Implementing an option menu in Android Studio

Question

How do I implement an option menu in my android application? I tried code from Android Developer but I get errors. Such as these: Element menu must be declared. Here is my code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="@+id/new_game"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_new_game"
    android:title="@string/new_game"
    android:showAsAction="ifRoom"/>
<item android:id="@+id/help"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_help"
    android:title="@string/help" />
</menu>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.lucavanraalte.test" >

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

    <activity android:name=".MainActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>

    </activity>
</application>

</manifest>

Answer 1

In your java code, add this onCreateOptionsMenu to show optionMenu,

@Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.option_menu, menu); //your file name
        return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
    }

Keep your under res\menu\option_menu folder,

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="@+id/new_game"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_new_game"
    android:title="@string/new_game"
    android:showAsAction="ifRoom"/>
<item android:id="@+id/help"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_help"
    android:title="@string/help" />
</menu>

Now, if you want to set onOptionsItemSelected i.e onClick event for that ou can use,

@Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(final MenuItem item) {

        switch (item.getItemId()) {
            case android.R.id.new_game:
                //your code
                // EX : call intent if you want to swich to other activity 
                return true;
            case R.id.help:
                //your code
                return true;
            default:
                return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
        }
    }