Android Checkable Menu Item

Question

I have the following menu layout in my Android app:

Answer 1

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As has been said the "manual checking" is only the tip of the iceberg. It flashes the menu away so fast the users don't see anything happen and it is very counter intuitive, frustrating, and effectively utter crap. The REAL TASK (therefore) is allowing the check box event to be digested by the users mind.

Good news: this can be done and it does work and this is how you do it. @TouchBoarder had it best so I will copy his code. then develop it.

the idea is to detect if the checkbox is clicked, then (and only if that one is picked) slightly suppress the menu removal, add a timer for 500ms then close the menu, this give the "tick" animation of the checkbox time to run and creates the right "feel"

then you make this method as usual, but you make sure you add all this extra bumpf

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the bottom bar and the top bar (weird)
    BottomAppBar bottomBar = findViewById(R.id.bottom_app_bar_help);
    Menu bottomMenu = bottomBar.getMenu();
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.bottom_nav_menu, bottomMenu);
    for (int i = 0; i < bottomMenu.size(); i++) {
        bottomMenu.getItem(i).setOnMenuItemClickListener(item -> {
            if (item.getItemId()==R.id.action_favorite){
                item.setChecked(!item.isChecked());
                // Keep the popup menu open
                item.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW);
                item.setActionView(new View(frmMain.this));
                item.setOnActionExpandListener(new MenuItem.OnActionExpandListener() {
                    @Override
                    public boolean onMenuItemActionExpand(MenuItem item) {
                        final Handler handler = new Handler();
                        handler.postDelayed(() -> bottomMenu.close(), 500);
                        return false;
                    }

                    @Override
                    public boolean onMenuItemActionCollapse(MenuItem item) {
                        final Handler handler = new Handler();
                        handler.postDelayed(() -> bottomMenu.close(), 500);
                        return false;
                    }
                });
                return false;
            }
            else {
                return onOptionsItemSelected(item);
            }
        });
    }
    return true;
}

the other menu events are here

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Bottom Bar item click
    try {
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
            case R.id.mnuExit:
                MenuClick(ClickType.LOGOUT);
                return true;

            case R.id.mnuList:
                MenuClick(ClickType.LIST);
                return true;
            default:
                return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
        }
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}