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MenuItemCompat

class MenuItemCompat
kotlin.Any
   ↳ androidx.core.view.MenuItemCompat

Helper for accessing features in android.view.MenuItem.

Note: You cannot get an instance of this class. Instead, it provides static methods that correspond to the methods in , but take a android.view.MenuItem object as an additional argument.

Summary

Nested classes
abstract

Interface definition for a callback to be invoked when a menu item marked with is expanded or collapsed.

Constants
static Int

Always show this item as a button in an Action Bar.
static Int

This item's action view collapses to a normal menu item.
static Int

Show this item as a button in an Action Bar if the system decides there is room for it.
static Int

Never show this item as a button in an Action Bar.
static Int

When this item is in the action bar, always show it with a text label even if it also has an icon specified.

Public methods
static Boolean

Collapse the action view associated with this menu item.
static Boolean

Expand the action view associated with this menu item.
static ActionProvider!

Gets the ActionProvider.
static View!

Returns the currently set action view for this menu item.
static Int

Return the modifier for this menu item's alphabetic shortcut.
static CharSequence!

Retrieve the content description associated with this menu item.
static ColorStateList!

static Mode!

Returns the blending mode used to apply the tint to the item's icon, if specified.
static Int

Return the modifiers for this menu item's numeric (12-key) shortcut.
static CharSequence!

Retrieve the tooltip text associated with this menu item.
static Boolean

Returns true if this menu item's action view has been expanded.
static MenuItem!

Sets the ActionProvider responsible for creating an action view if the item is placed on the action bar.
static MenuItem!
setActionView(item: MenuItem!, view: View!)

Set an action view for this menu item.
static MenuItem!
setActionView(item: MenuItem!, resId: Int)

Set an action view for this menu item.
static Unit
setAlphabeticShortcut(item: MenuItem!, alphaChar: Char, alphaModifiers: Int)

Change the alphabetic shortcut associated with this item.
static Unit
setContentDescription(item: MenuItem!, contentDescription: CharSequence!)

Change the content description associated with this menu item.
static Unit

Applies a tint to the item's icon.
static Unit
setIconTintMode(item: MenuItem!, tintMode: Mode!)

Specifies the blending mode used to apply the tint specified by setIconTintList(MenuItem, ColorStateList) to the item's icon.
static Unit
setNumericShortcut(item: MenuItem!, numericChar: Char, numericModifiers: Int)

Change the numeric shortcut and modifiers associated with this item.
static MenuItem!

Set an OnActionExpandListener on this menu item to be notified when the associated action view is expanded or collapsed.
static Unit
setShortcut(item: MenuItem!, numericChar: Char, alphaChar: Char, numericModifiers: Int, alphaModifiers: Int)

Change both the numeric and alphabetic shortcut associated with this item.
static Unit
setShowAsAction(item: MenuItem!, actionEnum: Int)

Sets how this item should display in the presence of a compatible Action Bar.
static Unit
setTooltipText(item: MenuItem!, tooltipText: CharSequence!)

Change the tooltip text associated with this menu item.

Constants

SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS

static val SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS: Int

Deprecated: Use MenuItem#SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS directly.

Always show this item as a button in an Action Bar. Use sparingly! If too many items are set to always show in the Action Bar it can crowd the Action Bar and degrade the user experience on devices with smaller screens. A good rule of thumb is to have no more than 2 items set to always show at a time.

Value: 2

SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW

static val SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW: Int

Deprecated: Use MenuItem#SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW directly.

This item's action view collapses to a normal menu item. When expanded, the action view temporarily takes over a larger segment of its container.

Value: 8

SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM

static val SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM: Int

Deprecated: Use MenuItem#SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM directly.

Show this item as a button in an Action Bar if the system decides there is room for it.

Value: 1

SHOW_AS_ACTION_NEVER

static val SHOW_AS_ACTION_NEVER: Int

Deprecated: Use MenuItem#SHOW_AS_ACTION_NEVER directly.

Never show this item as a button in an Action Bar.

Value: 0

SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT

static val SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT: Int

Deprecated: Use MenuItem#SHOW_AS_ACTION_WITH_TEXT directly.

When this item is in the action bar, always show it with a text label even if it also has an icon specified.

Value: 4

Public methods

collapseActionView

static fun collapseActionView(item: MenuItem!): Boolean

Deprecated: Use MenuItem#collapseActionView() directly.

Collapse the action view associated with this menu item. The menu item must have an action view set, as well as the showAsAction flag SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW. If a listener has been set using setOnActionExpandListener(MenuItem, * androidx.core.view.MenuItemCompat.OnActionExpandListener) it will have its method invoked. The listener may return false from this method to prevent collapsing the action view.

Return
Boolean: true if the action view was collapsed, false otherwise.

expandActionView

static fun expandActionView(item: MenuItem!): Boolean

Deprecated: Use MenuItem#expandActionView() directly.

