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Custom Action Provider in ActionBar - a checkbox with a textview descrption
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:id="@+id/menu_item_action_provider_action_bar"
android:actionProviderClass=".widget.CheckBoxActionProvider"
android:showAsAction="always"
android:title="Settings"/>
</menu>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
style="?attr/actionButtonStyle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="?attr/actionBarItemBackground"
android:focusable="true" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="32dip"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="shadow" />
<CheckBox
android:id="@+id/checkbox"
android:layout_width="32dip"
android:layout_height="32dip" />
</LinearLayout>
package com.psrivastava.deviceframegenerator.widget;
import android.content.Context;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.CheckBox;
import android.widget.CompoundButton;
import android.widget.CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import com.actionbarsherlock.view.ActionProvider;
import com.psrivastava.deviceframegenerator.R;
public class CheckBoxActionProvider extends ActionProvider implements
OnCheckedChangeListener {
/** Context for accessing resources. */
private final Context mContext;
public CheckBoxActionProvider(Context context) {
super(context);
mContext = context;
}
@Override
public View onCreateActionView() {
// Inflate the action view to be shown on the action bar.
LayoutInflater layoutInflater = LayoutInflater.from(mContext);
View view = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.checkbox_action_provider,
null);
TextView textview = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.text);
textview.setText(getActionText());
CheckBox checkbox = (CheckBox) view.findViewById(R.id.checkbox);
checkbox.setOnCheckedChangeListener(this);
return view;
}
public String getActionText() {
return "Checkbox";
}
@Override
public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) {
switch (buttonView.getId()) {
case R.id.checkbox:
Toast.makeText(mContext,
isChecked ? "checked" : "unchecked",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
}
package com.psrivastava.deviceframegenerator.ui;
import android.os.Bundle;
import com.actionbarsherlock.view.Menu;
import com.psrivastava.deviceframegenerator.R;
public class MainActivity extends BaseActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*/
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
getSupportMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
return true;
}
}
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where are you passing the context to ActionProvider?

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