Different action menu items for each fragment with same navigation drawer in Android

Question

I have a Main activity that hosts a navigation drawer and multiple fragments. Each fragment has its own set of menu items.

Now the problem starts when I add the onOptionsItemSelected method, the navigation Drawer won't open. And when I don't add the onOptionsItemSelected method, navigation Drawer opens but then menu items are not working.

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup parent, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_payment_type_data_stats, parent, false);
    setHasOptionsMenu(true);
    return v;
}

@Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(@NonNull Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
    menu.clear();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_payment_type_stats, menu);
    Objects.requireNonNull(((MainActivity) Objects.requireNonNull(getActivity())).getSupportActionBar()).setTitle("title");
    super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
}

@SuppressLint("NonConstantResourceId")
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    switch (item.getItemId()) {
        case R.id.action_today:
            getDataForToday();
            break;
        case R.id.action_past_seven:
            getDataForPeriod(calendarDates.pastSeventhDate(), calendarDates.todayDate());
            break;
        case R.id.action_custom_date:
            openDatePickerDialog(sdf);
            break;
    }
    return true;
}

If you have any suggestions for fixing this problem, please share.

Answer 1

• MainActivity changes:

All you have to do is change onOptionsItemSelected in MainActivity from

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        return true;
    }

and change it to

@Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
       return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);  //important
    }

As far as the onCreateOptionsMenu method in MainActivity, you can leave it empty with just

return true

• Fragment changes

For fragment (each fragment can have separate action menu items) you need to implement 3 methods

• onCreateView
• onCreateOptionsMenu
• onOptionsItemSelected

Example:

@Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup parent, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_payment_type_data_stats, parent, false);
        setHasOptionsMenu(true);  //important
        return v;
    }

    @Override
    public void onCreateOptionsMenu(@NonNull Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
        menu.clear();
        //each frag can have different menu
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_payment_type_stats, menu);
        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
    }

    @SuppressLint("NonConstantResourceId")
    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(@NonNull MenuItem item) {

        switch (item.getItemId()) {
            case R.id.action_today:
                getDataForToday();
                break;
            case R.id.action_yesterday:
                getDataForPeriod(calendarDates.yesterdayDate(), calendarDates.yesterdayDate());
                break;
            case R.id.action_past_seven:
                getDataForPeriod(calendarDates.pastSeventhDate(), calendarDates.todayDate());
                break;
            case R.id.action_past_thirty:
                getDataForPeriod(calendarDates.pastThirtiethDate(), calendarDates.todayDate());
                break;
            case R.id.action_custom_date:
                openDatePickerDialog(sdf);
                break;
        }
        return false;
    }