Expand the action view associated with this menu item. The menu item must have an action view set, as well as the showAsAction flag SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW. If a listener has been set using setOnActionExpandListener(MenuItem, OnActionExpandListener) it will have its OnActionExpandListener#onMenuItemActionExpand(MenuItem) method invoked. The listener may return false from this method to prevent expanding the action view.

Return
Boolean: true if the action view was expanded, false otherwise.

getActionProvider

static fun getActionProvider(item: MenuItem!): ActionProvider!

Gets the ActionProvider.

Return
ActionProvider!: The action provider.

getActionView

static fun getActionView(item: MenuItem!): View!

Deprecated: Use MenuItem#getActionView() directly.

Returns the currently set action view for this menu item.

Parameters
item MenuItem!: the item to query
Return
View!: This item's action view

getAlphabeticModifiers

static fun getAlphabeticModifiers(item: MenuItem!): Int

Return the modifier for this menu item's alphabetic shortcut. The modifier is a combination of KeyEvent#META_META_ON, KeyEvent#META_CTRL_ON, KeyEvent#META_ALT_ON, KeyEvent#META_SHIFT_ON, KeyEvent#META_SYM_ON, KeyEvent#META_FUNCTION_ON. For example, KeyEvent#META_FUNCTION_ON|KeyEvent#META_CTRL_ON

Return
Int: Modifier associated with the keyboard shortcut.

getContentDescription

static fun getContentDescription(item: MenuItem!): CharSequence!

Retrieve the content description associated with this menu item.

Return
CharSequence!: The content description.

getIconTintList

static fun getIconTintList(item: MenuItem!): ColorStateList!
Return
ColorStateList!: the tint applied to the item's icon

getIconTintMode

static fun getIconTintMode(item: MenuItem!): Mode!

Returns the blending mode used to apply the tint to the item's icon, if specified.

Return
Mode!: the blending mode used to apply the tint to the item's icon

getNumericModifiers

static fun getNumericModifiers(item: MenuItem!): Int

Return the modifiers for this menu item's numeric (12-key) shortcut. The modifier is a combination of KeyEvent#META_META_ON, KeyEvent#META_CTRL_ON, KeyEvent#META_ALT_ON, KeyEvent#META_SHIFT_ON, KeyEvent#META_SYM_ON, KeyEvent#META_FUNCTION_ON. For example, KeyEvent#META_FUNCTION_ON|KeyEvent#META_CTRL_ON

Return
Int: Modifier associated with the numeric shortcut.

getTooltipText

static fun getTooltipText(item: MenuItem!): CharSequence!

Retrieve the tooltip text associated with this menu item.

Return
CharSequence!: The tooltip text.

isActionViewExpanded

static fun isActionViewExpanded(item: MenuItem!): Boolean

Deprecated: Use MenuItem#isActionViewExpanded() directly.

Returns true if this menu item's action view has been expanded.

Return
Boolean: true if the item's action view is expanded, false otherwise.

setActionProvider

static fun setActionProvider(item: MenuItem!, provider: ActionProvider!): MenuItem!

Sets the ActionProvider responsible for creating an action view if the item is placed on the action bar. The provider also provides a default action invoked if the item is placed in the overflow menu.

Note: Setting an action provider overrides the action view set via setActionView(MenuItem, View).

Parameters
item MenuItem!: item to change
provider MenuItem!: The action provider.
Return
MenuItem!: This Item so additional setters can be called.

See Also

setActionView

static fun setActionView(item: MenuItem!, view: View!): MenuItem!

Deprecated: Use MenuItem#setActionView(View) directly.

Set an action view for this menu item. An action view will be displayed in place of an automatically generated menu item element in the UI when this item is shown as an action within a parent.

Parameters
item MenuItem!: the item to change
view MenuItem!: View to use for presenting this item to the user.
Return
MenuItem!: This Item so additional setters can be called.

setActionView

static fun setActionView(item: MenuItem!, resId: Int): MenuItem!

Deprecated: Use MenuItem#setActionView(int) directly.

Set an action view for this menu item. An action view will be displayed in place of an automatically generated menu item element in the UI when this item is shown as an action within a parent.

Note: Setting an action view overrides the action provider set via setActionProvider(MenuItem, ActionProvider).

Parameters
item MenuItem!: the item to change
resId MenuItem!: Layout resource to use for presenting this item to the user.
Return
MenuItem!: This Item so additional setters can be called.

setAlphabeticShortcut

static fun setAlphabeticShortcut(item: MenuItem!, alphaChar: Char, alphaModifiers: Int): Unit

Change the alphabetic shortcut associated with this item. The shortcut will be triggered when the key that generates the given character is pressed along with the modifier keys. Case is not significant and shortcut characters will be displayed in lower case. Note that menu items with the characters '\b' or '\n' as shortcuts will get triggered by the Delete key or Carriage Return key, respectively.

See Menu for the menu types that support shortcuts.

