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Android

Posted by Tinashe Gwariro
Tinashe Gwariro
4,691 Points

How to Launch a new activity from a popup menu

Im looking to open a new activity where user can either select book room or view home from the popup menu. These should open a new activity for booking room and another activity for viewing a homes.

class MyHomeMenuItemClickListener implements PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener {

public MyHomeMenuItemClickListener(){

}

@Override
public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem menuItem) {
    switch (menuItem.getItemId()) {
        case R.id.bookings_page:
            Intent bookingIntent = new Intent(this, BookingPayments.class);
            return true;
        case R.id.view_homes_menu:
            return true;
        default:
    }
    return false;
}

}

the error keeps poping up under the (this, BookingsPayment.class);

NEED HELP

2 Answers

Calin Bogdan
Calin Bogdan
14,921 Points
Calin Bogdan
Calin Bogdan
14,921 Points

Hello!

You should also call startActivity(bookingIntent) right after you declare it. That should make it work.

Good luck!

Tinashe Gwariro
Tinashe Gwariro
4,691 Points

Hi sorry its still not working. still getting the cannot resolve constructor error message for (this, BookingPayment.class); and now getting error for startActivity Cannot resolve method.

Tinashe Gwariro
Tinashe Gwariro
4,691 Points
Tinashe Gwariro
Tinashe Gwariro
4,691 Points

Intent bookingIntent = new Intent(mContext, BookingPayments.class); mContext.startActivity(bookingIntent);

This worked for me