On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Tobiah <[email protected]> wrote:

> Being my first app, I hid most of the functionality
> behind menu-key menus.
>

What is a "menu-key menu"?


>  I had a meeting today, and we
> decided that the app would be greatly improved if those
> menu choices were just there all the time.  I get that
> I probably should have used buttons in the layout or
> something, but it would be so easy at this point if
> I could just inject some code that would allow those menus
> to stay open no matter what.
>

Menus are not something that are designed to stay open permanently.
Especially considering that they obscure the UI when open.
You can make them action bar items that always show with
*showAsAction="always"*, or make them buttons. Neither solution is all that
difficult.

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transit tracking app for Android-powered devices

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