Update Activity UI when menu operation is done

Question

When the menu item in my app opens the datePicker and i select a date, the textview 'selectedDateView' in my UI will update only if i open the options menu again ().

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
    // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
    // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
    int id = item.getItemId();
    if (id == R.id.action_settings) {

        DialogFragment newFragment = new SettingsDatePicker();
        newFragment.show(getFragmentManager(), "Select the date");

        // i think this is called only the second time
        selectedDateView.setText(String.format("Selected Date: %s", settings.getConfiguredDateTime().toString(fmt)));

        return true;
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

Is there a way to override a OnSettingMenuItemFinished or something similar?

Thanks for the help.

Have a callback in your dialogfragment, then when you select the date call the callback. ex: [Link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9776088/get-data-back-from-a-fragment-dialog-best-practices) — Mario, Apr 30 '14 at 19:42
Is the `selectedDateView` in Activity layout. can you post the layout? — Libin, Apr 30 '14 at 19:45

florianbaer · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-06T08:02:34.093

Solved it using the suggestion mario told me in the comment.

**EDIT: Add of Source**

// Activity which calls the datepicker. I KNOW THAT THE CODE CAN BE IMPROVED! Just for trials.
public class MyActivity extends Activity
{
    /*
    * Code blabla
    */
    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
        // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
        // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
        int id = item.getItemId();
        if (id == R.id.action_settings) {

            DialogFragment newFragment = new SettingsDatePicker();
            newFragment.setCallback(this);
            newFragment.show(getFragmentManager(), "Select the date");

            return true;
        }
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }

    public void CallBack(String text)
    {
            // i think this is called only the second time
            selectedDateView.setText(String.format("Selected Date: %s", text));
    }

    /*
    * Code blabla
    */
}


// DialogFragment
public class SettingsDatePicker extends DialogFragment
{

    private MyActivity activity = null;
    /*
    * Code blabla
    */
    public void setCallback(MyActivity activity) {
        //set callback class
        this.activity = activity;
    }

    public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int year, int month, int day) {
        // Do something with the date chosen by the user
        this.activity.CallBack("TextToUpdate");
    }

    /*
    * Code blabla
    */
}

if you post the code you used to solve the issue, it may help someone(newbies like me) in future. — shanavascet, May 05 '14 at 08:31

Update Activity UI when menu operation is done

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