After some more research I have come to the conclusion that it is impossible to change the background drawable of the menu ( In Version SDK 1.1 ).
Proof of that can be found in http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git;a=blob;f=core/java/com/android/internal/view/menu/MenuBuilder.java;h=cbc4e9f950a6a881c9e9c13dc45056534f64bfdc;hb=HEAD More precisely : If the menutype is TYPE_ICON ( the regualr menu with icons that comes up when you press the menu-key on the android dev phone e.g.) the following theme will always be used: Theme_IconMenu or Theme.IconMenu This is hardcoded in the android framework internals here: http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git;a=blob;f=core/res/res/values/themes.xml;h=3f07e70b907a065d6a4017eb058e7ea085426075;hb=HEAD#l336 So, I am pretty sure that the "selector"-drawable for the icon menu can not be changed. You can actually set the itemBackground value for the the extended menu ( The one that will be used when you have more menu items than the max that can be displayed normally. [Try putting about 20 MenuItems in a menu to see what i mean]) But I think that's really a hack which kind of exploits something that ppl at google forgot to switch off... @googlemployees: - You might want to switch off the ability to change the extended menu selector ... Right now I set the selector by applying the following theme to my app in the AndroidManifest : <resources> <style name="CustomTheme"> <item name="android:itemBackground">@drawable/my_menu_selector</ item> </style> </resources> - The other thing that I wonder about is wether it is a good idea to not allow developers to change the menu. I understand that it makes sense for consistency but I also feel that the menu is "inside" my application and that I should have the control over its visual design! - I guess I could intercept the menu button's key event and just code my own menu, but that seems a bit too much of an effort :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
