PopupMenu

public class PopupMenu
extends Object

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.widget.PopupMenu


A PopupMenu displays a Menu in a modal popup window anchored to a View. The popup will appear below the anchor view if there is room, or above it if there is not. If the IME is visible the popup will not overlap it until it is touched. Touching outside of the popup will dismiss it.

Summary

Nested classes

interface PopupMenu.OnDismissListener

Callback interface used to notify the application that the menu has closed. 

interface PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener

Interface responsible for receiving menu item click events if the items themselves do not have individual item click listeners. 

Public constructors

PopupMenu(Context context, View anchor)

Constructor to create a new popup menu with an anchor view.

PopupMenu(Context context, View anchor, int gravity)

Constructor to create a new popup menu with an anchor view and alignment gravity.

PopupMenu(Context context, View anchor, int gravity, int popupStyleAttr, int popupStyleRes)

Constructor a create a new popup menu with a specific style.

Public methods

void dismiss()

Dismiss the menu popup.

View.OnTouchListener getDragToOpenListener()

Returns an OnTouchListener that can be added to the anchor view to implement drag-to-open behavior.

int getGravity()
Menu getMenu()

Returns the Menu associated with this popup.

MenuInflater getMenuInflater()
void inflate(int menuRes)

Inflate a menu resource into this PopupMenu.

void setForceShowIcon(boolean forceShowIcon)

Sets whether the popup menu's adapter is forced to show icons in the menu item views.

void setGravity(int gravity)

Sets the gravity used to align the popup window to its anchor view.

void setOnDismissListener(PopupMenu.OnDismissListener listener)

Sets a listener that will be notified when this menu is dismissed.

void setOnMenuItemClickListener(PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener listener)

Sets a listener that will be notified when the user selects an item from the menu.

void show()

Show the menu popup anchored to the view specified during construction.

Inherited methods

Public constructors

PopupMenu

Added in API level 11
public PopupMenu (Context context, 
                View anchor)

Constructor to create a new popup menu with an anchor view.

Parameters
context Context: Context the popup menu is running in, through which it can access the current theme, resources, etc.

anchor View: Anchor view for this popup. The popup will appear below the anchor if there is room, or above it if there is not.

PopupMenu

Added in API level 11
public PopupMenu (Context context, 
                View anchor, 
                int gravity)

Constructor to create a new popup menu with an anchor view and alignment gravity.

Parameters
context Context: Context the popup menu is running in, through which it can access the current theme, resources, etc.

anchor View: Anchor view for this popup. The popup will appear below the anchor if there is room, or above it if there is not.

gravity int: The Gravity value for aligning the popup with its anchor.

PopupMenu

Added in API level 11
public PopupMenu (Context context, 
                View anchor, 
                int gravity, 
                int popupStyleAttr, 
                int popupStyleRes)

Constructor a create a new popup menu with a specific style.

Parameters
context Context: Context the popup menu is running in, through which it can access the current theme, resources, etc.

anchor View: Anchor view for this popup. The popup will appear below the anchor if there is room, or above it if there is not.

gravity int: The Gravity value for aligning the popup with its anchor.

popupStyleAttr int: An attribute in the current theme that contains a reference to a style resource that supplies default values for the popup window. Can be 0 to not look for defaults.

popupStyleRes int: A resource identifier of a style resource that supplies default values for the popup window, used only if popupStyleAttr is 0 or can not be found in the theme. Can be 0 to not look for defaults.

Public methods

dismiss

Added in API level 11
public void dismiss ()

Dismiss the menu popup.

See also:

getDragToOpenListener

Added in API level 19
public View.OnTouchListener getDragToOpenListener ()

Returns an OnTouchListener that can be added to the anchor view to implement drag-to-open behavior.

When the listener is set on a view, touching that view and dragging outside of its bounds will open the popup window. Lifting will select the currently touched list item.

Example usage:

 PopupMenu myPopup = new PopupMenu(context, myAnchor);
 myAnchor.setOnTouchListener(myPopup.getDragToOpenListener());
 

Returns
View.OnTouchListener a touch listener that controls drag-to-open behavior

getGravity

Added in API level 23
public int getGravity ()

Returns
int the gravity used to align the popup window to its anchor view

See also:

getMenu

Added in API level 11
public Menu getMenu ()

Returns the Menu associated with this popup. Populate the returned Menu with items before calling show().

Returns
Menu the Menu associated with this popup

getMenuInflater

Added in API level 11
public MenuInflater getMenuInflater ()

Returns
MenuInflater a MenuInflater that can be used to inflate menu items from XML into the menu returned by getMenu()

See also:

inflate

Added in API level 14
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 int: Menu resource to inflate

setForceShowIcon

Added in API level 29
public void setForceShowIcon (boolean forceShowIcon)

Sets whether the popup menu's adapter is forced to show icons in the menu item views.

Changes take effect on the next call to show().

Parameters
forceShowIcon boolean: true to force icons to be shown, or false for icons to be optionally shown

setGravity

Added in API level 23
public void setGravity (int gravity)

Sets the gravity used to align the popup window to its anchor view.

If the popup is showing, calling this method will take effect only the next time the popup is shown.

Parameters
gravity int: the gravity used to align the popup window

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setOnDismissListener

Added in API level 14
public void setOnDismissListener (PopupMenu.OnDismissListener listener)

Sets a listener that will be notified when this menu is dismissed.

Parameters
listener PopupMenu.OnDismissListener: the listener to notify

setOnMenuItemClickListener

Added in API level 11
public void setOnMenuItemClickListener (PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener listener)

Sets a listener that will be notified when the user selects an item from the menu.

Parameters
listener PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener: the listener to notify

show

Added in API level 11
public void show ()

Show the menu popup anchored to the view specified during construction.

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