As Suggested by Louis Semprini here::
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
static Class IconMenuItemView_class = null;
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
static Constructor IconMenuItemView_constructor = null;
// standard signature of constructor expected by inflater of all View classes
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
private static final Class[] standard_inflater_constructor_signature =
new Class[] { Context.class, AttributeSet.class };
protected void addOptionsMenuHackerInflaterFactory()
{
final LayoutInflater infl = getLayoutInflater();
infl.setFactory(new Factory()
{
public View onCreateView(final String name,
final Context context,
final AttributeSet attrs)
{
if (!name.equalsIgnoreCase("com.android.internal.view.menu.IconMenuItemView"))
return null; // use normal inflater
View view = null;
// "com.android.internal.view.menu.IconMenuItemView"
// - is the name of an internal Java class
// - that exists in Android <= 3.2 and possibly beyond
// - that may or may not exist in other Android revs
// - is the class whose instance we want to modify to set background etc.
// - is the class we want to instantiate with the standard constructor:
// IconMenuItemView(context, attrs)
// - this is what the LayoutInflater does if we return null
// - unfortunately we cannot just call:
// infl.createView(name, null, attrs);
// here because on Android 3.2 (and possibly later):
// 1. createView() can only be called inside inflate(),
// because inflate() sets the context parameter ultimately
// passed to the IconMenuItemView constructor's first arg,
// storing it in a LayoutInflater instance variable.
// 2. we are inside inflate(),
// 3. BUT from a different instance of LayoutInflater (not infl)
// 4. there is no way to get access to the actual instance being used
// - so we must do what createView() would have done for us
//
if (IconMenuItemView_class == null)
{
try
{
IconMenuItemView_class = getClassLoader().loadClass(name);
}
catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
{
// this OS does not have IconMenuItemView - fail gracefully
return null; // hack failed: use normal inflater
}
}
if (IconMenuItemView_class == null)
return null; // hack failed: use normal inflater
if (IconMenuItemView_constructor == null)
{
try
{
IconMenuItemView_constructor =
IconMenuItemView_class.getConstructor(standard_inflater_constructor_signature);
}
catch (SecurityException e)
{
return null; // hack failed: use normal inflater
}
catch (NoSuchMethodException e)
{
return null; // hack failed: use normal inflater
}
}
if (IconMenuItemView_constructor == null)
return null; // hack failed: use normal inflater
try
{
Object[] args = new Object[] { context, attrs };
view = (View)(IconMenuItemView_constructor.newInstance(args));
}
catch (IllegalArgumentException e)
{
return null; // hack failed: use normal inflater
}
catch (InstantiationException e)
{
return null; // hack failed: use normal inflater
}
catch (IllegalAccessException e)
{
return null; // hack failed: use normal inflater
}
catch (InvocationTargetException e)
{
return null; // hack failed: use normal inflater
}
if (null == view) // in theory handled above, but be safe...
return null; // hack failed: use normal inflater
// apply our own View settings after we get back to runloop
// - android will overwrite almost any setting we make now
final View v = view;
new Handler().post(new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
v.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK);
try
{
// in Android <= 3.2, IconMenuItemView implemented with TextView
// guard against possible future change in implementation
TextView tv = (TextView)v;
tv.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
}
catch (ClassCastException e)
{
// hack failed: do not set TextView attributes
}
}
});
return view;
}
});
}
To use this code, call addOptionsMenuHackerInflaterFactory() ONCE from your activity onCreate() or your activity onCreateOptionsMenu().
The Code works perfect ! Hope this helps !!
