public abstract class

ActionProvider

extends java.lang.Object

 java.lang.Object

↳androidx.core.view.ActionProvider

Subclasses:

MediaRouteActionProvider, ShareActionProvider

Gradle dependencies

compile group: 'androidx.core', name: 'core', version: '1.9.0-alpha04'

  • groupId: androidx.core
  • artifactId: core
  • version: 1.9.0-alpha04

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Androidx artifact mapping:

androidx.core:core com.android.support:support-compat

Androidx class mapping:

androidx.core.view.ActionProvider android.support.v4.view.ActionProvider

Overview

This class is a mediator for accomplishing a given task, for example sharing a file. It is responsible for creating a view that performs an action that accomplishes the task. This class also implements other functions such a performing a default action.

An ActionProvider can be optionally specified for a android.view.MenuItem and in such a case it will be responsible for creating the action view that appears in the as a substitute for the menu item when the item is displayed as an action item. Also the provider is responsible for performing a default action if a menu item placed on the overflow menu of the ActionBar is selected and none of the menu item callbacks has handled the selection. For this case the provider can also optionally provide a sub-menu for accomplishing the task at hand.

There are two ways for using an action provider for creating and handling of action views:

  • Setting the action provider on a android.view.MenuItem directly by calling MenuItemCompat.
  • Declaring the action provider in the menu XML resource. For example:
    
       <item android:id="@+id/my_menu_item"
         android:title="@string/my_menu_item_title"
         android:icon="@drawable/my_menu_item_icon"
         android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
         android:actionProviderClass="foo.bar.SomeActionProvider" />
     

### Creating a custom action provider

To create a custom action provider, extend ActionProvider and implement its callback methods as necessary. In particular, implement the following methods:

ActionProvider() constructor
This constructor is passed the application context. You should save the context in a member field to use in the other callback methods.
onCreateActionView(MenuItem)
The system calls this method when the action provider is created. You define the action provider's layout through the implementation of this method. Use the context acquired from the constructor to instantiate a and inflate your action provider's layout from an XML resource, then hook up event listeners for the view's components. For example:
 public View onCreateActionView(MenuItem forItem) {
     // Inflate the action provider to be shown on the action bar.
     LayoutInflater layoutInflater = LayoutInflater.from(mContext);
     View providerView =
         layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.my_action_provider, null);
     ImageButton button =
         (ImageButton) providerView.findViewById(R.id.button);
     button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
         @Override
         public void onClick(View v) {
             // Do something...
         }
     });
     return providerView;
 }
onPerformDefaultAction()

The system calls this method when the user selects a menu item from the action overflow. The action provider should perform a default action for the menu item. The system does not call this method if the menu item opens a submenu.

If your action provider presents a submenu through the onPrepareSubMenu() callback, the submenu appears even if the action provider is in the overflow menu. Thus, the system never calls onPerformDefaultAction() if there is a submenu.

Note: An activity or a fragment that implements onOptionsItemSelected() can override the action provider's default behavior (unless it uses a submenu) by handling the item-selected event and returning true. In this case, the system does not call onPerformDefaultAction().

Summary

Constructors
publicActionProvider(Context context)

Creates a new instance.

Methods
public ContextgetContext()

Gets the context associated with this action provider.

public booleanhasSubMenu()

Determines if this ActionProvider has a submenu associated with it.

public booleanisVisible()

If ActionProvider.overridesItemVisibility() returns true, the return value of this method will help determine the visibility of the MenuItem this ActionProvider is bound to.

public abstract ViewonCreateActionView()

Factory method for creating new action views.

public ViewonCreateActionView(MenuItem forItem)

Factory method called by the Android framework to create new action views.

public booleanonPerformDefaultAction()

Performs an optional default action.

public voidonPrepareSubMenu(SubMenu subMenu)

Called to prepare an associated submenu for the menu item backed by this ActionProvider.

public booleanoverridesItemVisibility()

The result of this method determines whether or not ActionProvider.isVisible() will be used by the MenuItem this ActionProvider is bound to help determine its visibility.

public voidrefreshVisibility()

If this ActionProvider is associated with an item in a menu, refresh the visibility of the item based on ActionProvider.overridesItemVisibility() and ActionProvider.isVisible().

public voidreset()

public voidsetSubUiVisibilityListener(ActionProvider.SubUiVisibilityListener listener)

public voidsetVisibilityListener(ActionProvider.VisibilityListener listener)

Set a listener to be notified when this ActionProvider's overridden visibility changes.

public voidsubUiVisibilityChanged(boolean isVisible)

Notify the system that the visibility of an action view's sub-UI such as an anchored popup has changed.

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Constructors

public ActionProvider(Context context)

Creates a new instance.

Parameters:

context: Context for accessing resources.

