Re-using Options menu code

Question

Is there a convenient way of showing the same Options menu options in multiple Activities?

Example: In my app, I display a TV Guide in one of three ways.

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Answer 1

You can encapsulate your action menu in a fragment. In this way you only need to add the fragment in the onCreate menu of your activity.

You need to call setHasOptionsMenu once the fragment is created. To add the add fragment use a tag instead of a layout id.