Android how to hide a menu item in the actionbar

Here I am going to explain how to hide a menu item in ActionBar


1). Open res ⇒ menu⇒ main.xml and add below items.

  <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" >

    <item

        android:id="@+id/Import"

        android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_save"

        android:showAsAction="ifRoom"

        android:title="Import"/>

    <item

        android:id="@+id/action_add"

        android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_input_add"

        android:showAsAction="ifRoom"

        android:title="Add"/>

</menu>

2). Activity Before Hiding a menu item.

package com.example.hide_menu;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.view.Menu;

import android.view.MenuItem;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

}

@Override

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);

return true;

}

@Override

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

int id = item.getItemId();

if (id == R.id.Import) 

{

return true;

}

return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);

}

}

                     

2). Activity After Hiding a menu item.

ackage com.example.hide_menu;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.view.Menu;

import android.view.MenuItem;

public class MainActivity extends Activity

 {

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 

        {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

}

@Override

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);

  MenuItem Import = menu.findItem(R.id.Import);

Import.setVisible(false);

return true;

}

@Override

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

int id = item.getItemId();

if (id == R.id.Import) 

{

return true;

}

return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);

}

}

Happy Coding :)