Methods

public Context getContext()

Gets the context associated with this action provider.

public abstract View onCreateActionView()

Factory method for creating new action views.

Returns:

A new action view.

public View onCreateActionView(MenuItem forItem)

Factory method called by the Android framework to create new action views. This method returns a new action view for the given MenuItem.

If your ActionProvider implementation overrides the deprecated no-argument overload ActionProvider.onCreateActionView(), overriding this method for devices running API 16 or later is recommended but optional. The default implementation calls ActionProvider.onCreateActionView() for compatibility with applications written for older platform versions.

Parameters:

forItem: MenuItem to create the action view for

Returns:

the new action view

public boolean overridesItemVisibility()

The result of this method determines whether or not ActionProvider.isVisible() will be used by the MenuItem this ActionProvider is bound to help determine its visibility.

Returns:

true if this ActionProvider overrides the visibility of the MenuItem it is bound to, false otherwise. The default implementation returns false.

See also: ActionProvider.isVisible()

public boolean isVisible()

If ActionProvider.overridesItemVisibility() returns true, the return value of this method will help determine the visibility of the MenuItem this ActionProvider is bound to.

If the MenuItem's visibility is explicitly set to false by the application, the MenuItem will not be shown, even if this method returns true.

Returns:

true if the MenuItem this ActionProvider is bound to is visible, false if it is invisible. The default implementation returns true.

public void refreshVisibility()

If this ActionProvider is associated with an item in a menu, refresh the visibility of the item based on ActionProvider.overridesItemVisibility() and ActionProvider.isVisible(). If ActionProvider.overridesItemVisibility() returns false, this call will have no effect.

public boolean onPerformDefaultAction()

Performs an optional default action.

For the case of an action provider placed in a menu item not shown as an action this method is invoked if previous callbacks for processing menu selection has handled the event.

A menu item selection is processed in the following order:

  • Receiving a call to .
  • Receiving a call to FragmentActivity.onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem)}
  • Receiving a call to Fragment Fragment.onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem)}
  • Launching the set via MenuItem.setIntent(android.content.Intent)
  • Invoking this method.

The default implementation does not perform any action and returns false.

public boolean hasSubMenu()

Determines if this ActionProvider has a submenu associated with it.

Associated submenus will be shown when an action view is not. This provider instance will receive a call to ActionProvider.onPrepareSubMenu(SubMenu) after the call to ActionProvider.onPerformDefaultAction() and before a submenu is displayed to the user.

Returns:

true if the item backed by this provider should have an associated submenu

public void onPrepareSubMenu(SubMenu subMenu)

Called to prepare an associated submenu for the menu item backed by this ActionProvider.

if ActionProvider.hasSubMenu() returns true, this method will be called when the menu item is selected to prepare the submenu for presentation to the user. Apps may use this to create or alter submenu content right before display.

Parameters:

subMenu: Submenu that will be displayed

public void subUiVisibilityChanged(boolean isVisible)

Notify the system that the visibility of an action view's sub-UI such as an anchored popup has changed. This will affect how other system visibility notifications occur.

public void setSubUiVisibilityListener(ActionProvider.SubUiVisibilityListener listener)

public void setVisibilityListener(ActionProvider.VisibilityListener listener)

Set a listener to be notified when this ActionProvider's overridden visibility changes. This should only be used by MenuItem implementations.

Parameters:

listener: listener to set

public void reset()

Source

/*
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 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 */

package androidx.core.view;

import static androidx.annotation.RestrictTo.Scope.LIBRARY_GROUP_PREFIX;

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.SubMenu;
import android.view.View;

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
import androidx.annotation.RestrictTo;

