Question

I am new to Android application development.I want to develop a simple android application which contains menus.Is there any source code on internet.Can anybody tell me how should i pursue

Thanks in advance
Tushar

Answer 1

Everything you need to know is in the Android Dev Guide.

What it comes down to – and I’m just copying relevant parts from the Android Dev guide – is creating an XML menu resource, e.g. this one, and saving it as game_menu.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:id="@+id/new_game"
          android:icon="@drawable/ic_new_game"
          android:title="@string/new_game" />
    <item android:id="@+id/help"
          android:icon="@drawable/ic_help"
          android:title="@string/help" />
</menu>

And then inflating it within your activity:

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.game_menu, menu);
    return true;
}

When an item is clicked, you can do several actions:

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Handle item selection
    switch (item.getItemId()) {
    case R.id.new_game:
        newGame();
        return true;
    case R.id.help:
        showHelp();
        return true;
    default:
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
}