Android Action Bar Menu With DropDown List
Android Action Bar Menu With DropDown List
Step 1 : Select
File -> New -> Project -> Android Application Project (or)
Android Project. Fill the forms and click "Finish" button. If you have
any doubt regarding create a new project Click Here.
Step 2 : Open res -> layout -> activity_main.xml (or) main.xml and add following code :
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/hello_world" />
</RelativeLayout>
Step 3 : Open src -> package -> MainActivity.java and add following code :
package com.hemanthsomaraju.blog;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.Menu;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
@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.main, menu);
return true;
}
}
Step 4 : Open menu folder MENU ->mian.xml and add following code :
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="@+id/amazon"
android:icon="@drawable/amazon"
android:showAsAction="always">
<menu>
<group android:checkableBehavior="single">
<item android:id="@+id/amazon"
android:title="amazon"
android:checkable="false"/>
<item android:id="@+id/title"
android:title="Title"/>
<item android:id="@+id/player"
android:title="player" />
<item android:id="@+id/load"
android:title="load" />
<item android:id="@+id/save"
android:title="save" />
</group>
</menu>
</item>
<item
android:id="@+id/android"
android:icon="@drawable/android"
android:showAsAction="always">
<menu>
<item android:id="@+id/android"
android:title="android"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:showAsAction="never" />
<group android:checkableBehavior="single">
<item android:id="@+id/all"
android:title="ALL"/>
<item android:id="@+id/small"
android:title="small" />
<item android:id="@+id/big"
android:title="big" />
</group>
</menu>
</item>
<item
android:id="@+id/apple"
android:icon="@drawable/apple"
android:showAsAction="always">
<menu>
<group android:checkableBehavior="single">
<item android:id="@+id/kakinada"
android:title="Kakinada"/>
<item android:id="@+id/somaraju"
android:title="somaraju" />
<item android:id="@+id/hemanth"
android:title="hemanth" />
</group>
</menu>
</item>
<item
android:id="@+id/search"
android:showAsAction="always|collapseActionView"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_search"
android:title="Search"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"/>
</menu>
Step 5 : Our output will be like this :
