Change background popupMenu in Android

Question

I tried to change background of popupmenu, but my implementation does not work.

This is my code:

<style name="MyHoloLight" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light">
    <item name="android:popupMenuStyle">@style/popupMenuStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="popupMenuStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.PopupMenu">
    <item name="android:popupBackground">@color/bgPopumMenu</item>
</style>

Apply in AndroidManifest.xml

<application
        android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:theme="@style/MyHoloLight">

Solution 1

the following styles working perfectly for me.

<style name="popupMenuStyle" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/color_white</item>
    <item name="android:itemBackground">@color/color_red</item>
</style>

here, parent should be the AppTheme parent

and in your code use these lines.

Context wrapper = new ContextThemeWrapper(context, R.style.popupMenuStyle);
PopupMenu popup = new PopupMenu(wrapper, v);

i hope it will work.

Solution 2

If bgPopumMenu is your image then use this.

<style name="popupMenuStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.PopupMenu">
<item name="android:popupBackground">@drawable/bgPopumMenu</item>
</style>

You need to apply your style to your AppTheme. So try this.

<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light">
<item name="android:popupMenuStyle">@style/popupMenuStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="popupMenuStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.PopupMenu">
<item name="android:popupBackground">@color/bgPopumMenu</item>
</style>

Solution 3

I made some changes of @Raju`s code and the following styles working for me,

Context wrapper = new ContextThemeWrapper(context,R.style.popupMenuStyle);
PopupMenu popup = new PopupMenu(wrapper, YourView);

and this is my style,

<style name="popupMenuStyle" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="android:popupMenuStyle">@style/MyApp.PopupMenu</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/White</item>
</style>

<style name="MyApp.PopupMenu" parent="android:Widget.Holo.Light.ListPopupWindow">
<item name="android:popupBackground">@color/color_semi_transparent</item>       
</style>

Solution 4

If you are using custom theme :

1. In Manifest : @style/MyMaterialTheme is my customized theme :

     <application
           android:allowBackup="true"
           android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
           android:label="@string/app_name"
           android:supportsRtl="true"
           android:theme="@style/MyMaterialTheme">
   

2. Use this code : R.style.popupMenuStyle for popup menu in java class :

Context wrapper = new ContextThemeWrapper(getContext(), R.style.popupMenuStyle);
PopupMenu popup = new PopupMenu(wrapper, v);

//Inflating the Popup using xml file
popup.getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.popup_menu, popup.getMenu());

MenuPopupHelper menuHelper = new MenuPopupHelper(wrapper, (MenuBuilder) popup.getMenu(), v);
menuHelper.setForceShowIcon(true);
menuHelper.setGravity(Gravity.RIGHT);

3. this is custom style of popup- menu for your own background drawable

<style name="popupMenuStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.PopupMenu">
    <item name="android:popupBackground">@drawable/dropdown_bg</item>
</style>

4. then change in your own theme "popupMenuStyle"

   <style name="MyMaterialTheme" parent="MyMaterialTheme.Base">
   
       </style>
   
       <style name="MyMaterialTheme.Base" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
           <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
           <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
           <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
           <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
           <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorPrimary</item>
   
           <item name="popupMenuStyle">@style/popupMenuStyle</item>
           <item name="android:popupMenuStyle">@style/popupMenuStyle</item>
       </style>
   

Solution 5

I SOLVED it,

PopupMenu popup = new PopupMenu(context, view);

In above code I used context of type Activity not of Context type.

Chill !

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Comments

[Piyush]

Is bgPopupMenu is your image or color name??

[user1854307]

bgPopupMenu - this color.

[Piyush]

have you created color xml file for it?

[Piyush]

Just check my answer now.

[user1854307]

color created in xml file.

[user1854307]

I tried bgPopumMenu use drawable, but this not helped.

[Piyush]

But have you checked my full answer now.

[Anshul Tyagi]

@PiyushGupta it never worked for me. I'm still looking for an appropriate answer.

[Sandeep Londhe]

@Piyush we should talk in a professional manner with each other at this platform, and this behaviour is expected from everyone, look at the comment of some looser above.

[Piyush]

@AndroidHacker I know but you can talk with him in your personal chat room and you can do whatever you want to tell him

[Suhayl SH]

This is probably the only answer which works without any hassle. Kudos!

[Lisitso]

I spend a lot of days trying to get menu color working. This solution is the only one perfectly working. I'm using AppCompact and MenuPopupHelper. Thanks to @Raju !

[Raptor]

Error will occur: A factory has already been set on this LayoutInflater

[Lucian Novac]

because of a small change on the support library, see this link for more details: stackoverflow.com/questions/13415284/…

[Kashish Sharma]

This will change only an item's background not the whole menus background, so after doing this there'll be still some different colour margins left on top and bottom.

[axita.savani]

You have to remove margin and it is working on popup-menu for all the item's background color will change.. also your app must use parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar" this actionbar..