Simple Options Menu in Android

1. Create an Android XML file of Menu type


2. Add menu options as you preferred. Each menu option should be indicated as <item> XML element.


3. This is my options.xml file.[sourcecode language="xml"]
   <!--?xml version=<em--><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
   
   <item android:id="@+id/item1" android:title="Edit" android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_edit"></item>
   <item android:id="@+id/item2" android:title="Delete" android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_delete"></item>
   <item android:id="@+id/item3" android:title="Help" android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_help"></item>
   <item android:id="@+id/item4" android:title="More" android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_more"></item>
   
   
   </menu>
   [/sourcecode]


4. My options menu is not just text-based. Each menu item is displayed with a relevant icon. Here I used the icons found in the Android.jar file of my project. You can find such icons using this path
   <app root > --> Android <Your Android platform>  --> android.jar --> res --> drawable-hdpi(icons for menu prefixed with ic_menu)


5. Override onCreateOptionsMenu and onOptionsItemSelected in your Activity.java file
   [sourcecode language="java"]
   package com.my.option;
   
   import java.io.Console;
   import java.util.zip.Inflater;
   
   import android.app.Activity;
   import android.os.Bundle;
   import android.util.Log;
   import android.view.Menu;
   import android.view.MenuInflater;
   import android.view.MenuItem;
   
   public class OptionMenuActivity extends Activity {
   /** Called when the activity is first created. */
   @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
   super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
   setContentView(R.layout.main);
   }
   
   @Override
   public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
   MenuInflater inflator = getMenuInflater();
   inflator.inflate(R.menu.options, menu);
   return true;
   }
   
   @Override
   public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
   if(item.getItemId() == R.id.item1)
   Log.d("Edit", "Selected : Edit Option");
   if(item.getItemId() == R.id.item2)
   Log.d("Delete", "Selected : Delete Option");
   return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
   }
   }
   [/sourcecode]