How to handle onContextItemSelected in a multi fragment activity?

Question

I\'m currently trying to adapt my application to use the \"Compatibility Libraries for Android v4\" to provide the benefits of the usage of fragments even to Android 1.6 use

Answer 1

I'll post an answer even though you found a workaround because I just dealt with a similar issue. When you inflate the context menu for a specific fragment, assign each menu item a groupId that is unique to the fragment. Then test for the groupId in 'onContextItemSelected.' For Example:

public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v,ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
    menu.add(UNIQUE_FRAGMENT_GROUP_ID, MENU_OPTION_1, 0, R.string.src1);
    menu.add(UNIQUE_FRAGMENT_GROUP_ID, MENU_OPTION_2, 0, R.string.src2);
}
public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    //only this fragment's context menus have group ID of -1
    if (item.getGroupId() == UNIQUE_FRAGMENT_GROUP_ID) {
        switch(item.getItemId()) {
        case MENU_OPTION_1: doSomething(); break;
        case MENU_OPTION_2: doSomethingElse(); break;
    }
}

This way all of your fragments will still receive calls to 'onContextItemSelected,' but only the correct one will respond, thus avoiding the need to write activity-level code. I assume a modified version of this technique could work even though you aren't using 'menu.add(...)'