How to add only one item from menu.xml to overflow menu in android?

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I have menu xml file in menu->main.xml in which two item are available. I have two activities and i want to add this two item in overflow menu in first activity but in the second activity i want to add only one item in overflow menu.

menu->main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_refresh"
        android:title="@string/action_refresh"
        app:showAsAction="never"/>
    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_setting"
        android:title="@string/action_setting"
        app:showAsAction="never"/>
</menu>

So how to do that?

if you give app:showAsAction="never" means those menu option not at all visible in action bar .. — Navas pk
– Navas pk, Commented Jan 17, 2017 at 8:07

Saurabh · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-17 08:02:12Z

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you can do it in two ways:

Have separate menu XMLs for both activities. one with both items and other with only one that you require.

remove the unneeded menu item in code inside 2nd activity, by overriding onCreateOptionsMenu e.g:

    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main,menu);
        menu.removeItem(R.id.action_setting);
        return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
    }

answered Jan 17, 2017 at 8:02

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raasesh · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-17 07:57:37Z

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you could do it programmatically by hiding it...For example

MenuItem refreshIcon = menu.findItem(R.id. action_refresh);
refreshIcon.setVisible(false);

answered Jan 17, 2017 at 7:57

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Ravi Theja · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-17 07:57:44Z

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Get a reference to your menu item in onCreateOptionsMenu(menu) and update show as action as below in your second activity.

MenuItem menuitem = menu.finditem(your_id);
menuitem.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM);

answered Jan 17, 2017 at 7:57

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megaturbo · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-17 07:58:44Z

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You can use the onCreateOptionsMenu that you'll have to override. You could try something like that, depending on what you need to show here:

@Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
    super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
    menu.getItem(0).setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS);
}

answered Jan 17, 2017 at 7:58

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