I disagree with latimerius and his aversion for the android features. Yes,
android significantly changed from version 2 to 3/4 and yes, this causes
significant work for developers. However, there was a reason: to expand the
android way to tablets. Avoiding the platform just guarantees that your
All right. I brought this up a few weeks ago on this list and some of the
advice on the topic was to avoid menus entirely and replace them with
in-app soft-menus from now on...despite the action bar. I guess that
advice was incorrect.
Thanks for the clarification.
On Thursday, November 1,
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:10 AM, Keith Wiley kbwi...@gmail.com wrote:
All right. I brought this up a few weeks ago on this list and some of the
advice on the topic was to avoid menus entirely and replace them with in-app
soft-menus from now on...despite the action bar. I guess that advice was
On 2 Nov 2012 17:38, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:10 AM, Keith Wiley kbwi...@gmail.com wrote:
All right. I brought this up a few weeks ago on this list and some of
the
advice on the topic was to avoid menus entirely and replace them with
in-app
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:10 AM, Keith Wiley kbwi...@gmail.com wrote:
All right. I brought this up a few weeks ago on this list and some of the
advice on the topic was to avoid menus entirely and replace them with in-app
Thanks for coming back to my original question. So, perhaps we can all
consider my situation from a higher level and discuss the possible design
options we might choose from (and which options are most in the spirit of
intended Android user experience). Although I have a few Android apps, the
For all your secondary UI screens, it should be possible to add an
on-screen back button so I'd do it. As for in-game, that's for you to
decide - I haven't seen your game. If there's a place on your in-game
screen where a pause button wouldn't get in the way, I'd add it. Once
in the paused
My understanding is that modern Android best practice is to not use the
system-level menu button or system-level options menu anymore since such
buttons are frequently difficult to access or even absent on some devices.
I have gutted all menu access from my app as a result (I admit, it is
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