Action Bar Buttons only for one activity

Question

So I have a Search Button in my Action Bar, But I only want that button in the first Activity, but when I open the seconde activity, the Action button is still there. How to get rid of that button in the seconde activity without removing the action bar, because I nee it from my Navigation Drawer.

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      xmlns:yourapp="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" >
    <!-- Search, should appear as action button -->
    <item android:id="@+id/action_search"
          android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_search"
          android:title="@string/action_search"
          yourapp:showAsAction="ifRoom"  />
    ...
</menu>

Activity1:

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu items for use in the action bar
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_activity_actions, menu);
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

Activity2:

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    //I thought removing the INFLATER part would help, but it didn't...
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 13 '14 at 20:37

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You can make the Item in your 2nd Activity invisible like this:

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);      
    item.setVisible(false);  
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

Another approach would be to load a second menu.xml with no item in it.

answered Apr 13 '14 at 20:37

Steve Benett

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Thank you for your answer, it is the same as singularhum's answers :) Just for information, I've already tried the seconde menu.xml with no item in it, it didn't work. Thanks again for the help – Tha.Poox Apr 13 '14 at 20:42
NP, consider to accept an answer to indicate that your problem is solved. – Steve Benett Apr 13 '14 at 20:44
did you post first? I can't tell but I can remove mine if you want since it's the same. – singularhum Apr 13 '14 at 20:45

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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You can try hiding the search menu item in your second activity.

@Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
    menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).setVisible(false);
    return true;
}

You can refer to this question with multiple answers.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

Community

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answered Apr 13 '14 at 20:37

singularhum

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 13 '14 at 20:46

if you return false it will not be shown. as android docment saying http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#onCreateOptionsMenu%28android.view.Menu%29

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
     return false;
}

Action Bar Buttons only for one activity

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