Android: click on one MenuItem to make another MenuItem visible in the toolbar

Question

Example:

• Menu1 (visible = false)
• Menu2 (visible = false)
• Menu3 (visible = true)

When click on Menu3, I want Menu1 and Menu2 to be displayed.

@Override
public void onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuItem Menu1 = menu.findItem(R.id.Menu1);
    MenuItem Menu2 = menu.findItem(R.id.Menu2);

    Menu1.setVisible(false);
    Menu2.setVisible(false);
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    int id = item.getItemId();
    if (id == R.id.Menu3) {
        item.setVisible(false);
        Menu menu;
        menu.findItem(R.id.Menu1).setVisible(true);

        return true;
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

The following code is not working:

Menu menu;
menu.findItem(R.id.Menu1).setVisible(true);

Answer 1

This code:

Menu menu;
menu.findItem(R.id.Menu1).setVisible(true);

Will not work as the menu varaible is not initialized. You should initialize the menu variable as needed and then call to setVisible method.

Answer 2

You can use some boolean variables to set the desired state for the menu items. Then as soon as the user clicks on the Menu3 item, you change the boolean values and call invalidateOptionsMenu(); . This will cause the menu to be recreated and so the other menu items will be shown as desired:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity
{
    private boolean showMenu1, showMenu2;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);  

        // set the initial state here:
        showMenu1 = false;
        showMenu2 = false;
        ...
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
    {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);

        menu.findItem(R.id.Menu1).setVisible(showMenu1);
        menu.findItem(R.id.Menu2).setVisible(showMenu2);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item)
    {
         int id = item.getItemId();
         if (id == R.id.Menu3)
         {
             showMenu1 = true;
             showMenu2 = true;
             invalidateOptionsMenu();
             return true;
         }
         ...
    }

}