Add MenuItem to a menu at a specific position or group programmatically

Question

I have

<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView app:menu="@menu/drawer" /> 

with the following menu items:

 <item android:id="@+id/main_item" android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_main" android:title="@string/app_name"/> <group android:id="@+id/some_group" android:checkableBehavior="single"/> <item android:id="@+id/teams_item" android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_teams" android:title="@string/teams"/> 

Now I want to add an element either to some_group or just below it.

I tried:

 MenuItem mi = menu.add( R.id.soume_group, someId, NONE, "some name" ); 

or

 MenuItem mi = menu.add( R.id.soume_group, someId, 2, "some name" ); 

but items are added at the bottom of the menu.

How to fix my problem?

TIA

Answer 1

You can use orderInCategory to determine the order

  <item android:id="@+id/main_item" android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_main" android:orderInCategory="100" android:title="@string/app_name"/> <item android:id="@+id/teams_item" android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_teams" android:orderInCategory="1000" android:title="@string/teams"/> 

if you want to insert between main_item and teams_item you can use orderInCategory which is between

 // 500 is between main_item(100) and teams_item(1000) MenuItem mi = menu.add( NONE, someId, 500, "some name" );