Remove default CAB items in TextView selection ActionMode

Question

I'm trying to remove default items, such as "Copy" and "Select All", from the CAB when the user selects some text from a TextView element.

I've overridden the default action using this code, but inflating a new menu resource doesn't remove default items.

textView.setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback(new ActionMode.Callback() {
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {

        mode.setTitle("Test");
        mode.getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.new_menu_selection, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {

        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode mode, MenuItem item) {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode mode) {

    }
});

Is there a solution to this?

Answer 1

To remove the default items you can call menu.clear() before inflate the new menu:

textView.setCustomSelectionActionModeCallback(new ActionMode.Callback() {
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {

        menu.clear();

        mode.setTitle("Test");
        mode.getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.new_menu_selection, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {

        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode mode, MenuItem item) {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode mode) {

    }
});