Detect click on Actionbar's Overflow menu button

Question

Can I detect click/tap on the menu button of action bar, i.e. used to show overflow menu items?

By default it opens up the list with one item \"Settings\". Here is t

Answer 1

To detect the click on the overflow menu have such code:

@Override
public boolean onMenuOpened(int featureId, Menu menu) {
    if(featureId == AppCompatDelegate.FEATURE_SUPPORT_ACTION_BAR && menu != null){
        //overflow menu clicked, put code here...
    }
    return super.onMenuOpened(featureId, menu);
}

@Override
public void onPanelClosed(int featureId, Menu menu) {
    ...
}

To detect click on menu items, in case you have a menu like that :

You should be able to detect the click in

onOptionsItemSelected

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

    Log.w("ANDROID MENU TUTORIAL:", "onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item)");

    // Handle item selection
    switch (item.getItemId()) {
    case R.id.menu2:
        Toast.makeText(this, "Clicked: Menu No. 2", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        return true;   
        ...
}