Parameters
alphaChar MenuItem!: The alphabetic shortcut key. This is the shortcut when using a keyboard with alphabetic keys.
alphaModifiers MenuItem!: The modifier associated with the shortcut. It should be a combination of KeyEvent#META_META_ON, KeyEvent#META_CTRL_ON, KeyEvent#META_ALT_ON, KeyEvent#META_SHIFT_ON, KeyEvent#META_SYM_ON, KeyEvent#META_FUNCTION_ON.

setContentDescription

static fun setContentDescription(item: MenuItem!, contentDescription: CharSequence!): Unit

Change the content description associated with this menu item.

Parameters
item MenuItem!: item to change.
contentDescription MenuItem!: The new content description.

setIconTintList

static fun setIconTintList(item: MenuItem!, tint: ColorStateList!): Unit

Applies a tint to the item's icon. Does not modify the current tint mode of that item, which is PorterDuff.Mode#SRC_IN by default.

Subsequent calls to MenuItem#setIcon(Drawable) or MenuItem#setIcon(int) will automatically mutate the icon and apply the specified tint and tint mode.

Parameters
tint MenuItem!: the tint to apply, may be null to clear tint

setIconTintMode

static fun setIconTintMode(item: MenuItem!, tintMode: Mode!): Unit

Specifies the blending mode used to apply the tint specified by setIconTintList(MenuItem, ColorStateList) to the item's icon. The default mode is PorterDuff.Mode#SRC_IN.

Parameters
tintMode MenuItem!: the blending mode used to apply the tint, may be null to clear tint

setNumericShortcut

static fun setNumericShortcut(item: MenuItem!, numericChar: Char, numericModifiers: Int): Unit

Change the numeric shortcut and modifiers associated with this item.

See Menu for the menu types that support shortcuts.

Parameters
numericChar MenuItem!: The numeric shortcut key. This is the shortcut when using a 12-key (numeric) keyboard.
numericModifiers MenuItem!: The modifier associated with the shortcut. It should be a combination of KeyEvent#META_META_ON, KeyEvent#META_CTRL_ON, KeyEvent#META_ALT_ON, KeyEvent#META_SHIFT_ON, KeyEvent#META_SYM_ON, KeyEvent#META_FUNCTION_ON.

setOnActionExpandListener

static fun setOnActionExpandListener(item: MenuItem!, listener: MenuItemCompat.OnActionExpandListener!): MenuItem!

Deprecated: Use MenuItem#setOnActionExpandListener(MenuItem.OnActionExpandListener) directly.

Set an OnActionExpandListener on this menu item to be notified when the associated action view is expanded or collapsed. The menu item must be configured to expand or collapse its action view using the flag SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW.

Parameters
listener MenuItem!: Listener that will respond to expand/collapse events
Return
MenuItem!: This menu item instance for call chaining

setShortcut

static fun setShortcut(item: MenuItem!, numericChar: Char, alphaChar: Char, numericModifiers: Int, alphaModifiers: Int): Unit

Change both the numeric and alphabetic shortcut associated with this item. Note that the shortcut will be triggered when the key that generates the given character is pressed along with the corresponding modifier key. Also note that case is not significant and that alphabetic shortcut characters will be handled in lower case.

See Menu for the menu types that support shortcuts.

Parameters
numericChar MenuItem!: The numeric shortcut key. This is the shortcut when using a numeric (e.g., 12-key) keyboard.
numericModifiers MenuItem!: The numeric modifier associated with the shortcut. It should be a combination of KeyEvent#META_META_ON, KeyEvent#META_CTRL_ON, KeyEvent#META_ALT_ON, KeyEvent#META_SHIFT_ON, KeyEvent#META_SYM_ON, KeyEvent#META_FUNCTION_ON.
alphaChar MenuItem!: The alphabetic shortcut key. This is the shortcut when using a keyboard with alphabetic keys.
alphaModifiers MenuItem!: The alphabetic modifier associated with the shortcut. It should be a combination of KeyEvent#META_META_ON, KeyEvent#META_CTRL_ON, KeyEvent#META_ALT_ON, KeyEvent#META_SHIFT_ON, KeyEvent#META_SYM_ON, KeyEvent#META_FUNCTION_ON.

setShowAsAction

static fun setShowAsAction(item: MenuItem!, actionEnum: Int): Unit

Deprecated: Use MenuItem#setShowAsAction(int) directly.

Sets how this item should display in the presence of a compatible Action Bar. If the given item is compatible, this will call the item's supported implementation of MenuItem#setShowAsAction(int).

Parameters
item MenuItem!: - the item to change
actionEnum MenuItem!: - How the item should display.

setTooltipText

static fun setTooltipText(item: MenuItem!, tooltipText: CharSequence!): Unit

Change the tooltip text associated with this menu item.

Parameters
item MenuItem!: item to change.
tooltipText MenuItem!: The new tooltip text