How to create context menu for RecyclerView

Question

How do I implement context menu for RecyclerView? Apparently calling registerForContextMenu(recyclerView) doesn\'t work. I\'m calling it from a fra

Answer 1

The current answer is not correct. Here's a working implementation:

public class ContextMenuRecyclerView extends RecyclerView {

  private RecyclerViewContextMenuInfo mContextMenuInfo;

  @Override
  protected ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo getContextMenuInfo() {
    return mContextMenuInfo;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean showContextMenuForChild(View originalView) {
    final int longPressPosition = getChildPosition(originalView);
    if (longPressPosition >= 0) {
        final long longPressId = getAdapter().getItemId(longPressPosition);
        mContextMenuInfo = new RecyclerViewContextMenuInfo(longPressPosition, longPressId);
        return super.showContextMenuForChild(originalView);
    }
    return false;
  }

  public static class RecyclerViewContextMenuInfo implements ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo {

    public RecyclerViewContextMenuInfo(int position, long id) {
        this.position = position;
        this.id = id;
    }

    final public int position;
    final public long id;
  }
}

In your Fragment (or Activity):

@Override
public void onViewCreated(View view, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
    mRecyclerView = view.findViewById(R.id.recyclerview);
    registerForContextMenu(mRecyclerView);
}

@Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
    super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);
    // inflate menu
    MenuInflater inflater = getActivity().getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.my_context_menu, menu);
}

@Override
public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    return super.onContextItemSelected(item);
    RecyclerViewContextMenuInfo info = (RecyclerViewContextMenuInfo) item.getMenuInfo();
    // handle menu item here
}

And finally, in your ViewHolder:

class MyViewHolder extends RecyclerView.View.ViewHolder {
    ...
    private void onLongClick() {
        itemView.showContextMenu();
    }
}