Create Android Custom Action Bar Menu And Popup Menu
Let’s start.
Step 1: Open Visual Studio ->New Project ->Templates ->Visual C# ->Android ->Blank App.then give the Project Name and Project Location.
CUSTOM ACTION BAR MENU
Step 2: Next, create options_menu.xml file. Go to Solution Explorer -> Project Name ->Resources ->values. Then, right click and go to Add->New Item. This opens a new dialog box. Select XML File and give it a name, as option_menu.xml.
Step 3: The next step is to open the Solution Explorer -> Project Name ->Resources ->values ->options_menu.xml. Click on Open Design View and then, give the following code in it.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"> <!--///showAsAction="always" ///--> <item android:id="@+id/action_settings" android:title="Share" showAsAction="always" /> <item android:id="@+id/action_settings1" android:title="Bluetooth" showAsAction="always" /> <item android:id="@+id/action_settings2" android:title="Exit" showAsAction="always" /> <!--/android:showAsAction="ifRoom"/--> <item android:id="@+id/action_settings3" android:title="Share" android:showAsAction="ifRoom" /> <item android:id="@+id/action_settings4" android:title="Bluetooth" android:showAsAction="ifRoom" /> </menu>
Step 4: Next, open Solution Explorer -> Project Name ->MainActivity.cs. Create OnCreateOptionsMenu() after Oncreate() method.
public override bool OnCreateOptionsMenu(IMenu menu) { MenuInflater.Inflate(Resource.Menu.option_menu, menu); return true; }
POPUP MENU CREATION
Step 5: Now, create another xml file as options_popup.xml file. For this, go to Solution Explorer -> Project Name ->Resources ->values. Right click and Add ->New Item. Then, open new dialog box. Then, select XML File and give it the name as popup_menu.xml.
Step 6: Next, open the Solution Explorer -> Project Name ->Resources ->values -> popup_menu.xml. Click on Open Design View. Then, give the following code,
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"> <item android:id="@+id/action_setting1" android:title="Share" showAsAction="always" /> <item android:id="@+id/action_settings2" android:title="Bluetooth" showAsAction="always" /> <item android:id="@+id/action_settings3" android:title="Exit" showAsAction="always" /> </menu>
Step 7: Next step is to open the Solution Explorer -> Project Name ->Resources ->Layout ->Main.axml. Then, give the following code.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent"> <Button android:id="@+id/btnpopupmenu" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="POPUP MENU" /> </LinearLayout>
Step 8: Now, open Solution Explorer -> Project Name -> MainActivity.cs. Then, give the following code,
C#Code :
protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle) { base.OnCreate(bundle); // Set our view from the "main" layout resource SetContentView(Resource.Layout.Main); Button btnpopupmenu = FindViewById < Button > (Resource.Id.btnpopupmenu); btnpopupmenu.Click += (s, arg) => { PopupMenu menu = new PopupMenu(this, btnpopupmenu); menu.Inflate(Resource.Menu.popup_menu); menu.Show(); }; }
Step 9: Press F5 or Build and Run the Application.
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Finally, we have successfully created the Xamarin Android Custom Action Bar Menu and created the Popup Menu.
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