Menu with action bar sherlock

Question

I need an example or a tutorial on how to add menu items with action bar sherlock

When I use the simple menu with the imports

import android.view.Menu; import android.view.MenuInflater; import android.view.MenuItem;

when I call

@Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater(); inflater.inflate(R.menu.settings_menu, menu); return true; } public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) { switch (item.getItemId()) { case R.id.goToSettings: startActivity(new Intent(this, SetPreference.class)); return true; default: return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item); } }

then I get the Cannot override the final method from SherlockActivity error.

Ctrl+Shift+O to fix all your imports. Make sure you are using the "android support jar" that comes with ActionBarSherlock and make sure that the ActionBarSherlock is added on a project library to your project. — Jared Burrows
– Jared Burrows, Commented Jan 13, 2013 at 17:28

StenaviN · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-10 20:31:35Z

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You have to use Menu, MenuInflater and MenuItem classes from com.actionbarsherlock.view package:

import com.actionbarsherlock.view.Menu; import com.actionbarsherlock.view.MenuInflater; import com.actionbarsherlock.view.MenuItem; @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { MenuInflater inflater = getSupportMenuInflater(); inflater.inflate(R.menu.settings_menu, menu); return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu); }

BTW, ActionBarSherlock contains a lot of samples.

edited Feb 10, 2014 at 20:31

answered Aug 13, 2012 at 9:58

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4 Comments

Kai Over a year ago

Just like to comment that if you find your home button click doesn't work when using ActionBarSherlock, @StenaviN's answer will solve your problem. Sure wish I saw this 3 hrs ago...

Guido Over a year ago

There is only an error in code, the return statement must be: return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);

Peter K. Over a year ago

@Guido However, the implementation of super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu); is just public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { return true; }, at least if the super is SherlockFragmentActivity.

StenaviN Over a year ago

@Guido, I have corrected return statement as suggested. However here is a quote from developer documentation: You must return true for the menu to be displayed; if you return false it will not be shown.

Matt · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-16 18:39:13Z

I used @StenaviN 's answer above but ran into problems with onContextItemSelected. This post solved it for me.

Basically, you just have to use

@Override public boolean onContextItemSelected(android.view.MenuItem item) { /* ... */ }

instead of

@Override public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) { /* ... */ }

Oliv · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-20 12:36:45Z

I used @Matt's answer above but ran into problems with onContextItemSelected.

Basically, you just have to use

@Override public boolean onContextItemSelected(com.actionbarsherlock.view.MenuItem item) { /* ... */ }

instead of

@Override public boolean onContextItemSelected(android.view.MenuItem item) { /* ... */ }

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