How to Create a Menu in Android?

Here is source code of the Program to Create Simple Menu in Android. The program is successfully compiled and run on a Windows system using Eclipse Ide. The program output is also shown below.

Main Activity

package com.example.createmenu;
 
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.widget.Toast;
 
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    }
 
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.layout.menu, menu);
        return true;
    }
 
    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
 
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
 
        case R.id.save:
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Save Menu Selected",
                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            return true;
 
        case R.id.search:
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Search Menu Selected",
                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            return true;
 
        case R.id.share:
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Share Menu Selected",
                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            return true;
 
        case R.id.delete:
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Delete Menu Selected",
                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            return true;
 
        default:
            return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
        }
    }
}

menu

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
 
 
    <item
        android:id="@+id/save"
        android:icon="@drawable/icon_save"
        android:title="Save"/>
 
    <item
        android:id="@+id/search"
        android:icon="@drawable/icon_search"
        android:title="Search"/>
 
    <item
        android:id="@+id/share"
        android:icon="@drawable/icon_share"
        android:title="Share"/>
 
    <item
        android:id="@+id/delete"
        android:icon="@drawable/icon_delete"
        android:title="Delete"/>
 
 
</menu>

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