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Android Context Menu Example

Android Context Menu Example

Let's see a simple example of context menu in Android.

activity_main.xml 
  1. <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"    
  2.     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"    
  3.     android:layout_width="match_parent"    
  4.     android:layout_height="match_parent"    
  5.     android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"    
  6.     android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"    
  7.     android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"    
  8.     android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"    
  9.     tools:context=".MainActivity" >    
  10.     
  11.     <ListView    
  12.         android:id="@+id/listView1"    
  13.         android:layout_width="match_parent"    
  14.         android:layout_height="wrap_content"    
  15.         android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"    
  16.         android:layout_alignParentTop="true"    
  17.         android:layout_marginLeft="66dp"    
  18.         android:layout_marginTop="53dp" >    
  19.     </ListView>    
  20.     
  21. </RelativeLayout>    
MainActivity.java
  1. package com.abc.contextmenu;    
  2. import android.os.Bundle;    
  3. import android.app.Activity;    
  4. import android.view.ContextMenu;    
  5. import android.view.ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo;    
  6. import android.view.Menu;    
  7. import android.view.MenuItem;    
  8. import android.view.View;    
  9. import android.widget.AdapterView;    
  10. import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;    
  11. import android.widget.ListView;    
  12. import android.widget.Toast;    
  13. public class MainActivity extends Activity {    
  14.     ListView listView1;    
  15.     String contacts[]={"Ajay","Sachin","Sumit","Tarun","Yogesh"};    
  16.     @Override    
  17.     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {    
  18.         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);    
  19.         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);    
  20.         listView1=(ListView)findViewById(R.id.listView1);    
  21.         ArrayAdapter<String> adapter=new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,contacts);    
  22.         listView1.setAdapter(adapter);    
  23.         // Register the ListView  for Context menu    
  24.         registerForContextMenu(listView1);    
  25.     }    
  26.     @Override     
  27.     public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenuInfo menuInfo)    
  28.     {    
  29.             super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);    
  30.             menu.setHeaderTitle("Select The Action");      
  31.             menu.add(0, v.getId(), 0, "Call");//groupId, itemId, order, title     
  32.             menu.add(0, v.getId(), 0, "SMS");     
  33.     }     
  34.     @Override      
  35.     public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item){      
  36.             if(item.getTitle()=="Call"){    
  37.                 Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"calling code",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();    
  38.             }      
  39.             else if(item.getTitle()=="SMS"){    
  40.                 Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"sending sms code",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();    
  41.             }else{    
  42.                return false;    
  43.             }      
  44.           return true;      
  45.       }      
  46.     }