Android MenuItem Custom Layout

Question

I have a PopupMenu that appears when I click on an action button in a actionbar. I would like the MenuItem, in my PopupMenu, with a custom layout like this:

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Answer 1

By default the layout of a PopupMenu (and it's items) cannot be customized. In the solution below I have created a PopupMenu with a horizontal layout. In this case I used TextView as clickable items, but you can easily replace them by Buttons. You can customize the menu items whatever you want.

1 - The Custom PopupMenu class:

public class PopupMenuCustomLayout {
    private PopupMenuCustomOnClickListener onClickListener;
    private Context context;
    private PopupWindow popupWindow;
    private int rLayoutId;
    private View popupView;

    public PopupMenuCustomLayout(Context context, int rLayoutId, PopupMenuCustomOnClickListener onClickListener) {
        this.context = context;
        this.onClickListener = onClickListener;
        this.rLayoutId = rLayoutId;
        LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) context.getSystemService(LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        popupView = inflater.inflate(rLayoutId, null);
        int width = LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT;
        int height = LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT;
        boolean focusable = true;
        popupWindow = new PopupWindow(popupView, width, height, focusable);
        popupWindow.setElevation(10);

        LinearLayout linearLayout = (LinearLayout) popupView;
        for (int i = 0; i < linearLayout.getChildCount(); i++) {
            View v = linearLayout.getChildAt(i);
            v.setOnClickListener( v1 -> { onClickListener.onClick( v1.getId()); popupWindow.dismiss(); });
        }
    }
    public void setAnimationStyle( int animationStyle) {
        popupWindow.setAnimationStyle(animationStyle);
    }
    public void show() {
        popupWindow.showAtLocation( popupView, Gravity.CENTER, 0, 0);
    }

    public void show( View anchorView, int gravity, int offsetX, int offsetY) {
        popupWindow.showAsDropDown( anchorView, 0, -2 * (anchorView.getHeight()));
    }

    public interface PopupMenuCustomOnClickListener {
        public void onClick(int menuItemId);
    }
}

2 - Your custom layout, e.g. linearlayout with horizontal layout. In this case I use a simple LinearLayout with TextView items. You can use Buttons, etc.

    
    
    // ...

3 - Using the Custom PopupMenu like the normal PopupMenu.

PopupMenuCustomLayout popupMenu = new PopupMenuCustomLayout(
        MainActivity.mainActivity, R.layout.popup_menu_custom_layout,
        new PopupMenuCustomLayout.PopupMenuCustomOnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(int itemId) {
                // log statement: "Clicked on: " + itemId
                switch (itemId) {
                    case R.id.popup_menu_custom_item_a:
                        // log statement: "Item A was clicked!"
                        break;
                }
            }
        });
// Method 1: popupMenu.show();
// Method 2: via an anchor view: 
popupMenu.show( anchorView, Gravity.CENTER, 0, 0);