Create an Android MenuItem with subtitle programmatically

Question

I need to have a DrawerMenu with programmatically generated items, I can add the menuItems but only with a title and an icon, I want them to have a subtitle also (Like in the picture)

I get the Drawer by its ID, then its menu and then I add MenuItems like this (Code snippet from my MainActivity):

int id =0;
String MenuTitle = "Title of the item in menu";
NavigationView mDrawerList = (NavigationView)findViewByID(R.id.nav_view);
Menu menu = mDrawerList.getMenu();
MenuItem menuItem;
menuItem = menu.add (Menu.NONE, id, Menu.NONE, title);
menuItem.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_action_home);
menuItem.setCheckable(true);

Answer 1

Currently NavigationView doesn't allow to add subTitle to it's menu.

But if you want to achieve this I would recommend you take the ListView Nested inside the NavigationView. So that you can customize your ListView cell accrding to your need.

<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
    android:id="@+id/navigation"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="start"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical">

        <include layout="@layout/nav_header" />

        <ListView
            android:id="@+id/lst_menu_items"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="1" />
    </LinearLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>

Note: Don't forget to remove app:menu from NavigationView if you are using ListView and Menu file both at the same time. it will overlap your ListView on the menu items.