/**
 * This class is a mediator for accomplishing a given task, for example sharing a file. It is
 * responsible for creating a view that performs an action that accomplishes the task. This class
 * also implements other functions such a performing a default action.
 *
 * <p>An ActionProvider can be
 * optionally specified for a {@link android.view.MenuItem} and in such a case it will be
 * responsible for
 * creating the action view that appears in the {@link android.app.ActionBar} as a substitute for
 * the menu item when the item is displayed as an action item. Also the provider is responsible for
 * performing a default action if a menu item placed on the overflow menu of the ActionBar is
 * selected and none of the menu item callbacks has handled the selection. For this case the
 * provider can also optionally provide a sub-menu for accomplishing the task at hand.
 *
 * <p>There are two ways for using an action provider for creating and handling of action views:
 *
 * <ul><li> Setting the action provider on a {@link android.view.MenuItem} directly by
 * calling {@link
 * androidx.core.view.MenuItemCompat#setActionProvider(android.view.MenuItem, ActionProvider)}.
 * </li>
 *
 * <li>Declaring the action provider in the menu XML resource. For example:
 *
 * <pre><code>
 *   &lt;item android:id="@+id/my_menu_item"
 *     android:title="@string/my_menu_item_title"
 *     android:icon="@drawable/my_menu_item_icon"
 *     android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
 *     android:actionProviderClass="foo.bar.SomeActionProvider" /&gt;
 * </code></pre>
 * </li></ul></p>
 *
 * ### Creating a custom action provider
 *
 * <p>To create a custom action provider, extend ActionProvider and implement
 * its callback methods as necessary. In particular, implement the following
 * methods:</p>
 *
 * <dl>
 * <dt>{@link #ActionProvider ActionProvider()} constructor</dt>
 * <dd>This constructor is passed the application context. You should
 * save the context in a member field to use in the other callback methods.</dd>
 *
 * <dt>{@link #onCreateActionView onCreateActionView(MenuItem)}</dt>
 * <dd>The system calls this method when the action provider is created.
 * You define the action provider's layout through the implementation of this
 * method. Use the context acquired
 * from the constructor to instantiate a {@link android.view.LayoutInflater} and
 * inflate your action provider's layout from an XML resource, then hook up
 * event listeners for the view's components. For example:
 *
 *<pre>
 * public View onCreateActionView(MenuItem forItem) {
 *     // Inflate the action provider to be shown on the action bar.
 *     LayoutInflater layoutInflater = LayoutInflater.from(mContext);
 *     View providerView =
 *         layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.my_action_provider, null);
 *     ImageButton button =
 *         (ImageButton) providerView.findViewById(R.id.button);
 *     button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
 *         &#64;Override
 *         public void onClick(View v) {
 *             // Do something...
 *         }
 *     });
 *     return providerView;
 * }</pre>
 * </dd>
 *
 * <dt>{@link #onPerformDefaultAction onPerformDefaultAction()}</dt>
 * <dd><p>The system calls this method when the user selects a menu item from the action
 * overflow. The action provider should perform a default action for the
 * menu item. The system does not call this method if the menu item opens a submenu.</p>
 *
 * <p>If your action provider presents a submenu through the
 * {@link #onPrepareSubMenu onPrepareSubMenu()} callback, the submenu
 * appears even if the action provider is in the overflow menu.
 * Thus, the system never calls {@link #onPerformDefaultAction
 * onPerformDefaultAction()} if there is a submenu.</p>
 *
 * <p class="note"> <strong>Note:</strong> An activity or a fragment that
 * implements <code>onOptionsItemSelected()</code> can override the action
 * provider's default behavior (unless it uses a submenu) by handling the
 * item-selected event and returning <code>true</code>. In this case, the
 * system does not call
 * {@link #onPerformDefaultAction onPerformDefaultAction()}.</p></dd>
 * </dl>
 *
 *
 * @see androidx.core.view.MenuItemCompat#setActionProvider(android.view.MenuItem, ActionProvider)
 * @see androidx.core.view.MenuItemCompat#getActionProvider(android.view.MenuItem)
 */
public abstract class ActionProvider {
    private static final String TAG = "ActionProvider(support)";
    private final Context mContext;

    private SubUiVisibilityListener mSubUiVisibilityListener;
    private VisibilityListener mVisibilityListener;

    /**
     * Creates a new instance.
     *
     * @param context Context for accessing resources.
     */
    public ActionProvider(@NonNull Context context) {
        mContext = context;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the context associated with this action provider.
     */
    @NonNull
    public Context getContext() {
        return mContext;
    }

    /**
     * Factory method for creating new action views.
     *
     * @return A new action view.
     */
    @NonNull
    public abstract View onCreateActionView();

    /**
     * Factory method called by the Android framework to create new action views.
     * This method returns a new action view for the given MenuItem.
     *
     * <p>If your ActionProvider implementation overrides the deprecated no-argument overload
     * {@link #onCreateActionView()}, overriding this method for devices running API 16 or later
     * is recommended but optional. The default implementation calls {@link #onCreateActionView()}
     * for compatibility with applications written for older platform versions.</p>
     *
     * @param forItem MenuItem to create the action view for
     * @return the new action view
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    @NonNull
    public View onCreateActionView(@NonNull MenuItem forItem) {
        return onCreateActionView();
    }

