How to get an MenuItem by id

Question

I have my menuItem on my res/menu/student_marks.xml file:

Answer 1

Menu optionsMenu;

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
   getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
   //  store the menu to var when creating options menu
   optionsMenu = menu;
}

And to get a menu item:

MenuItem item = optionsMenu.findItem(R.id. action_selected_year);