optionmenu not working

[shawn peter]

this is my java class

package com.android.Option;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;

public class HelloOptions extends Activity {
   
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
	     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
	     setContentView(R.layout.main);
	 }
	 
	@Override
	public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
	 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
	 MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater();
	 menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
	 return true;
	}
	 
	@Override
	public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
	 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
	 switch(item.getItemId()){
	 case (R.id.opt1):
	  break;
	 case (R.id.opt2):
	  break;
	 case (R.id.opt3):
	  break;
	 case (R.id.opt4):
	  break;
	 case (R.id.opt5):
	  break;
	 }
	 return true;
	}
	
}

this is my menu.xml file(res/menu/menu.xml)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="@+id/opt1"
android:title="Option 1" />
<item android:id="@+id/opt2"
android:title="Option 2" />
<item android:id="@+id/opt3"
android:title="Option 3" />
<item android:id="@+id/opt4"
android:title="Option 4" />
<item android:id="@+id/opt5"
android:title="Option 5" />
</menu>

this is my main.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/hello"
/>
</LinearLayout>

but when run the project it doesn't show the menu.please see thebelow URL.

webpage

[Steve Luke]

What happens when you press the Menu button on the emulator?

[shawn peter]

thanks,it gives the result.

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv299/asliyanage/Menu2.gif?t=1366283192

[Ulf Dittmer]

So what, exactly, do you mean by "run the project"? Running the app doesn't cause the options menu to be displayed. Pressing the Menu button does, as Steve pointed out.

By the way, please attach images right here to the post, not at some 3rd party site - makes it much to check out the image, and sometimes those external sites are blocked, making it impossible to see the images.

[shawn peter]

I use third party site as i try to attached files directly it gives me error.anyway how can i enable to load optionmenu without clicking Menu button.

[Ulf Dittmer]

Why would you want to do that? People are used to using the Menu button; it's there for invoking the options menu, after all. I'd say you need very good reasons for altering the behavior of an app so that it deviates from the Android standard.

[shawn peter]

it's better to use button,if i need to see them without clicking Menu button.is it correct?

[Steve Luke]

sameera liyanage wrote:it's better to use button,if i need to see them without clicking Menu button.is it correct?

Yes, you have to decide when and where those actions will be used. If the actions are part-and-parcel to how the activity works - i.e. they will always be pressed - then you should use normal Buttons to trigger those actions, and those buttons should be part of the normal UI. If the actions are optional or rarely used / one-off actions in normal situations then you should put them in a Menu, so they don't take up UI space and are accessible to the user when they need them.

[Ulf Dittmer]

sameera liyanage wrote:it's better to use button,if i need to see them without clicking Menu button.is it correct?

I'm a bit confused where you see the difference between Android's menu button, and some button that is part of your app. You need to click one or the other no matter what ... ?

[shawn peter]

I'm a bit confused where you see the difference between Android's menu button, and some button that is part of your app. You need to click one or the other no matter what ... ?

I mean if i use normal button it always appear in the screen,but if i use menu option it doesn't always appear.we need to pop them.

[Ulf Dittmer]

Still not following. What kind of device do you have that does not always show the options menu button (or the overflow menu button, depending on the Android version)?

[Anna Harris]

First I need to know that in which app the option menu is not working.