On Feb 3, 12:26 am, gjs <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I think the legacy support for menus with overflow in ICS still misses > the mark just like menu button did originally in that you still have > to (a) know about it & be able to see it (b) press it just to see if > there are any menu items for any activity even when there is none, > often a wasted interaction.
As you have found, there are no meaningful menus in ICS any longer. But this is not the point - from what I can tell, the G wants everybody to move their menus to the action bar. Gingerbread and prior will still roll menus, but in HC and forward we get prominent placement of menu items in the action bar. This applies to items which are marked accordingly. All other items are accessible through the action bar flow over, which should be pretty obvious to users, as that aligns with the prominent action bar icons. This works just like the menu before, and carries forward what previously were sub menus. I found this pretty straightforward to implement, even with reflection needed for backwards compatibility to Android 1.6. Action bar to me is a clear win and I feel was worth the little effort it took to get it done. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
