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Android Implementing Designs for Android Updating Other GridViews Updating the Recipients Activity

Jay Mayu
Jay Mayu
6,805 Points
Posted by Jay Mayu
Jay Mayu
6,805 Points

Hiding menu item vs Hinding View

We learned in the lesson that to hide the menu item

mSendMenuItem.setVisible(true);

to hide a View

checkImageView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

But when I follow the same pattern to hide the menu item the code challenge throws syntax error. Also the question also hints to hide the menu item similar to the way we hide View. Can someone enlighten me please.

1 Answer

Rydell Ward
Rydell Ward
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Rydell Ward
Rydell Ward
10,215 Points

Did you make sure you get the item and set it to a member variable in the onCreateOptionsMenu method first like so: 

@Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.recipient, menu);
        mMenuItem = menu.getItem(0);
        return true;
    }
Jay Mayu
Jay Mayu
6,805 Points
Jay Mayu
Jay Mayu
6,805 Points

Thanks for the answer. It's been a while since I did the challenge. Forgot what I did :)