How to add App Store link to menu item?

Question

I can give link via Button.But I want to add a App store link to "rateus" in menu item.(please see attached image)here is the button code in MainActivity.java.This is not working for menu item.please help me.

//rateus button
        android.widget.Button ratebutton = (android.widget.Button) findViewById(R.id.id_rateus);
        ratebutton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                try {
                    startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                            android.net.Uri.parse("market://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slsindupotha&hl=en")));
                }catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException e){
                    startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                            android.net.Uri.parse("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slsindupotha&hl=en")));
                }
            }
        });
//end rateus button code

here is my menu item image... rate us ite menu

here is the code for rate us item

<item
        android:id="@+id/id_rateus"
        android:orderInCategory="100"
        android:title="@string/action_rateus"
        android:textAllCaps="false"
        app:showAsAction="ifRoom" />

this answers will help you. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6439085/android-how-to-create-option-menu — KuLdip PaTel, Jun 21 '18 at 11:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 21 '18 at 11:51

This is how you can handle a menu item click

Inflate the menu file

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
 MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
 inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_file, menu);
 return true;
}

Then handle onCLick here

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle item selection
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.id_rateus:
 //handle onclick event for intent to playstore
 return true;
default:
 return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
 }
}

CodeChimp · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-21T12:22:27.607

You need to override the menu functions, something like the code below.

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds appModels to the action bar if it is present.
    this.menu = menu;
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    int id = item.getItemId();

    switch (id) {
        case R.id.share:

            Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
            sharingIntent.setType("text/plain");
            String shareBodyText = "Check it out. Your message goes here";
            sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT,"Subject here");
            sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, shareBodyText);
            startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent, "Shearing Option"));
            return true;

        case R.id.id_rateus:
            try {
                    startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,                                
android.net.Uri.parse("market://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slsindupotha&hl=en")));
                }catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException e){
                    startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                            android.net.Uri.parse("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slsindupotha&hl=en")));
                }

            return true;
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

Thanks for the answer..but I already have above code for adding to share app link like this link. https://www.viralandroid.com/2016/05/adding-share-action-to-android-app.html how to add your part into this.. — Mr.Soft, Jun 21 '18 at 12:17
I've updated my code to show how the share and rateus menu items will be included in a switch statement — CodeChimp, Jun 21 '18 at 12:25
Glad to have helped, please accept my answer if you are satisfied. — CodeChimp, Jun 21 '18 at 12:46

How to add App Store link to menu item?

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