Can I add a button for settings to every options menu in my application?

Question

I want to add a button for settings to the options menu of my app. Do I have to do this for each Activity or can I set it globally once?

extend an activity that has the functionality for settings – L7ColWinters Jun 05 '12 at 20:30 — L7ColWinters, Jun 05 '12 at 20:30

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 05 '12 at 20:41

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you can extend from Activity , put there your logic of the menu , and make all of your activities extend from the new class .

answered Jun 05 '12 at 20:41

android developer

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

1

You can @Override

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
menu= Aclass.options(menu);
return(super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu));

}

in each activity, where Aclass.options(menu) a static returning method to add common options to the menu. Or, you can

Here is a good solution if you have dozens of Activities

edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

Community

answered Jun 05 '12 at 20:36

hoshiKuzu

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