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Options Menu Example

May 12, 2018 Lee Cuizon 0

Step 1: Project Structure Step 2. Layout file (activity_main.xml)

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&lt;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"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" &gt;

    &lt;TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:text="OptionsMenu Example"
        tools:context=".MainActivity" /&gt;

&lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;

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<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"

tools:context=".MainActivity" >

<TextView

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

android:layout_centerVertical="true"

android:text="OptionsMenu Example"

tools:context=".MainActivity" />

</RelativeLayout>

Step 3: Menu file (menu/main.xml)

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&lt;menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" &gt;
    &lt;item android:id="@+id/menu_settings" android:orderInCategory="100"   
    android:showAsAction="never" android:title="@string/action_settings"/&gt;
    
    &lt;item android:id="@+id/item1" android:title="Option1"&gt;&lt;/item&gt;
    &lt;item android:id="@+id/item2" android:title="Option2"&gt;&lt;/item&gt;
    &lt;item android:id="@+id/item3" android:title="Option3"&gt;&lt;/item&gt;
    &lt;item android:id="@+id/item4" android:title="Option4"&gt;&lt;/item&gt;
    &lt;item android:id="@+id/item5" android:title="Option5"&gt;&lt;/item&gt;
    &lt;item android:id="@+id/item6" android:title="Option6"&gt;&lt;/item&gt;
&lt;/menu&gt;

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<item android:id="@+id/menu_settings" android:orderInCategory="100"

android:showAsAction="never" android:title="@string/action_settings"/>

</menu>

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