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Questions tagged [options-menu]

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Handling a Menu Item Click Event - Android

I want to create an intent that starts a new activity once a Menu Item is clicked, but I'm not sure how to do this. I've been reading through the android documentation, but my implementation isn't correct..and some guidance in the right direction…
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How can I alter a MenuItem on the Options Menu on Android?

I have an Options Menu on my Activity with an MenuItem "Start". When this MenuItem is selected I would like to alter the Menu so it contains a MenuItem "Stop". And finally when "Stop" is selected, I would like to alter back to "Start". Here is parts…
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SearchView in OptionsMenu not full width

I have a working SearchView which expands in my OptionsMenu when the user taps on the search icon. However it only expands within the available space among the other OptionsMenu icons. On a wide screen this is fine, but with a narrow space there…
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Callback when the options menu creation is complete

I need to make sure that the options menu has been created before i run a certain code that accesses one of the menu items. Is there a callback for that or how can i implement one? Is there any guaranties that the menu has been created on the…
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Android: onCreateOptionsMenu() item action

I have a menu created through: @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { menu.add("Email"); return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu); } But I can't remember how to set a onclicklistener so when its selected I can run my…
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Android - Refresh Options Menu without calling invalidateOptionsMenu()

Hello Android Developers, I have seen a lot of question regarding the update of Options Menu. However, every answer says I have to call invalidateOptionsMenu(). My question is, is there any other way of updating the Options Menu without invoking the…
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Android options menu icon won't display

I'm following a book on Android Development to get myself started writing my first real app. I got up to the point where I'm making an options menu for one of my activities. The menu shows up, but the corresponding icon of the menu item refuses to…
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openOptionsMenu() will not work in appcompat-v7 22.1.0 or newer

I've seen several reports of issues where openOptionsMenu() will not work on various Android versions, eg: openOptionsMenu() across android versions openOptionsMenu() not working but the issue I have seems to be related to the version of the…
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Android ActionBar Recreate Options Menu

When using the ActionBar in Android, how do you refresh the options menu? I have tried hiding and showing the bar, along with getting a new instance of it with "getSupportActionBar()" I am trying to implement a Login/Logout button that will change…
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"Scope Highlight" feature in Visual Studio? (same as seen in BlueJ for java)

I would like to know (as I've failed so far in finding such a feature in the VS's options), if there is a feature which allow for scope highlighting same as seen in the BlueJ IDE for java, here is an example: Note how the code blocks are all…
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java.lang.illegalstateexception: a factory has already been set on this layoutinflater

I have tried to change the background color of options menu in my android app. I am using ActionBarSherlock library. I have tried this code for changing the background color of options menu https://stackoverflow.com/a/8475357/584095 But I ended up…
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"No keyboard for id 0" - what does it mean?

Each time my Optionsmenu opens (onCreateOptionsMenu(..) is called), I get these warnings: "No keyboard for id 0" and "Using default keyMap: /system/usr/keychars/qwerty.kcm.bin" I couldn't find out what they mean, does anyone know ? I didn't…
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options menu - removing focus from item

how do I remove focus from options menu item? I.e. when I open the menu for the first time, none of the items has focus. however, if I focus on one of them using track ball, and then close and re-open the menu the focus is still there. How do I get…
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Open OptionsMenu of Activity leaks window on device rotation

Trying to understand what cause the window leak in my Activity. The activity extends AppCompatActivity. It has a single view with a RecyclerView and a ProgressBar invisible while rotating. @Override protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle…
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WebView Back, Refresh, Forward? Simply doesn't work!

I have tried everything to get my 'forward' and 'back' to work. Refresh is working [I figured it out by changing the method to read 'webView.reload();' instead of 'webView.refresh();' Can anyone assist with the forward and back? I have tried…
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