how to disable multiple clicks on menu option in android

Question

How do you disable multiple clicks on a menu option, before the first click is processed?

Answer 1

You can set the visibility or enable/disable the item by code.

MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.your_item);
item.setVisible(true);
item.setEnabled(false);

Of course you have to check somewhere whether to enable oder disable the icon.

Answer 2

Psuedo/Android answer:

 private boolean clicked = false;

 @Override
 public onClick(View v){
   if(!clicked){
       clicked = true;


       // do your processing - one click only


       super.onClick();
   }
 }

EDIT

or even better after the first click you can call yourView.setOnClickListener(null); to remove the onClick