• create a new class MenuCommons
• define integers that will represent each Menu tab
• define text strings that will serve as labels on the tabs
• create a constructor for the class that will take Activity that calls the Menu
• we will use the activity short name to identify on which screen we are

package com.chicagoandroid.sms;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.content.Intent;

import android.util.Log;

import android.view.Menu;

import android.view.MenuItem;

import android.widget.Toast;

public class MenuCommons

{

static final int MENU_0_MAIN = Menu.FIRST;

static final int MENU_1_CONTACT_INFO = Menu.FIRST + 1;

static final int MENU_2_ABOUT_US = Menu.FIRST + 2;

static final String MENU_LABEL_ABOUT_US = "ABOUT AUTHORS";

static final String MENU_LABEL_CONTACT_INFO = "CONTACT INFO";

static final String MENU_LABEL_MAIN = "HOME";

public MenuCommons(Activity activity)

{

this.activity = activity;

this.activityName = activity.getClass().getSimpleName();

}

private Activity activity;

private String activityName;