Android Popup Menu Example

activity_main.xml

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"     xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"     android:id="@+id/rl"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="match_parent"     android:padding="16dp"     tools:context=".MainActivity"     android:background="#c5cec3"     >     <TextView         android:id="@+id/tv"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:text="Click This text to change its color."         android:textSize="50dp"         android:textStyle="bold"         android:fontFamily="sans-serif-condensed"         /> </RelativeLayout> 

res/menu/textview_popup_menu.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/red"         android:title="Red"         android:icon="@drawable/ic_palette_red_36dp"         />     <item         android:id="@+id/green"         android:title="Green"         android:icon="@drawable/ic_palette_green_36dp"         />     <item         android:id="@+id/blue"         android:title="Blue"         android:icon="@drawable/ic_palette_blue_36dp"         /> </menu> 

MainActivity.java

 package com.cfsuman.me.androidcodesnippets;  import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Context; import android.graphics.Color; import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.MenuItem; import android.view.View; import android.widget.PopupMenu; import android.widget.RelativeLayout; import android.widget.TextView;   public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {     private Context mContext;     private Activity mActivity;      private RelativeLayout mRelativeLayout;     private TextView mTextView;       @Override     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);          // Get the application context         mContext = getApplicationContext();          // Get the activity         mActivity = MainActivity.this;          // Get the widgets reference from XML layout         mRelativeLayout = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.rl);         mTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv);          // Set a click listener for the text view         mTextView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {             @Override             public void onClick(View view) {                 /*                     public PopupMenu (Context context, View anchor)                         Constructor to create a new popup menu with an anchor view.                      Parameters                         context : Context the popup menu is running in, through which it can access                                   the current theme, resources, etc.                         anchor : Anchor view for this popup. The popup will appear below the anchor                                  if there is room, or above it if there is not.                 */                 // Initialize a new instance of popup menu                 PopupMenu popupMenu = new PopupMenu(mContext,mTextView);                  /*                     public MenuInflater getMenuInflater ()                      Returns                         a MenuInflater that can be used to inflate menu items from XML into                         the menu returned by getMenu().                 */                 /*                     public void inflate (int menuRes)                         Inflate a menu resource into this PopupMenu. This is equivalent to calling                         popupMenu.getMenuInflater().inflate(menuRes, popupMenu.getMenu()).                      Parameters                         menuRes : Menu resource to inflate                 */                 // Inflate the popup menu                 popupMenu.getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.textview_popup_menu,popupMenu.getMenu());                  /*                     public void setOnMenuItemClickListener (PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener listener)                         Set a listener that will be notified when the user selects an item from the menu.                      Parameters                         listener : Listener to notify                 */                 /*                     public abstract boolean onMenuItemClick (MenuItem item)                         This method will be invoked when a menu item is clicked if the item itself                         did not already handle the event.                      Parameters                         item : MenuItem that was clicked                     Returns                         true : if the event was handled, false otherwise.                 */                 // Set a click listener for menu item click                 popupMenu.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener() {                     @Override                     public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem menuItem) {                         switch(menuItem.getItemId()){                             // Handle the non group menu items here                             case R.id.red:                                 // Set the text color to red                                 mTextView.setTextColor(Color.RED);                                 return true;                             case R.id.green:                                 // Set the text color to green                                 mTextView.setTextColor(Color.GREEN);                                 return true;                             case R.id.blue:                                 // Set the text color to blue                                 mTextView.setTextColor(Color.BLUE);                                 return true;                             default:                                 return false;                         }                     }                 });                  // Finally, show the popup menu                 popupMenu.show();             }         });     } }