    /**
     * The result of this method determines whether or not {@link #isVisible()} will be used
     * by the {@link MenuItem} this ActionProvider is bound to help determine its visibility.
     *
     * @return true if this ActionProvider overrides the visibility of the MenuItem
     *         it is bound to, false otherwise. The default implementation returns false.
     * @see #isVisible()
     */
    public boolean overridesItemVisibility() {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * If {@link #overridesItemVisibility()} returns true, the return value of this method
     * will help determine the visibility of the {@link MenuItem} this ActionProvider is bound to.
     *
     * <p>If the MenuItem's visibility is explicitly set to false by the application,
     * the MenuItem will not be shown, even if this method returns true.</p>
     *
     * @return true if the MenuItem this ActionProvider is bound to is visible, false if
     *         it is invisible. The default implementation returns true.
     */
    public boolean isVisible() {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * If this ActionProvider is associated with an item in a menu,
     * refresh the visibility of the item based on {@link #overridesItemVisibility()} and
     * {@link #isVisible()}. If {@link #overridesItemVisibility()} returns false, this call
     * will have no effect.
     */
    public void refreshVisibility() {
        if (mVisibilityListener != null && overridesItemVisibility()) {
            mVisibilityListener.onActionProviderVisibilityChanged(isVisible());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Performs an optional default action.
     *
     * <p>For the case of an action provider placed in a menu
     * item not shown as an action this method is invoked if previous callbacks for processing menu
     * selection has handled the event.
     *
     * <p> A menu item selection is processed in the following order:
     *
     * <ul><li>Receiving a call to
     * {@link android.view.MenuItem.OnMenuItemClickListener#onMenuItemClick
     * MenuItem.OnMenuItemClickListener.onMenuItemClick}.</li>
     *
     * <li>Receiving a call to
     * {@link android.app.Activity#onOptionsItemSelected(android.view.MenuItem)}
     * FragmentActivity.onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem)}
     * </li>
     *
     * <li>Receiving a call to
     * {@link androidx.fragment.app.Fragment#onOptionsItemSelected(android.view.MenuItem)}
     * Fragment.onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem)}</li>
     *
     * <li>Launching the {@link android.content.Intent} set via
     * {@link android.view.MenuItem#setIntent(android.content.Intent)
     * MenuItem.setIntent(android.content.Intent)}
     * </li>
     *
     * <li>Invoking this method.</li></ul>
     *
     * <p>The default implementation does not perform any action and returns false.
     */
    public boolean onPerformDefaultAction() {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Determines if this ActionProvider has a submenu associated with it.
     *
     * <p>Associated submenus will be shown when an action view is not. This provider instance will
     * receive a call to {@link #onPrepareSubMenu(SubMenu)} after the call to {@link
     * #onPerformDefaultAction()} and before a submenu is displayed to the user.
     *
     * @return true if the item backed by this provider should have an associated submenu
     */
    public boolean hasSubMenu() {
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Called to prepare an associated submenu for the menu item backed by this ActionProvider.
     *
     * <p>if {@link #hasSubMenu()} returns true, this method will be called when the menu item is
     * selected to prepare the submenu for presentation to the user. Apps may use this to create or
     * alter submenu content right before display.
     *
     * @param subMenu Submenu that will be displayed
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    public void onPrepareSubMenu(@NonNull SubMenu subMenu) {
    }

    /**
     * Notify the system that the visibility of an action view's sub-UI such as an anchored popup
     * has changed. This will affect how other system visibility notifications occur.
     *
     * @hide Pending future API approval
     */
    @RestrictTo(LIBRARY_GROUP_PREFIX)
    public void subUiVisibilityChanged(boolean isVisible) {
        if (mSubUiVisibilityListener != null) {
            mSubUiVisibilityListener.onSubUiVisibilityChanged(isVisible);
        }
    }

    /**
     * @hide Internal use only
     */
    @RestrictTo(LIBRARY_GROUP_PREFIX)
    public void setSubUiVisibilityListener(@Nullable SubUiVisibilityListener listener) {
        mSubUiVisibilityListener = listener;
    }

    /**
     * Set a listener to be notified when this ActionProvider's overridden visibility changes.
     * This should only be used by MenuItem implementations.
     *
     * @param listener listener to set
     */
    public void setVisibilityListener(@Nullable VisibilityListener listener) {
        if (mVisibilityListener != null && listener != null) {
            Log.w(TAG, "setVisibilityListener: Setting a new ActionProvider.VisibilityListener " +
                    "when one is already set. Are you reusing this " + getClass().getSimpleName() +
                    " instance while it is still in use somewhere else?");
        }
        mVisibilityListener = listener;
    }

    /**
     * @hide
     */
    @RestrictTo(LIBRARY_GROUP_PREFIX)
    public void reset() {
        mVisibilityListener = null;
        mSubUiVisibilityListener = null;
    }

    /**
     * @hide Internal use only
     */
    @RestrictTo(LIBRARY_GROUP_PREFIX)
    public interface SubUiVisibilityListener {

        void onSubUiVisibilityChanged(boolean isVisible);
    }

    /**
     * Listens to changes in visibility as reported by {@link ActionProvider#refreshVisibility()}.
     *
     * @see ActionProvider#overridesItemVisibility()
     * @see ActionProvider#isVisible()
     */
    public interface VisibilityListener {
        void onActionProviderVisibilityChanged(boolean isVisible);
    }
}