how to call context menu

Question

I open my context menu like this:

 private OnClickListener optionsClickListener = new OnClickListener()
 {
  public void onClick( View v )
  {
    registerForContextMenu( v );
    openContextMenu( v );
  }
 };

How can I call

registerForContextMenu( v );
openContextMenu( v );

from inside my regular menu handler here:

 public boolean onOptionsItemSelected( MenuItem item )
 {
  switch( item.getItemId() )
  {
    case OPTIONS:
      registerForContextMenu( v );
      openContextMenu( v );
      return true;

where I have no View to pass?

Answer 1

You have the this which is also a view.

Answer 2

Registering a context menu is when you want to allow the user to open it by long clicking. If you want to open it programmatically, you simply have to call openContextMenu. As for obtaining the view, you can either use findViewById if you gave it an id or save it as an attribute in your Activity class.