Android: onCreateOptionsMenu - Remove Default Menu Item

Question

I am using the onCreateOptionsMenu and there is a default menu item that I did not program. I would like to remove it because I have no use for it and it does not do anything. Here is what it looks like:

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I would like to get rid of the "Settings" item.

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    menu.add(1, 1, 0, "item1");
    menu.add(1, 2, 1, "item2");

    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_name, menu);
    return true;
}

As you can see, I have not manually added it myself. How do I get rid of it?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 20 '13 at 18:26

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As you can see, I have not added it myself

Yes, you have. It is coming from:

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

How do I get rid of it?

Remove the aforementioned line. Or, move your Java-based Menu manipulations to res/menu/activity_name.xml and get rid of "Settings" from that file.

answered Feb 20 '13 at 18:26

CommonsWare

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I thought the getMenuInflater is what causes the list to pop up. So by removing that, wouldn't that cause the menu to not open? – lord_sneed Feb 20 '13 at 18:29
@lord_sneed: "I thought the getMenuInflater is what causes the list to pop up" -- no. "So by removing that, wouldn't that cause the menu to not open?" -- no. You can test this by getting rid of the line. Or, you can read the documentation for the `inflate()` method on `MenuInflater` to learn what it does: http://goo.gl/3WI23 – CommonsWare Feb 20 '13 at 18:35
This is the first time I have ever dealt with the onCreateOptionsMenu, so my apologies for not really paying attention to the menu folder in /res in the past. I only started teaching myself all of this no more than two months ago. – lord_sneed Feb 20 '13 at 18:44

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 20 '13 at 18:26

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The settings option is automatically generated in the menu xml by eclipse. Remove it from the xml menu and that option will be no longer shown.

answered Feb 20 '13 at 18:26

Federico Perez

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 20 '13 at 18:26

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check the content of R.menu.activity_name or past the data of this xml file.

answered Feb 20 '13 at 18:26

Nimish Choudhary

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Android: onCreateOptionsMenu - Remove Default Menu Item

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