Android : Display an EditText in a menu
android, android-edittext, contextmenu
Solution
Sorry, no way.. you cant define our own View in the menu. the menu main tag has only one subtag i.e,item. using item tag we can only display image or string
Problem
I'm currently working on a mp3 library for Android. Thing is, I want the user to pick up the name of the playlist he would like to add (useful innit ?). Therefore, I created a context menu on the playlists list which allows the user to choose between 3 options, create, delete, rename. Why I'm trying to do is to display an EditText field if the user clicks on "create", so that he can write the new playlist's name. However, I can't manage to display it. Here are the listeners I made for the menu : ``` //creation onLongClickListener : display the menu on long lick playlistView.setOnLongClickListener(new OnLongClickListener(){ public boolean onLongClick(View v) { ((Activity) context).openContextMenu(v); return true; }}); //contextMenuListener of the view playlistView.setOnCreateContextMenuListener(new View.OnCreateContextMenuListener(){ public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu cMenu, View v, ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) { MenuInflater inflater = ((Activity) context).getMenuInflater(); inflater.inflate(R.menu.playlist_menu, cMenu); lastLongClickedView = v; }}); ``` In the menu.xml file I did this : ``` <item android:id="@+id/playlist_create" android:title="Create a playlist" > <menu> <EditText android:id="@+id/playlist_choice" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:hint="@string/playlist_name" android:lines="1" /> </menu> </item> ``` I tried with an item, it's displayed, but the EditText. I assume the mistake I'm making is pretty stupid yet I can't find it :( Thank you for your attention.