Android Question 3 dot menu problem on actionbar with sliding pages

[M. Giray Ozkan]

Dear Erel,

I have trouble adding menu items to actionbar. I'm using addmenuItem3 but 3 dot menu icon does not appear on top right corner.

I've also tried to standart holo theme with no luck.

SetApplicationAttribute(android:theme, "@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light")

AddManifestText(

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="17" android:targetSdkVersion="17"/>
<supports-screens android:largeScreens="true"
android:normalScreens="true"
android:smallScreens="true"
android:anyDensity="true"/>)
SetApplicationAttribute(android:icon, "@drawable/icon")
SetApplicationAttribute(android:label, "$LABEL$")
SetApplicationAttribute(android:theme, "@style/Theme.MyCustomTheme")
SetActivityAttribute(addReminderActivity, android:windowSoftInputMode, adjustResize|stateHidden)
AddPermission(android.permission.VIBRATE)

Activity.AddMenuItem3("", "mnuUser", LoadBitmap(File.DirAssets, "ic_action_user.png"), True)
Activity.AddMenuItem3("Menu Option 1", "mnuOpt1",Null,False)
Activity.AddMenuItem3("Menu Option 2", "mnuOpt2",Null,False)
Activity.AddMenuItem3("Menu Option 3", "mnuOpt3",Null,False)
Activity.AddMenuItem3("Menu Option 4", "mnuOpt4",Null,False)

by the way, I'm using LG-G2 phone with Android 4.2.2

 

[DonManfred]

If i remember correctly the 3-point menu in the top only appears when you are targetting the 2.x API of android... On newer Androidversions this is gone...
Say. In the target-api-level you refer to in manifesteditor...

 

[Erel]

Not exactly @DonManfred. The menu indicator in the bottom bar only appears when the target level is lower than 11.

@M. Giray Ozkan Does your device have a physical menu button?

 

[M. Giray Ozkan]

No it doesn't. I also tried to phone with physical menu button (samsung galaxy s3) but behaviour of the menu is same.

 

[Erel]

If there is a physical menu button then the 3 dots indicator will not show.

Can you create a small project that demonstrates this issue and upload it?

 

[M. Giray Ozkan]

Dear @Erel

please find as attached. I changed only a few lines of your original ActionBar project.

 

[Erel]

It does show the icon on a nexus 4 running Android 4.4.2:

Might be an issue with this device skin.
As I wrote above the menu icon will not show on devices with physical menu button (like the S3).

Note that you can provide your own menu button and call Activity.OpenMenu.

 

[M. Giray Ozkan]

Dear @Erel

as I mentioned before, I'm using LG-G2 (Android 4.2.2) and this device has no physical menu button.

Ok, never mind

So, I've another question about that. When I tried to call Activity.OpenMenu, popup menu shown at bottom-left area. How can I provide show that menu in the top-right corner (right below 3 dot menu icon) ?

 

[DonManfred]

It is logical to get the menu where the menubutton is on devices who have one (S3 for ex.)
I dont want to move my finger across the complete screen to reach the menu which shows up where i did not expected

 

[eps]

It's a UI thing. It's the way that Google want to define the User Experience.

 

[Erel]

as I mentioned before, I'm using LG-G2 (Android 4.2.2) and this device has no physical menu button.

I know. It was related to the S3.

The menu should appear in the top right corner. According to this blog there should be a built-in menu button: http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-g2-multitude-screen-buttons-just-not-multitasking

 

[M. Giray Ozkan]

Thank you Erel. I don't understand yet but something going wrong in that device
When I found the solution, I'll inform you.

 

[achtrade]

Any alternative for that 3 dot menu using target >= 11 ?

No more 3-dot Menu with target >= 14 ??

 

[Erel]

The three dots should appear if there are menu items and the device doesn't have a menu button.

 

[achtrade]

The three dots should appear if there are menu items and the device doesn't have a menu button.

So, the only solution would be to use StdActionBar, right ?

 

[Erel]

What exactly is the problem?

You can add buttons to the action bar with Activity.AddMenuItem3.

 

[achtrade]

No problem at all, just I wanted to use the standard 3-dot menu no matter what kind of phone is.

Thanks.