How to Create Shortcut to Items in a Menu in Android?

Here is source code of the Program to Demonstrate Adding Shortcuts to Items in a 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.addingshortcutsitemsmenu;
 
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
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) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, 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"/>
    <item
        android:id="@+id/item2"
        android:alphabeticShortcut="2"
        android:numericShortcut="2"
        android:title="menu_item_three">
    </item>
    <item
        android:id="@+id/item3"
        android:alphabeticShortcut="3"
        android:numericShortcut="3"
        android:title="menu_item_three">
    </item>
 
</menu>

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