I want to create an intent that starts a new activity once a Menu Item is clicked, but I&#39;m not sure how to do this. I&#39;ve been reading through the android documentation, but my implementation isn&#39;t correct..and some guidance in the right direction would help. I&#39;ve listed my code below and commented out my problem areas, I think I&#39;m invoking the wrong method.

    package com.jbsoft.SimpleFlashlight;
    
    import android.app.Activity;
    import android.content.Intent;
    import android.os.Bundle;
    import android.view.*;
    import android.view.MenuItem.OnMenuItemClickListener;
    import android.widget.Button;
    import android.widget.Toast;
    
    public class SimpleFlashLightActivity extends Activity {
    
    
      Button GreenButton;   // Declare instances of buttons to use later
      Button BlueButton;
    
      private static final int OK_MENU_ITEM = Menu.FIRST;
    
      /** Called when the activity is first created. */
      @Override
      public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
    
        BlueButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.bluebutton);
        BlueButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    
          public void onClick(View v) {
    
            //Display msg when user clicks Blue Button
            showColorChangeMsg();
    
            // Switch Activities on click
            Intent blueintent = new Intent(SimpleFlashLightActivity.this,
                                           BlueFlashLightActivity.class);
            startActivity(blueintent);
    
          }
        });
        //Install listener for second button
        GreenButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.greenbutton);
        GreenButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    
          public void onClick(View v) {
    
            // Display msg when user clicks Green Button
            showColorChangeMsg();
    
            Intent greenintent = new        Intent(SimpleFlashLightActivity.this,
                                                   GreenFlashLightActivty.class);
            startActivity(greenintent);
    
          }
        });
    
        ;
    
        /**************************************************************************************/
    
        // Method Declarations // THIS IS WHERE I&#39;M HAVING A PROBLEM
    
        MenuItem AddColorButton = (MenuItem)findViewById(R.id.menu_insert);
    
        boolean onOptionsItemSelected(AddColorButton) {
          Intent intent = new  Intent(SimpleFlashLightActivity.this,
                                      BlueFlashLightActivity.class);
          startActivity(intent);
          return true;
          ;
        };
        /****************************************************************************************/
    
      }
      private void showColorChangeMsg()
      {
        Toast msgtoast = Toast.makeText(this.getBaseContext(), &quot;SWITCH COLOR!&quot;,
                                        Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
        msgtoast.show();
      }
      private void showMsg(String msg) {
        Toast toast = Toast.makeText(this, msg, Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
        toast.show();
      }
    
      public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
        MenuInflater mi = getMenuInflater();
        mi.inflate(R.menu.list_menu, menu);
        return true;
    
      }
    
      @Override
      public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
        case OK_MENU_ITEM:
          showMsg(&quot;OK&quot;);
          break;
        }
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
      }
    
    }

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