Is it possible to grey out (not just disable) a MenuItem in Android?

Question

There\'s a question for the same functionality on Blackberry, and a few different threads referred to this bug (which has since been closed without resolution as far as I ca

Answer 1

setEnabled(false) works fine on API Level < 14 but on 14 the item still clickable.

Answer 2

On all android versions, easiest way to use this to SHOW a menu action icon as disabled AND make it FUNCTION as disabled as well:

@Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

    MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.menu_my_item);

    if (myItemShouldBeEnabled) {
        item.setEnabled(true);
        item.getIcon().setAlpha(255);
    } else {
        // disabled
        item.setEnabled(false);
        item.getIcon().setAlpha(130);
    }
}