---
title: "Displaying a Context Menu in Response of User Action"
description: "Android context menu appears when the user press long click on the element. It is also known as floating menu. Context Menu is a useful solution, part"
author: "Anonymous User"
published: 2015-09-11
updated: 2019-09-07
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1864/displaying-a-context-menu-in-response-of-user-action
category: "android"
tags: ["android", "android activity", "android layout", "android listview", "android controls"]
reading_time: 7 minutes
---
# Displaying a Context Menu in Response of User Action
[Android](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1567/navigation-drawer-implementation-in-android) [context](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/23245/what-is-context-in-android) menu appears when the user press long click on the element. It is also [known as](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38482/name-the-world-s-lightest-material-which-was-manufactured-by-isro-scientists-at-the-vikram-sarabhai-space-centre-thiruvananthapuram-and-is-also-known-as-blue-air) [floating](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/85595/how-to-troubleshoot-when-your-floating-pond-fountain-is-not-working-properly) menu. Context Menu is a useful solution, particularly when we want to provide a list of [actions](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156060/what-are-the-actions-performed-by-sql-server) based on an item click in a [ListView](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12744/listview-in-android) or other AdapterView.\
##### Pre-Requisites:
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1. Ellipse SDK
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2. Android SDK
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3. ADT plugin
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Or Android Studio and a compatible version of JAVA SDK
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Install and configure the above utilities.
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Now create a new Android project namely “ContextMenusample”.
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Creating a Menu Layout:
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##### For this, navigate to res/menu/ from package explorer in Eclipse and create an xml
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##### to define the menu itself. We’ll call this one contextmenu.xml Open
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contextmenu.xml
Add following code into it:
```
```
##### Main Activity Class Implementation:
Now, navigate to res/src/MainActivity from [package](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12619/tips-for-finding-the-right-package-when-you-buy-instagram-followers) [explorer](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81617/now-it-is-time-to-say-goodbye-to-internet-explorer) in Eclipse. Open MAinActivity.java
Add following code into it:
```
package com.example.contextmenusample;import android.app.Activity;import android.os.Bundle;import android.view.ContextMenu;import android.view.Menu;import android.view.MenuItem;import android.view.View;import android.widget.AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo;import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;import android.widget.ListView;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private static String[] myList = {"MindStick", "Apple", "Microsoft", "Oracle", "Amazon", "Facebook", "WhatsApp"};
@Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
//Creating a list view ListView list = new ListView(this);
//Creating an array adapter ArrayAdapter adapter = new ArrayAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,myList);
//setting adapter to list view list.setAdapter(adapter);
//Register a button for context events registerForContextMenu(list);
setContentView(list); } @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
@Override public void onCreateContextMenu( ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo menuinfo){
super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuinfo);
//inflate the context menu getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.contextmenu, menu);
//set header name menu.setHeaderTitle("Choose an option");
} @Override public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item){
//We can obtain the item that was clicked from the // bundled ContextMenuInfo object, which is an instance // of AdapterContextMenuInfo in the case of a ListView AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterContextMenuInfo)item.getMenuInfo();
int listPosition = info.position;
//Switch on the item's ID to find the action the user selected switch (item.getItemId()) { case R.id.menu_delete:
//perform delete action break; case R.id.menu_edit: //perform edit action default: return super.onContextItemSelected(item);
} return true;
}}
```
Running the [application](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12824/calculator-application-in-android):
Just hit on “Run” button and our app will be launched and our list view consist of company names will be displayed:
Long press click on any company name, a contextual menu will be appeared on the selected item.
Thanks for [reading](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/126273/books-commonly-found-on-college-reading-lists) this post.
Happy Coding!! J
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