Android Program to Add the Menu Items Based on Intent

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Here is source code of the Program to Demonstrate Adding Menu Items Based on an Intent in Android using Java. 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.addingmenuitemsbasedintent;
 
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
 
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) {
        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
 
        Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, Second.class);
        intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE);
        menu.addIntentOptions(R.id.intent_group, 0, 0, this.getComponentName(),
                null, intent, 0, null);
 
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
        return true;
    }
 
}

Second

package com.example.addingmenuitemsbasedintent;
 
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.Menu;
 
public class Second extends Activity {
 
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_second);
    }
 
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.second, menu);
        return true;
    }
 
}

main

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
 
    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_settings"
        android:orderInCategory="100"
        android:showAsAction="never"
        android:title="@string/action_settings"/>
 
    <group
        android:id="@+id/intent_group"
        android:checkableBehavior="single" >
        <item
            android:id="@+id/delete"
            android:title="Delete"/>
        <item
            android:id="@+id/save"
            android:title="Save"/>
    </group>
 
</menu>

second

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<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
 
    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_settings"
        android:orderInCategory="100"
        android:showAsAction="never"
        android:title="@string/action_settings"/>
 
</menu>

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