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How to open an options menu from a non-actionbar button

I want to open an options menu from another button, not from an actionbar button, like so:

My idea

How can I make a menu show up on a button like this?

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Solution

  • What you're looking for can be done using a PopupMenu object.

    You can look at these simple examples:
    https://www.tutorialspoint.com/android-popup-menu-example
    or
    https://www.javatpoint.com/android-popup-menu-example

    There are many other examples on the Web and YouTube.