Question

Is it possible to get the group id that a menu item is in?

I thought this would work, but getGroupId() always returns 0:

xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <group android:id="@+id/menu_group">        
        <item android:id="@+id/edit"
              android:title="Edit" />

        <item android:id="@+id/delete"
              android:title="Delete" />               
    </group>              
</menu>

code:

@Override
public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

    int groupId = item.getGroupId(); //always zero

    return super.onContextItemSelected(item);
}

Answer 1

call this method in onMenuItemSelected(int featureId, MenuItem item) rather than onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item), OptionMenu and ContextMenu are two different type menus in android