I want to change the visibility of menu items of a fragment activity (abs) when ever I change the fragment in the activity. The fragments are SherlockListFragments.
The menu items I want to show/hide are spinners I create on menu creation:
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
MenuInflater inflater = getSupportMenuInflater();
IcsSpinner herbSortSpinner = new IcsSpinner(this, null, R.attr.actionDropDownStyle);
SpinnerAdapter herbSortSpinnerAdapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this, R.array.herb_sort_elements, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
herbSortSpinner.setAdapter(herbSortSpinnerAdapter);
herbSortSpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);
herbSortSpinner.setId(HERB_SPINNER_ID);
menu.add(R.string.menu_sort).setActionView(herbSortSpinner).setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM);
IcsSpinner noteSortSpinner = new IcsSpinner(this, null, R.attr.actionDropDownStyle);
SpinnerAdapter noteSortSpinnerAdapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this, R.array.note_sort_elements, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
noteSortSpinner.setAdapter(noteSortSpinnerAdapter);
noteSortSpinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);
noteSortSpinner.setId(NOTE_SPINNER_ID);
menu.add(R.string.menu_sort).setActionView(noteSortSpinner).setVisible(false).setEnabled(false).setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM);
inflater.inflate(R.menu.activity_lexicon, menu);
menuHolder.setMenu(menu);
return true;
}
My logic for switching the fragments is:
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(int position, long itemId) {
FragmentManager fragmentManager = getSupportFragmentManager();
FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
switch(position) {
case 0:
List<Herb> herbList = findHerbsByIntent(getHerbLocale());
HerbListFragment herbListFragment = new HerbListFragment();
herbListFragment.setListAdapter(new HerbListAdapter(this, getHerbLocale(), herbList));
fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.fragment_container, herbListFragment, HERB_LIST_FRAGMENT_TAG);
//menuHolder.showHerbsSpinner();
break;
case 1:
SymptomListFragment symptomListFragment = new SymptomListFragment();
symptomListFragment.setListAdapter(new SymptomListAdapter(this, getDefaultSymptomLocale()));
fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.fragment_container, symptomListFragment, SYMPTOM_LIST_FRAGMENT_TAG);
//menuHolder.showHerbsSpinner();
break;
case 2:
NoteRepository noteRepository = new NoteRepository(this);
List<Note> notes = noteRepository.getNoticables(ReferedType.HERB);
NoteListFragment noteListFragment = new NoteListFragment();
noteListFragment.setListAdapter(new NoteListAdapter(this, getHerbLocale(), notes));
fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.fragment_container, noteListFragment, NOTE_LIST_FRAGMENT_TAG);
//menuHolder.showNotesSpinner();
break;
case 3:
FavoriteRepository favoriteRepository = new FavoriteRepository(this);
Set<Integer> favoriteHerbs = favoriteRepository.getFavorables(ReferedType.HERB);
List<Herb> favoriteHerbList = herbRepository.getHerbsByIds(favoriteHerbs, getHerbLocale());
FavoriteHerbListFragment favoriteHerbListFragment = new FavoriteHerbListFragment();
favoriteHerbListFragment.setListAdapter(new HerbListAdapter(this, getHerbLocale(), favoriteHerbList));
fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.fragment_container, favoriteHerbListFragment, HERB_LIST_FRAGMENT_TAG);
//menuHolder.showHerbsSpinner();
break;
}
fragmentTransaction.commit();
return true;
}
My first idea was to hold the menu object in a holder class and manipulate it there whenever I switch the fragment (in every case statement above).
static class MenuHolder {
private Menu mMenu;
void setMenu(Menu menu) {
mMenu = menu;
}
void showNotesSpinner() {
if (mMenu != null) {
mMenu.findItem(HERB_SPINNER_ID).setVisible(false).setEnabled(false);
mMenu.findItem(NOTE_SPINNER_ID).setVisible(true).setEnabled(true);
}
}
void showHerbsSpinner() {
if (mMenu != null) {
mMenu.findItem(NOTE_SPINNER_ID).setVisible(false).setEnabled(false);
mMenu.findItem(HERB_SPINNER_ID).setVisible(true).setEnabled(true);
}
}
}
My problem is that there is no menu item with the given ID which are activity local constants. I get an NPE here. Does anybody have an idea how I can fix that? Is there a better way to change the menu on switching fragments?
Best regards Carsten