...

PopupMenu p  = new PopupMenu(this, null);
Menu menu = p.getMenu();
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.some_menu, menu);

//Usage of menu
System.out.println("LOG id: "+ menu.getItem(0).getItemId());
System.out.println("LOG title: "+ menu.getItem(0).getTitle());
System.out.println("LOG icon: "+ menu.getItem(0).getIcon());

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8750562/parsing-android-menu-xml-resource-to-objects-list