Question

How do I set the intent of menu items defined in an Android menu xml file? For example I currently have…

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:name="Main Menu">
    <item android:title="@string/resume_game" android:icon="@drawable/resume"></item>
    <item android:title="@string/play_golf" android:icon="@drawable/play_golf"></item>
    <item android:title="@string/my_rounds" android:icon="@drawable/my_rounds"></item>
</menu>

And in my Activity I have the following method overriden…

   @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu);
        final MenuItem menuItem = (MenuItem) menu.findItem(R.id.about_item);

        return true;
    }

Answer 1

Give each of your menu items an id, such as android:id=”@+id/resume_game”, and then you can define the onOptionItemsSelected() method:

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    switch(item.getItemId()) {
        case R.id.resume_game:
            resumeGame();
            return true;
        case R.id.play_golf:
            playGolf();
            return true;
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}