Android Checkable Menu Item

Question

I have the following menu layout in my Android app:

Answer 1

You can create a checkable menu item by setting the actionViewClass to a checkable widget like android.widget.CheckBox

res/menu/menu_with_checkable_menu_item.xml

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And you can can even style it to be a checkable star if you set actionLayout to a layout with a styled android.widget.CheckBox

res/layout /action_layout_styled_checkbox.xml

res/menu/menu_with_checkable_star_menu_item.xml

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To set the value

menuItem.setChecked(true/false);

To get the value

menuItem.isChecked()

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Cast MenuItem to CheckBox

CheckBox checkBox= (CheckBox) menuItem.getActionView();