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How to create a Popup Menu using the menu.xml?

The Popup Menu in Android displays the menu below the anchor text if space is available otherwise displays above the anchor text. The Popup Menu disappears if you click outside the Popup Menu. The Popup Menu displays different options/choices list so you can select any of them to perform different tasks.

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Step 1: Create a new project OR Open your project

Step 2: Code

menu.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!--add menu items to show in popup menu-->

    <item android:id="@+id/menu_copy"
        android:title="Copy"/>

    <item
        android:id="@+id/menu_share"
        android:title="Share"/>

    <item
        android:id="@+id/menu_save"
        android:title="Save"/>

    <item
        android:id="@+id/menu_delete"
        android:title="Delete"/>

</menu>

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:orientation="vertical"
    android:gravity="center"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <!--change text when mennu item clicked-->
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/selectedTv"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:textColor="#000"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Hello World!"/>

    <!--button: show menu by clicking-->
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/showMenuBtn"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Show Popup Menu"
        style="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Button.Colored"/>

</LinearLayout>

MainActivity.java

package com.blogspot.atifsoftwares.popopmenuusingmenuxml;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.PopupMenu;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {


    //UI Views
    TextView selectedTv;
    Button showMenuBtn;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        //init UI Views
        selectedTv = findViewById(R.id.selectedTv);
        showMenuBtn = findViewById(R.id.showMenuBtn);

        //init popup menu
        final PopupMenu popupMenu = new PopupMenu(
                this, //context
                showMenuBtn   //UI View, where to click to show the popup menu
        );

        //add menu xml to our Popup menu
        popupMenu.getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_popup, popupMenu.getMenu());

        //handle popup menu item clicks
        popupMenu.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem menuItem) {
                //get id of the menu item clicked
                int id = menuItem.getItemId();
                //handle clicks
                if (id==R.id.menu_copy){
                    //Copy clicked
                    selectedTv.setText("Copy Clicked...");
                }
                else if (id==R.id.menu_share){
                    //Share clicked
                    selectedTv.setText("Share Clicked...");
                }
                else if (id==R.id.menu_save){
                    //Save clicked
                    selectedTv.setText("Save Clicked...");
                }
                else if (id==R.id.menu_delete){
                    //Delete clicked
                    selectedTv.setText("Delete Clicked...");
                }

                return false;
            }
        });

        //handle button click to show menu
        showMenuBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                popupMenu.show();
            }
        });
    }
}

Step 3: Run Project