Android Programming Tutorials

Getting the Word Out

Step #1: Add a "Send SMS" Option Menu........................................

The most likely place to add an option to send an SMS about a restaurant

would be the DetailForm activity, since that is where we have our per-

restaurant operations (e.g., call the restaurant). And, since we already have

an option menu for DetailForm, all we need to do is add another entry to it

for sending an SMS:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

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

<item android:id="@+id/call"

android:title="Call"

android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_call"

/>

<item android:id="@+id/sms"

android:title="Send SMS"

android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_send"

/>

<item android:id="@+id/photo"

android:title="Take a Photo"

android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_camera"

/>

</menu>

Note that you will need a suitable icon, such as ic_menu_send.png from the

Android SDK.

Then, add a corresponding case to onOptionsItemSelected() in DetailForm,

routing SMS menu requests to an as-yet-unimplemented sendSMS() method:

@Override

public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

if (item.getItemId()==R.id.call) {

String toDial="tel:"+phone.getText().toString();

if (toDial.length()> 4 ) {

startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CALL,

Uri.parse(toDial)));

return(true);

}

}

else if (item.getItemId()==R.id.photo) {

startActivity(new Intent(this, Photographer.class));

return(true);

}

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