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statusItem.setTitle("Show Status Entry");

}

return(super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu));

}

Here, we see if the status entry row is visible and set our menu item

accordingly.

At this point, if you recompile and reinstall Patchy, you will see the new

menu item, though it will not do anything just yet:

Figure 44. The "Hide Status Entry" menu option in Patchy

Step #2: Show and Hide the Status Entry Widgets

It would be nice, of course, if the newly-created menu item actually did

something.

So, we need to add another case to onOptionsItemSelected() in Patchy to

handle this new menu item:

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