Context Menus

[Ricky D]

Has anyone managed to get context menus working in android using B4A?

I've tried searching the forum but all I get is references to the B4PPC which as far as I know only applies to Windows Mobile devices.

I've thought of creating a panel to do this. Don't know if that's the right approach.

Regards, Ricky

 

[stevel05]

Yes, if I want context menu's or help I'll use longclick and a panel.

 

[raytronixsystems]

I maintain a state flag for each logical section of my application. I have a subroutine the captures the keycodes MENU and BACK and process these "action keys" in a subroutine using a "select case" framework to determine what Help or Menu screen to display or where to go next in my App. This is working out quite well in my current project. I always know where I am and what I am going to do next and able to capture the asynchronous keycode events and process them in an orderly manner. This way there are no "surprises" when running the App. I created a subroutine to set the current state and call that frequently in my App.

 

[COBRASoft]

^^ Would you care to share that subroutine? I'm very interested in capturing the menu and back keys. Thanks!

 

[raytronixsystems]

Please take a look at this posting: http://www.b4x.com/forum/basic4android-updates-questions/6540-can-close.html#post38357

Just replace the KEYCODE_BACK keyword with KEYCODE_MENU, add you own processing code and and you can process both of the keycodes.

A complete list of all possible keycodes can be found here: http://www.b4x.com/android/help/constants.html#keycodes

thx,
Ray