How to open the options menu programmatically?

Question

I would like to open the optionsMenu programmatically without a click on the menu key from the user. How would I do that?

score 94 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 28 '10 at 14:57

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Or just call Activity.openOptionsMenu()?

answered Jun 28 '10 at 14:57

Robby Pond

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Is is possible to execute this statement in oncreate() method of Activity? – Vikas Apr 12 '11 at 04:57
@Vikas. Put it in onAttachedToWindow(), as described by Kovac below. – Stephen Hosking Nov 01 '12 at 12:03
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not working, I had custom view in actionbar, and on childview onClick I am calling open/close optionMenu, also with super.open/close not working, any idea, where I am mistaking, – Abdul Wahab May 18 '14 at 10:05
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How to implement this in a Fragment?? – Kartiikeya Dec 15 '16 at 12:31

score 33 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 19 '12 at 01:12

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Apparently, doing it in onCreate breaks app, since Activity's not yet attached to a window. If you do it like so:

@Override
public void onAttachedToWindow() {
    openOptionsMenu(); 
};

...it works.

answered Apr 19 '12 at 01:12

Kovač

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Yes, it works. However, it would be better to have `super.onAttachedToWindow()` as the first line of the function. – Stephen Hosking Nov 01 '12 at 21:54

score 16 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 05 '15 at 17:59

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For developers using the new Toolbar class of the Support Library, this is how it's done:

Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
toolbar.showOverflowMenu();

answered Jul 05 '15 at 17:59

marmor

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im doing this in an activity with a collapsing toolbar as well as a toolbar and it doesnt work4me no matter where I put it, plz help – Manny265 Sep 18 '16 at 23:25

Royston Pinto · Answer 4 · 2012-08-24T06:08:57.383

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Put this line of code in your onResume(), this should help!

new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() { 
   public void run() { 
     openOptionsMenu(); 
   } 
}, 1000);

edited Aug 24 '12 at 06:08

answered Nov 03 '11 at 10:08

Royston Pinto

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Oded Breiner · Answer 5 · 2014-01-07T07:51:48.410

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from an OnClickListener inside an activity called MainActivity:

MainActivity.this.openOptionsMenu();

edited Jan 07 '14 at 07:51

answered Oct 27 '13 at 09:28

Oded Breiner

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Worked like a champ. Android 4.4.2, API 19 – cliff2310 Aug 07 '18 at 23:43

score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 19 '16 at 09:36

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if using AppCompatActivity

getSupportActionBar().openOptionsMenu();

answered Nov 19 '16 at 09:36

Abhijit

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 28 '10 at 14:44

Two ways to do it:

Activity.getWindow().openPanel(Window.FEATURE_OPTIONS_PANEL, event);

The event argument is a KeyEvent describing the key used to open the menu, which can modify how the menu is displayed based on the type of keyboard it came from.

Or... by simulating that the user has pressed the button:

IWindowManager wManager = IWindowManager.Stub.asInterface(ServiceManager.getService("window"));
KeyEvent kd = new KeyEvent(KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_SOFT_LEFT);
KeyEvent ku = new KeyEvent(KeyEvent.ACTION_UP, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_SOFT_LEFT);
wManager.injectKeyEvent(kd.isDown(), kd.getKeyCode(), kd.getRepeatCount(), kd.getDownTime(), kd.getEventTime(), true);

I think your answer is the best because openOptionsMenu() withh cause application crashing on HTC one and Sony Xperia Acro , while your solution avoids this point...So Thank yOu — Muhannad A.Alhariri, Sep 24 '13 at 08:34
IWindowManager is not a public part of the SDK. You did you get a reference to it? — Andrew S, Jun 23 '15 at 01:42

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 23 '15 at 09:14

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If you are inside an your view, you can write

    ((Activity)getContext()).openOptionsMenu();

answered Feb 23 '15 at 09:14

Fabio Bianconi

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score -1 · Answer 9 · edited Jan 11 '17 at 00:30

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After a long research and many tries, the only way seems to be simulating a KeyEvent. This makes the options menu appear:

BaseInputConnection mInputConnection = new BaseInputConnection( findViewById(R.id.main_content), true);
KeyEvent kd = new KeyEvent(KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU);
KeyEvent ku = new KeyEvent(KeyEvent.ACTION_UP, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU);
mInputConnection.sendKeyEvent(kd);
mInputConnection.sendKeyEvent(ku);

edited Jan 11 '17 at 00:30

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answered Jan 10 '17 at 23:19

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what is main_content here – LoveForDroid Mar 16 '17 at 15:55

score -1 · Answer 10 · answered May 30 '17 at 10:48

For me, declaring toolbar.showOverflowMenu() in onClick is not worked. openOptionsMenu() also not worked for me. Instead of that the following way is worked for me,

new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                toolbar.showOverflowMenu();
            }
        }, 500);

score -1 · Answer 11 · answered May 30 '17 at 12:27

toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
    toolbar.setTitleTextColor(0xFFFFFFFF);

    new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            toolbar.showOverflowMenu();
        }
    }, 100);

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