Adding Custom Menu In Messege Activity In Android

I want to add my custom menu in the messege activity. While I am typing a messege, I want to show additional menu 'Add contact' which will add contact information of another contac

Solution 1:

You would want to override these methods in your activity:

@OverridepublicbooleanonCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflaterinflater= getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.my_custom_menu, menu);
    returnsuper.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

@OverridepublicbooleanonOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    switch(item.getItemId()) {
    case R.id.menuAddContact:
        startActivity(newIntent(ThisActivity.this,
                AddContact.class));
        break;
    }
    returnsuper.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

Then you need a custom menu xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><menuxmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"><itemandroid:id="@+id/menuAddContact"android:title="Add Contact" /></menu>

See more here: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/menus.html