Options menu example in android/how to create options menu in android       Android provides a standard XML format to define menu items       create an XML file inside your project's res/menu/ directory and build the menu with the following elements:       <menu>(root node,can hold <items>)       <item>(represents a single item in a menu) Res/menu/options.menu.xml    <? xml  version = "1.0"   encoding = "utf-8" ?> < menu  xmlns:android = "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >       < item  android:id = "@+id/next"                 android:icon = "@drawable/icon"                 android:title = "@string/next"   />       < item  android:id = "@+id/previous"  ...
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