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Android APIs
public class

MenuInflater

extends Object
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.view.MenuInflater

Class Overview

This class is used to instantiate menu XML files into Menu objects.

For performance reasons, menu inflation relies heavily on pre-processing of XML files that is done at build time. Therefore, it is not currently possible to use MenuInflater with an XmlPullParser over a plain XML file at runtime; it only works with an XmlPullParser returned from a compiled resource (R. something file.)

Summary

Public Constructors
MenuInflater(Context context)
Constructs a menu inflater.
Public Methods
void inflate(int menuRes, Menu menu)
Inflate a menu hierarchy from the specified XML resource.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Public Constructors

public MenuInflater (Context context)

Added in API level 1

Constructs a menu inflater.

Public Methods

public void inflate (int menuRes, Menu menu)

Added in API level 1

Inflate a menu hierarchy from the specified XML resource. Throws InflateException if there is an error.

Parameters
menuRes Resource ID for an XML layout resource to load (e.g., R.menu.main_activity)
menu The Menu to inflate into. The items and submenus will be added to this Menu.