Parsing Android menu XML resource to objects list

Question

I can't resolve this problem for 3 days. I have simple XML resource for menu

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:id="@+id/categoryEditButton"
          android:title="@string/edit"
          android:icon="@drawable/edit" />
    <item android:id="@+id/categoryMoveUpButton"
          android:title="@string/move_up"
          android:icon="@drawable/up" />
    <item android:id="@+id/categoryMoveDownButton"
          android:title="@string/move_down"
          android:icon="@drawable/down" />
    <item android:id="@+id/categoryDeleteButton"
          android:title="@string/delete"
          android:icon="@drawable/trash" />
</menu>

I want to receive List<MenuItem> after parsing of this XML:

public class MenuItem { 
    private CharSequence text;
    private Drawable image;
    private int actionTag;

    //... getters and setters ...
}

I need this for non-standard manipulations with MenuItems and can't work with this Resourse with standard methods like:

...

MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.some_menu, menu);

...

Can anybody help me with this? Thanks.

score 26 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 06 '14 at 02:43

26

This will help:

...

PopupMenu p  = new PopupMenu(this, null);
Menu menu = p.getMenu();
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.some_menu, menu);

//Usage of menu
System.out.println("LOG id: "+ menu.getItem(0).getItemId());
System.out.println("LOG title: "+ menu.getItem(0).getTitle());
System.out.println("LOG icon: "+ menu.getItem(0).getIcon());

...

The creation of a PopupMenu its just a trick to create a Menu object that when inflated will be filled with the information defined on your xml.

answered Jul 06 '14 at 02:43

Raul

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This should be the right answer. And it works for API 7+ using Support library v4 – Iree Sep 23 '15 at 16:03
@Iree, There is no right answer to this question, as it's not supported in Android. This is just workaround – Farid Aug 23 '20 at 14:01

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

Thanks Raul. It don't work for 2.33. I have found solution Here.

private Menu newMenuInstance(Context context) {
    try {
        Class<?> menuBuilderClass = Class.forName("com.android.internal.view.menu.MenuBuilder");
        Constructor<?> constructor = menuBuilderClass.getDeclaredConstructor(Context.class);
        return (Menu) constructor.newInstance(context);
    } catch (Exception e){
        MyLog.GetMyLog().e(e);
    }
    return null;
}

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 28 '18 at 08:35

1

Simple solution: https://gist.github.com/SaifurRahmanMohsin/8c9df2838d9a52830eb9

Menu menu = new MenuBuilder(context);
new MenuInflater(context).inflate(R.menu.my_menu, menu);

and

MenuItem item = menu.getItem(position)

answered Mar 28 '18 at 08:35

Jalil Hamdollahi Oskouei

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MenuBuilder constructor can only be called from within the same library group (groupId=com.android.support) – HerberthObregon Sep 28 '18 at 14:54

Peter Knego · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-05T22:31:58.830

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You can easily change menu items at runtime.

Update after comment:

Parse XML to get resource IDs and resource types (images, strings, drawables, etc..)
Access resources via Resources class. Every resource type has different method to access it.

edited Jan 05 '12 at 22:31

answered Jan 05 '12 at 22:19

Peter Knego

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No, you don't understand me. I want create my own Menu and want write method like this one: public void setItemsFromResource(int menuResourceId) {...} for parsing menu from standard menu resource XML. I wrote this functionality via my own XML format, but I want parse standard XML menu resource format :) Get drawable objects from it for icons, get strings from resource, etc. – Dmytro Zarezenko Jan 05 '12 at 22:22
Check source code of how android does it ... https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/master/core/java/android/view/MenuInflater.java – Debjit Jul 18 '18 at 13:35

Parsing Android menu XML resource to objects list

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