Android Menu and Submenu Example

Create menu.xml file

New->Android Xml file
Filename -> menu.xml and select xml file type as menu.

menu.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

            <menu

              xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

                <item android:id="@+id/Menu1"

                    android:title="Menu 1"

                    android:orderInCategory="1" />

                <item android:id="@+id/Menu2"

                    android:orderInCategory="2"

                    android:title="Menu 2" />

                <item android:id="@+id/Menu3"

                    android:orderInCategory="3"

                    android:title="Menu 3" />

                <item android:id="@+id/submenu"

                    android:title="Sub menu"

                    android:orderInCategory="4">

                    <menu>

                        <item android:id="@+id/submenu1"

                        android:title="Sub menu 1" />

                        <item android:id="@+id/submenu2"

                        android:title="Sub menu 2" />

                    </menu>

               </item>

            </menu>

MenuActivity.java

            public class MenuActivity extends Activity {

                /** Called when the activity is first created. */

                @Override

                public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

                    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

                    setContentView(R.layout.main);

                }

                public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

                    new MenuInflater(getApplication())

                            .inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);

                    return(super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu));

                }

             

                public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

                     switch (item.getItemId()) {

                        case R.id.Menu1:

                            Toast.makeText(this, "Menu 1", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                            break;

                        case R.id.Menu2:

                            Toast.makeText(this, "Menu 2", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                            break;

                        case R.id.Menu3:

                            Toast.makeText(this, "Menu 3", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                            break;

                        case R.id.submenu:

                            Toast.makeText(this, "Sub menu", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                            break;

                    }

                    return(super.onOptionsItemSelected(item));

                }

            }

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