Android Question AppCompat - ACPopupMenu Usage

[dwsands]

Does anyone have an example of using the ACPopupMenu on a toolbar action?

Thanks

 

[Erel]

You can use the default popup menu: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/appcompat-with-toolbar-minimal-example.79896/#post-509998

Do you want to add another menu?

 

[dwsands]

There is already an overflow menu, if that is what you are referring to. I am wanting to have an separate menu popup when the filter icon is selected, so yes another menu is needed. The ACPopupMenu requires a view when it is initialized and the closest view I can think of is the toolbar itself which puts it way too far from the icon the popup menu is associated with. If the filter icon is a view, then that would work perfectly, but I cannot determine if or how to refer to the filter icon as a view.

 

[johndb]

There is already an overflow menu, if that is what you are referring to. I am wanting to have an separate menu popup when the filter icon is selected, so yes another menu is needed. The ACPopupMenu requires a view when it is initialized and the closest view I can think of is the toolbar itself which puts it way too far from the icon the popup menu is associated with. If the filter icon is a view, then that would work perfectly, but I cannot determine if or how to refer to the filter icon as a view.

What I do is create a very small transparent panel which is 2 X 2 pixels and locate it at activity.width and 0 y. Use that panel as the popup's reference view. I have also adjusted the Y to the height of the toolbar if you want the popup below the toolbar.

 

[Erel]

You can add a custom view instead of a standard menu item:

Dim b As Button
   b.Initialize("menuButton")
   b.Text = "Click"
   ACToolBarLight1.AddView(b, 60dip, 40dip, Gravity.CENTER)
   
   pp.Initialize("pp", b) 'global ACPopupMenu
   pp.AddMenuItem(0, "Item 1", Null)
   pp.AddMenuItem(0, "Item 2", Null)
   pp.AddMenuItem(0, "Item 3", Null)
End Sub


Sub MenuButton_Click
   pp.Show
End Sub

 

[dwsands]

To @johndb and @Erel, thanks!

@Erel could you provide the source for your example?

 

[Erel]

It is based on this example: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/appcompat-with-toolbar-minimal-example.79896/#post-509998

Just add the code above (and the global pp variable).