Add toggle button to the menu to stop and start service

Question

I am trying to enable the user to stops and starts service which I am implementing from the Menu where the text is will be changed when he clicks it so I want to add T

Answer 1

In the menu xml you add items not widgets (no buttons/textviews etc)

You simply specify an ID and an ICON for the item, then inflate them in your activities onCreateOptionsMenu() method.

then there is a method called onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) check items id against the ids your expecting.

If its equal to your toggle service option determine service state and alter, if you want to have a toggle button function you can use item.setIcon(drawable) here.