{"id":2478,"date":"2017-05-01T14:46:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T14:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webartdevelopers.com\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2017-05-01T14:46:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T14:46:59","slug":"how-to-create-option-menu-in-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webartdevelopers.com\/blog\/how-to-create-option-menu-in-android\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create Option Menu in Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial how to create Option Menu in Android in shown.<\/p>\n<p>Code:<\/p>\n<p>activity_main.xml<\/p>\n<p>&lt;RelativeLayout xmlns:android=&#8221;http:\/\/schemas.android.com\/apk\/res\/android&#8221;<br \/>\nxmlns:tools=&#8221;http:\/\/schemas.android.com\/tools&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:layout_width=&#8221;match_parent&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:layout_height=&#8221;match_parent&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:paddingBottom=&#8221;@dimen\/activity_vertical_margin&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:paddingLeft=&#8221;@dimen\/activity_horizontal_margin&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:paddingRight=&#8221;@dimen\/activity_horizontal_margin&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:paddingTop=&#8221;@dimen\/activity_vertical_margin&#8221;<br \/>\ntools:context=&#8221;.MainActivity&#8221; &gt;<\/p>\n<p>&lt;TextView<br \/>\nandroid:id=&#8221;@+id\/tv1&#8243;<br \/>\nandroid:layout_width=&#8221;wrap_content&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:layout_height=&#8221;wrap_content&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:layout_alignParentLeft=&#8221;true&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:layout_alignParentTop=&#8221;true&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:layout_marginLeft=&#8221;61dp&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:layout_marginTop=&#8221;60dp&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:text=&#8221;&#8221; \/&gt;<\/p>\n<p>&lt;ImageView<br \/>\nandroid:id=&#8221;@+id\/img1&#8243;<br \/>\nandroid:layout_width=&#8221;wrap_content&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:layout_height=&#8221;wrap_content&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:layout_alignParentBottom=&#8221;true&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:layout_centerHorizontal=&#8221;true&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:src=&#8221;@drawable\/desert&#8221; \/&gt;<\/p>\n<p>&lt;\/RelativeLayout&gt;<\/p>\n<p>res\/menu\/main.xml<\/p>\n<p>&lt;menu xmlns:android=&#8221;http:\/\/schemas.android.com\/apk\/res\/android&#8221; &gt;<br \/>\n&lt;item android:id=&#8221;@+id\/item1&#8243; android:title=&#8221;Desert&#8221;&gt;&lt;\/item&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;item android:id=&#8221;@+id\/item2&#8243; android:title=&#8221;JellyFish&#8221;&gt;&lt;\/item&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;item android:id=&#8221;@+id\/item3&#8243; android:title=&#8221;Koala&#8221;&gt;&lt;\/item&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;item android:id=&#8221;@+id\/item4&#8243; android:title=&#8221;LightHouse&#8221;&gt;&lt;\/item&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;item android:id=&#8221;@+id\/item5&#8243; android:title=&#8221;Penguins&#8221;&gt;&lt;\/item&gt;<\/p>\n<p>&lt;\/menu&gt;<\/p>\n<p>MainActivity.java<\/p>\n<p>package com.example.demo;<\/p>\n<p>import android.os.Bundle;<br \/>\nimport android.app.Activity;<br \/>\nimport android.view.Menu;<br \/>\nimport android.view.MenuItem;<br \/>\nimport android.widget.ImageView;<br \/>\nimport android.widget.TextView;<br \/>\npublic class MainActivity extends Activity{<\/p>\n<p>ImageView iv;<br \/>\nTextView tv;<\/p>\n<p>@Override<br \/>\nprotected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {<br \/>\nsuper.onCreate(savedInstanceState);<br \/>\nsetContentView(R.layout.activity_main);<br \/>\niv=(ImageView)findViewById(R.id.img1);<br \/>\ntv=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.tv1);<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>@Override<br \/>\npublic boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {<br \/>\n\/\/ Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.<br \/>\ngetMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);<br \/>\nreturn true;<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>@Override<br \/>\npublic boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item)<br \/>\n{<br \/>\nswitch(item.getItemId())<br \/>\n{<br \/>\ncase R.id.item1:<br \/>\ntv.setText(&#8220;Desert Selected&#8221;);<br \/>\niv.setImageResource(R.drawable.desert);<br \/>\nreturn true;<br \/>\ncase R.id.item2:<br \/>\ntv.setText(&#8220;JellyFish Selected&#8221;);<br \/>\niv.setImageResource(R.drawable.jellyfish);<br \/>\nreturn true;<br \/>\ncase R.id.item3:<br \/>\ntv.setText(&#8220;Koala Selected&#8221;);<br \/>\niv.setImageResource(R.drawable.koala);<br \/>\nreturn true;<br \/>\ncase R.id.item4:<br \/>\ntv.setText(&#8220;LightHouse Selected&#8221;);<br \/>\niv.setImageResource(R.drawable.lighthouse);<br \/>\nreturn true;<br \/>\ncase R.id.item5:<br \/>\ntv.setText(&#8220;Penguin Selected&#8221;);<br \/>\niv.setImageResource(R.drawable.penguins);<br \/>\nreturn true;<br \/>\ndefault:<br \/>\nreturn super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);<br \/>\n}<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>}<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Gdak2xlAiIg\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Gdak2xlAiIg<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In this tutorial how to create Option Menu in Android in shown. 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