You can have one, yes.. if your dialog is a separate view/activity. However, why would a dialog have an options menu? I've never seen any UI that when a dialog is displayed, allows you to still work the menu as well. It would not be a normal thing anyone would know to do. If the dialog is a completely different full screen (so not really a dialog), then its probably fine. But a "modal" dialog that displays over an activity/view waiting usually on some button press or input, doesn't make sense to me.
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 4:23 PM, rkg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to display menu options while showing an AlertDialog i.e. > when MENU key is pressed, it should show whatever options that have > been created. I read the following in the Dev Guide at > developer.android.com - > > ------------------- > A dialog should not have an Options menu > When a dialog is displayed, pressing the MENU button should do > nothing. This also holds true for activities that look like dialogs. A > dialog box is recognizable by being smaller than full-screen, having > zero to three buttons, is non-scrollable, and possibly a list of > selectable items that can include checkboxes or radio buttons. > > The rationale behind not having a menu is that when a dialog is > displayed, the user is in the middle of a procedure and should not be > allowed to start a new global task (which is what the Option menu > provides). > -------------------- > > However, I also see that there are methods such as - > onPrepareOptionsMenu(), onOptionsItemSelected() etc. which make me > think it may be possible to have menu options for the dialog also. > > Could anyone please clarify if it is possible to have menu options for > a dialog? > > Thanks in advance, > Renu > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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
