Question

I’m having type issues when attempting to inflate a ContextMenu while making use of the ActionBarSherlock library, which as you know ultimately mimics/implements the Android support library.

There is a SherlockFragmentActivity which sets the layout content and within that content exists two fragments. One of those fragments is a SherlockListFragment. Within the onCreate of the SherlockListFragment I make a call to register for the ContextMenu.

registerForContextMenu(getListView());

The problem stems when attempting to inflate the menu.

listView.setOnCreateContextMenuListener(new View.OnCreateContextMenuListener() {
       @Override
       public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu contextMenu, View view, ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo contextMenuInfo) {
                MenuInflater inflater = getSherlockActivity().getSupportMenuInflater();
                inflater.inflate(R.menu.lot_menu, contextMenu);
            }
        });

I am unable to call inflate due to the type specified within the method parameters, which it expects as com.actionbarsherlock.view.Menu however the passed in type is android.view.ContextMenu.

I seem to be missing something as inflating a Menu within the action bar was trivial however the ContextMenu seems to be posing issues when making use of the support framework.

How do I register appropriately to make use of the support framework as needed and subsequently inflate the ContextMenu?

Answer 1

Try using getMenuInflater() instead of getSupportMenuInflater() for inflating into a ContextMenu.