07 '21 at 18:58
Hello there. How can I do this for the icon? – Sep 29 '21 at 07:30 — , Sep 29 '21 at 07:30

score 17 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 18 '16 at 15:40

Here is a complete solution with IDs set and handled:

        this.findViewById(R.id.hamburger_menu).setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
            PopupMenu menu = new PopupMenu(getApplicationContext(), v);
            menu.getMenu().add(Menu.NONE, 1, 1, "Share");
            menu.getMenu().add(Menu.NONE, 2, 2, "Comment");
            menu.show();

            menu.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
                @Override
                public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {

                    int i = item.getItemId();
                    if (i == 1) {
                        //handle share
                        return true;
                    } else if (i == 2) {
                        //handle comment
                        return true;
                    } else {
                        return false;
                    }
                } 

            });
         }
     });

Note: share and comment are for example, also you can put constants for the numbers 1,2 to make the code more readable.

Also, I put Menu.NONE because I don't care about grouping the menu items. In case you want to make group set group id = 1, 2, etc...

score 5 · Answer 6 · edited Sep 08 '20 at 15:16

@Voora Tarun gave a good answer, and I based my answer on it: First instead using fake mune.xml resources, I think better approach is to create ids file instead:

ids.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <item name="menuGroup" type="id"/>
    <item name="menu1" type="id"/>
    <item name="menu2" type="id"/>
    <item name="menu3" type="id"/>
</resources>

Then you can do something like that:

private void showPopup(final View anchor) {
        PopupMenu popupMenu = new PopupMenu(anchor.getContext(), anchor);
        popupMenu.getMenu().add(R.id.menuGroup, R.id.menu1, Menu.NONE, "slot1");
        popupMenu.getMenu().add(R.id.menuGroup, R.id.menu2, Menu.NONE,"slot2");
        popupMenu.getMenu().add(R.id.menuGroup, R.id.menu3, Menu.NONE,"slot3");
        popupMenu.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {
                Toast.makeText(anchor.getContext(), item.getTitle() + "clicked", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                return true;
            }
        });
        popupMenu.show();
    }

Safal Bhatia · Answer 7 · 2021-12-28T07:03:10.263

In java

     private void getPopup(Activity sContext,TextView textView, ArrayList<String> arrayList) {
            final PopupMenu popupMenu = new PopupMenu(sContext, textView);
            for (int i = 0; i < arrayList.size(); i++) {
                popupMenu.getMenu().add(i, Menu.FIRST, i, arrayList.get(i));
            }
            popupMenu.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
                @Override
                public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {
                    textView.setText(item.getTitle());
                    return false;
                }
            });
            popupMenu.show();
        }

In Kotlin

private fun getPopup(
    sContext: Activity,
    textView: TextView,
    arrayList: ArrayList<String>
) {
    val popupMenu = PopupMenu(sContext, textView)
    for (i in 0 until arrayList.size) {
        popupMenu.getMenu().add(i, Menu.FIRST, i, arrayList[i])
    }
    popupMenu.setOnMenuItemClickListener(object : 
        PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener {
        override fun onMenuItemClick(item: MenuItem): Boolean {
            textView.setText(item.getTitle())
            return false
        }
    })
    popupMenu.show()
}

This is dynamic popup menu in android. if u want to add dynamic data. For example : - if uses get data from Apis and show data in popup then this code is very helpful. — Safal Bhatia, Sep 17 '19 at 10:14

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 21 '20 at 04:09

If you're looking for generated popup items with callbacks, used this.

Java

public static void popupMenu(final Context context, View anchor, final LinkedHashMap<String,IPopupMenu> options){
        PopupMenu popupMenu = new PopupMenu(context, anchor);
        for(String key : options.keySet()){
            popupMenu.getMenu().add(key);
        }
        popupMenu.getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.popup_menu,popupMenu.getMenu());
        popupMenu.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem menuItem) {

                options.get(menuItem.getTitle()).onClick();
                return true;
            }
        });

        popupMenu.show();
    }

public interface IPopupMenu{
        void onClick();
    }

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

</menu>

Example

LinkedHashMap<String,IPopupMenu> menu_items = new LinkedHashMap<>();
menu_items.put("Item Name", new Utils.IPopupMenu() {
         @Override
         public void onClick() {
            //do your code
         }
});
menu_items.put("My Item", new Utils.IPopupMenu() {
         @Override
         public void onClick() {
            //do code
         }
});

//you can anchor the popup menu to whatever you like. i.e Button, TextView, View.
popupMenu(context,button,menu_items);

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 17 '21 at 12:55

From String Array Resources

values > strings.xml

<string-array name="MainCategories">
        <item>Crop</item>
        <item>Animals</item>
        <item>Equipment</item>
        <item>Other</item>
    </string-array>

Java code:

    String []categories=getResources().getStringArray(R.array.MainCategories);
    PopupMenu popupMenu=new PopupMenu(MainActivity.this,sortExpenseBtn);

                for(String item: categories)
                    popupMenu.getMenu().add(item);

                popupMenu.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {
                        String selected = item.getTitle();
                        return true;
                    }
                });
                popupMenu.show();

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