How to make a single menu button do on and off?

Question

I wanted to make a plain button in the menu act as a on/off button like a toggle button. But I'm not sure how I can make a single button act like a switch?

switch(item.getItemId()){
    case R.id.switcher:

        View view = this.getWindow().getDecorView();
        view.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#80FFFFFF"));

                 //I want to change the color of the background by clicking once
                  //and set the background color back to normal. How will I achieve this ?
    return true;

a simple if-else loop would work for the same – WISHY Apr 14 '14 at 07:36 — WISHY, Apr 14 '14 at 07:36
add a boolean condition – marshallino16 Apr 14 '14 at 07:39 — marshallino16, Apr 14 '14 at 07:39

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 14 '14 at 07:45

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Try this:

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
    if ((v.getId() == R.id.my_button){
        buttonOnClick(v);
    }
}

private void buttonOnClick(View v) {
    switch (v.getId()) {
    case R.id.my_button: {
    if (v.isSelected()) {
        // is selected, deselect!
        v.setSelected(false);
        //do your staff here
    } else {
        // is not selected, select!
        v.setSelected(true);
        //do your staff here
    }
    break;
    }
    default:
        break;
}

answered Apr 14 '14 at 07:45

Tenaciousd93

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Thank you. But how can I use if(isSelected()) with MenuItem's item ? – Jennifer Apr 14 '14 at 08:56
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Mmmh, I see now that menuItem doesn't have `isSelected` method. I think you can build your custom menu inflating xml layout in actionbarsherlock, otherwise, try checking [Vikas](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5440601/android-how-to-enable-disable-option-menu-item-on-button-click) answers: it looks like would help you. – Tenaciousd93 Apr 14 '14 at 09:07

How to make a single menu button do on and off?

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