Home » Android

Android Popup Menu Example

In this article, we are going to learn about Popup Menu in Android. This displays menu either below or above the anchor text. If you click outside of the popup menu, it is not visible.
Submitted by Shamikh Faraz, on February 01, 2018

1) XML File: (activity_main)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.example.faraz.popupmenu_example.MainActivity">

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:text="Display Popup Menu"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="123dp"
        tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="275dp" />

</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

2) XML File: (menu_popup)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <item
        android:id="@+id/one"
        android:title="Android"/>

    <item
        android:id="@+id/two"
        android:title="Java"/>

    <item
        android:id="@+id/three"
        android:title="C/C++"/>

</menu>

3) Java file: (MainActivity.java)

package com.example.faraz.popupmenu_example;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.PopupMenu;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    Button btn;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
        btn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                //Creating the instance of PopupMenu
                PopupMenu popup = new PopupMenu(MainActivity.this, btn);
                //Inflating the Popup using xml file
                popup.getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_popup, popup.getMenu());

                //registering popup with OnMenuItemClickListener
                popup.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
                    public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {
                        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,"You Selected : " + item.getTitle(),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        return true;
                    }
                });

                popup.show();//showing popup menu
            }
        }); 
    }
}

Output