Android - onCreateOptionsMenu - Can't disable MenuItem from fragment

Question

I'm trying to disable the MenuItem's in my navigationdrawer from my fragment, but it just wont work...

Fragment code:

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.waiting_for_terminal, container, false);

    setHasOptionsMenu(true);
    return rootView;
}

@Override
    public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
       inflater.inflate(R.menu.activity_main_drawer, menu);

        menu.findItem(R.id.nav_amount).setEnabled(false);
        menu.findItem(R.id.nav_return).setEnabled(false);
        menu.findItem(R.id.nav_about).setEnabled(false);
        menu.findItem(R.id.nav_settings).setEnabled(false);

        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
    }

I can call getTitle() for the MenuItems, and it will return correct value. But for some reason setEnabled(), setTitle(), setVisible() etc. does not work, the value stays the same...

Androider · Answer 1 · 2015-11-30T13:21:02.967

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to disable menuitem in fragment use it with fragment:

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setHasOptionsMenu(false);
}

Remove onCreateOptionsMenu() inside the Activity,and use inside a fragment as:

@Override
    public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
    }

edited Nov 30 '15 at 13:21

answered Nov 30 '15 at 12:52

Androider

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check it http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Fragment.html#setHasOptionsMenu(boolean) – Androider Nov 30 '15 at 13:09
you have to remove it from activity, and i'll give you links related to you problem to get them work for you – Androider Nov 30 '15 at 13:31
check some problems which is being faced by developer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21498534/hide-menuitem-in-some-fragments , http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17825297/closeoptionsmenu-doesnt-work thanks – Androider Nov 30 '15 at 13:32

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 30 '15 at 12:56

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Try This:

 @Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    oldDescription= ActivityConstantUtils.sBlogDescriprtion;
    setHasOptionsMenu(true);
}

@Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_act_add_section, menu);
    MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.action_preview);
    item.setIcon(null);
    item.setTitle("");
    super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
}

answered Nov 30 '15 at 12:56

Suhas Bachewar

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by using this you can hide some item and show other from menu. – Suhas Bachewar Nov 30 '15 at 12:59
Paste here your Fragment Activity. – Suhas Bachewar Nov 30 '15 at 13:28

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 30 '15 at 12:58

I think you are trying to disable that Home Button on the AppBar which toggles the NavigationDrawer.

The best way i can think of doing that is:

In Method onOptionItemSelected:

protected onOptionItemSelected(MenuItem item)
{
   if(item.getItemId() == android.R.id.home)
    {
            // do anything you want here
    }
}

This will help you override that Home Button.

More over if you want to replace that Hamburger Icon with an Default Arrow Icon, you can use

mNavigationDrawer.setDrawerIndicatorEnabled(false);

Additionally if you want to disable the drawer Swipe Functionality also, you can use

drawerLayout.setDrawerLockMode(DrawerLayout.LOCK_MODE_LOCKED_CLOSED);

Hope it Helps. :)

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 01 '15 at 08:26

Omg, my bad...

It was MenuItems in the NavigationView I wanted to disable...

NavigationView navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
navigationView.getMenu().findItem(R.id.nav_amount).setEnabled(false);

Thanks for the help though :)

Android - onCreateOptionsMenu - Can't disable MenuItem from fragment

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