Question

I want to know about menu.I tried using some codes given in net.It seems simple but can’t get output when i run application.I used onCreateOptionMenu and menuinflater.I created a new folder under res and named it as menu and i add item in menu.xml under it.But can’t get output.kindly let me know my mistake.

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="@+id/icon"
    android:title="ICON"/>
<item android:id="@+id/text"
    android:title="Text" />
<item android:id="@+id/icontext"
    android:title="Icon and text"
    />
</menu> 

Activity:

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

public class Simple extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
    }

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

Answer 1

Have to click the predefined menu button in emulator to make our menu option visible.