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Context Menu In Android

Example

1. Right-click on res/menu folder and click on New Menu resource file.
2. Following window will appear.

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3. Enter the menu name and click on Ok.
4. In the context_menu.xml, add the following code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu
	xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
	<item android:title="Search" android:id="@+id/search" />
	<item android:title="About" android:id="@+id/about" />
</menu>




5. Next step is to create a list view and register it for context menu.

String fruitlist[] = {
  "apple",
  "banana",
  "orange",
  "cherry"
};
ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listview);
ArrayAdapter < String > adapter = new ArrayAdapter < String > (this, R.layout.support_simple_spinner_dropdown_item, fruitlist);
listView.setAdapter(adapter);
registerForContextMenu(listView);




6. Override onCreateContextMenu and onContextItemSelected

@Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
  super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);
  MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
  inflater.inflate(R.menu.context_menu, menu);
}
@Override
public boolean onContextItemSelected(@NonNull MenuItem item) {
  AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo) item;
  switch (item.getItemId()) {
  case R.id.search:
    Toast.makeText(EditTextDemo.this, "Search Clicked", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    return true;
  case R.id.about:
    Toast.makeText(EditTextDemo.this, "About Clicked", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    return true;
  default:
    return super.onContextItemSelected(item);
  }
}