Add items/menu in actionbar/toolbar android studio
In this tutorial we will add items in actionbar/toolbar, 3-dot menu in actionbar/toolbar and handle item clicks. There will be three items in menu you can add as many as you want. One item will be displayed on action bar with icon, other two items will be displayed by clicking 3-dot menu...
Step 1: Create a new Project or open new project
Step 2: Create new "Android Resource Directory" by clicking "res>New>Android Resource Directory", choose menu from Resource type:
Step 3: Create menu.xml by clicking "menu>New>Menu resource file"
Step 4: Enter an icon in drawable folder by clicking "drawable>New>Image Asset"
Step 5: menu.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><menu
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"> <itemandroid:id="@+id/action_one"android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_name"app:showAsAction="always"android:title="Item One"/> <itemandroid:id="@+id/action_two"android:title="Item Two"/> <itemandroid:id="@+id/action_three"android:title="Item Three"/> </menu>
Step 6: activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:gravity="center" tools:context=".MainActivity"> <TextView android:text="Hellow World!" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" /> </LinearLayout>
Step 7: MainActivity.java
package com.blogspot.devofandroid.myapplication; import android.os.Bundle; import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.MenuItem; import android.widget.Toast; public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); } @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu, menu); return true; } @Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) { // Handle action bar item clicks here. int id = item.getItemId(); //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement if (id==R.id.action_one){ Toast.makeText(this, "Item One Clicked", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); return true; } else if (id==R.id.action_two){ Toast.makeText(this, "Item Two Clicked", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); return true; } else if (id==R.id.action_three){ Toast.makeText(this, "Item Three Clicked", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); return true; } return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item); } }
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