Why don't I get my onContextItemSelected callback?

Question

I am implementing a context menu for my main activity. I have some XML to define the items:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"&gt;
<item   
android:title="@string/random_item"
android:id="@+id/random_item"
android:icon="@drawable/random"/>
<item   
android:title="@string/about_item"
android:id="@+id/about_item"
android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_info_details"/>
</menu>

I have this code to create the menu:

@Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
{
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
    return (super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu));
}

And I have implemented onContextItemSelected to get my callbacks:

@Override public boolean onContextItemSelected (MenuItem item)
{
    // do some stuff 
}

When I click the menu button, my context menu appears with the appropriate items and icons. When I select a menu item, I don't get the callback. What am I missing here?

Answer 1

Instead of onContextItemSelected you have to override onOptionsItemSelected, method that you use is related to context menu (usually appears after long press events) not to the options menu.