How to force use of overflow menu on devices with menu button

Question

I\'d like to have all of the menu items that don\'t fit into the ActionBar go into the overflow menu (the one that is reached from the Action Bar not the menu button) ev

Answer 1

This kind of method is prevented by the Android Developers Design System, but I found a way to pass it:

Add this to your XML menu file:

Next, create a class named 'AppPickActionProvider', and copy the following code to it:

    package com.example;

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.ActionProvider;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.MenuItem.OnMenuItemClickListener;
import android.view.SubMenu;
import android.view.View;

public class AppPickActionProvider extends ActionProvider implements
        OnMenuItemClickListener {

    static final int LIST_LENGTH = 3;

    Context mContext;

    public AppPickActionProvider(Context context) {
        super(context);
        mContext = context;
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateActionView() {
        Log.d(this.getClass().getSimpleName(), "onCreateActionView");

        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onPerformDefaultAction() {
        Log.d(this.getClass().getSimpleName(), "onPerformDefaultAction");

        return super.onPerformDefaultAction();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean hasSubMenu() {
        Log.d(this.getClass().getSimpleName(), "hasSubMenu");

        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public void onPrepareSubMenu(SubMenu subMenu) {
        Log.d(this.getClass().getSimpleName(), "onPrepareSubMenu");

        subMenu.clear();

        subMenu.add(0, 1, 1, "Item1")
        .setIcon(R.drawable.ic_action_home).setOnMenuItemClickListener(this);

        subMenu.add(0, 2, 1, "Item2")
            .setIcon(R.drawable.ic_action_downloads).setOnMenuItemClickListener(this);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {
        switch(item.getItemId())
        {
            case 1:

                // What will happen when the user presses the first menu item ( 'Item1' )

                break;
            case 2:

                // What will happen when the user presses the second menu item ( 'Item2' )

                break;

        }

        return true;
    }
}