nativescript-menu

A plugin that adds a pop-up menu to NativeScript

Installation

From your command prompt/terminal go to your app's root folder and execute: tns plugin add nativescript-menu

Version lower then NativeScript 7

tns plugin add nativescript-menu@1.1.6

Demo

Android	iOS

Usage

<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" loaded="pageLoaded" class="page"
  xmlns:ui="nativescript-menu">
  <StackLayout class="p-20">
    <Button id="menuBtn" text="getMenu" tap="{{ buttonTap }}"/>
  </StackLayout>
</Page>

import { Menu } from "nativescript-menu";
 
export class HelloWorldModel extends Observable {
  public message: string;
  private menu: Menu;
 
  constructor(public page: Page) {
    super();
  }
 
  buttonTap() {
    Menu.popup({
      view: this.page.getViewById("menuBtn"),
      actions: ["Example", "NativeScript", "Menu"]
    })
      .then(action => {
        alert(action.id + " - " + action.title);
      })
      .catch(console.log);
  }
}

with custom options

import { Menu } from "nativescript-menu";
 
export class HelloWorldModel extends Observable {
  public message: string;
  private menu: Menu;
 
  constructor(public page: Page) {
    super();
  }
 
  buttonTap() {
    Menu.popup({
      view: this.page.getViewById("menuBtn"),
      actions: [
        { id: "one", title: "Example" },
        { id: "two", title: "NativeScript", customOption: "Hello" },
        { id: "three", title: "Menu" }
      ]
    })
      .then(action => {
        alert(JSON.stringify(action));
      })
      .catch(console.log);
  }
}

API

• MenuOptions

export interface MenuOptions {
  title?: string; // IOS Only
  message?: string; // IOS Only
  view: View;
  actions: object[] | string[];
  cancelButtonText?: string; // IOS Only
}

Method	Description
popup(options: MenuOptions): Promise<{id: number, title: string} | actionObject | boolean>	Create a pop-up menu and show it