On 02/03/2012 10:32 AM, JP wrote:
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.
That really depends on your app layout doesn't it? I suspect it's a
piece of cake for simple layout apps but not for ones with more
complicated layouts. Perhaps those of us with those should double the
app price for the extra work involved. ;-)
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