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I have a menu in which all items have a checkbox. So it is like a multichoice menu. I don't want the menu to close when an item is clicked. I only want to close the menu on back press. But I can't figure out how to do it?

This is the code:

override fun onOptionsItemSelected(item: MenuItem): Boolean {
    when(item.itemId) {
        R.id.my_item -> {
            // toggle    
        }
    }

    // something to do here?
    // changing return value to true or false doesn't help
    return false
}
Akshdeep Singh
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  • A similar question has been answered [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52176838/how-to-hold-the-overflow-menu-after-i-click-it/52177919#52177919). I hope this helps. – ksaf Jun 19 '19 at 16:39

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That implementation is hidden under native Android menu management and you get only callback of selected menu item. It would be better to move all choose items to AlertDialog (There is simple example I have just googled and have only one menu item which starts showing that AlertDialog

Dmytro Batyuk
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You'll have to wrap your menu items inside group tag. Refer code below : 

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <group android:checkableBehavior="all">
        <item android:id="@+id/item1"
              android:titleCondensed="Options"
              android:title="Title 1"
              android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_preferences">
        </item>
        <item android:id="@+id/item2"
              android:titleCondensed="Persist"
              android:title="Title 2"
              android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_preferences"
              android:checkable="true">
        </item>
    </group>
</menu>

Follow link to know more about checkable menu items

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  • I already have my menu items being wrapped inside group tag. That doesn't prevent the menu from being closed on item click. – Akshdeep Singh Jun 19 '19 at 16:56
  • Have you added --> . android:checkableBehavior="all" ? – Apurv Jun 19 '19 at 17:41
  • Yes, I have. As far as I know, `checkableBehaviour="all"` doesn't make any difference "visually" for a group, but `checkableBehaviour="single"` makes the group as a radio group. – Akshdeep Singh Jun 19 '19 at 17:50