Android Checkable Menu Item

Question

I have the following menu layout in my Android app:

Answer 1

Answering because the answers here seem long and convoluted.. I have some exact Kotlin code here

Override your activity at the top and override the function onMenuItemClick, Have a function to handle the button click to open the menu.

Have an array or list which holds the checked value and sets the check when the menu is re-created

Note: This code does not keep the menu open, It only ensures that checked items remain checked. I noted there are lots of solutions to that on stack overflow, so have a look at them if that's what you desire

class exampleActivity : AppCompatActivity(), PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener {
   private var checkChecked = arrayListOf(false,false)
   //some code

  fun clickBTN(v: View){
        val popup = PopupMenu(this,v)
        popup.setOnMenuItemClickListener(this)
        popup.inflate(R.menu.yourmenufilename)
        //assuming you have 2 or more menu items
        popup.menu[0].isChecked = checkChecked[0]
        popup.menu[1].isChecked = checkChecked[1]
        popup.show()
  }

  override fun onMenuItemClick(item: MenuItem?): Boolean {
     when(item?.itemID){
        R.id.item0 -> {
                item.isChecked = !item.isChecked
                checkChecked[0] = item.isChecked
                return true
        }
        R.id.item1 -> {
                item.isChecked = !item.isChecked
                checkChecked[1] = item.isChecked
                return true
        }
  }
}

of course in XML you should have your Button and Menu setup. An example menu is here

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:id="@+id/item0"
        android:title="@string/hi"
        android:checkable="true"/>
    <item android:id="@+id/item1"
        android:title="@string/yo"
        android:checkable="true"/>
</menu>

Answer 2

This may be theme dependant but my menu didn't show a checkbox. I found this :

Note: Menu items in the Icon Menu cannot display a checkbox or radio button. If you choose to make items in the Icon Menu checkable, then you must personally indicate the state by swapping the icon and/or text each time the state changes between on and off.

Answer 3

Wrap the items in a group element, like this:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <group android:checkableBehavior="all">
        <item android:id="@+id/item1"
              android:titleCondensed="Options"
              android:title="Highlight Options"
              android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_preferences">
        </item>
        <item android:id="@+id/item2"
              android:titleCondensed="Persist"
              android:title="Persist"
              android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_preferences"
              android:checkable="true">
        </item>
    </group>
</menu>

From the Android docs:

The android:checkableBehavior attribute accepts either:

single - Only one item from the group can be checked (radio buttons)

all - All items can be checked (checkboxes)

none - No items are checkable