Question

ArrayList<String> emplist = new ArrayList<String>();

//Inside the array I add list of employee that I query from DB
SubMenu empMenu = menu.addSubMenu("Employee's Map").setIcon(R.drawable.group);

for (int i = 0; i < emplist.size(); i++) {
    empMenu.add(EMPLOYEE, i, i, emplist.get(i));
}

I prefer option for user that can select name of employee then I will perform result.
So, my question is how can I get the itemId which relate to user’s selected to use in onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) Thank you for your suggestion.

Answer 1

You can override onOptionsItemSelected methods in your Activity to get which menu item is selected by calling getItemId on the menuItem argument. Following is a sample code.

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

    // process with the item id of user selected menu.
    // ...

    return true
}