AndroidCreateMenu.doc

Creating the Menu – 
•	Create a new menu using
o	Create a new android xml file in menu folder with name main_menu.xml
o	Write following code in this file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
    <item 
        android:id="@+id/item1" 
        android:alphabeticShortcut="s" 
        android:title="Sweet">
    </item>
    <item 
        android:id="@+id/item2" 
        android:alphabeticShortcut="t" 
        android:title="Toast">
        
    </item>
</menu>
•	Write following code in main java file
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
    {
    	super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
    	MenuInflater awesome=getMenuInflater();
    	awesome.inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu);
    	return true;
    }

•	Override following method
	public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) 
	{
		switch(item.getItemId())
		{
			case R.id.item1:
				Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Hello", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
				return true;
		}
		return false;
}