Yes the menu button is deprecated. The menu is now part of the ActionBar as described at http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/actionbar.html
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Harshad <[email protected]> wrote: > I hit the same problem with my app. > > Why is the menu button hidden in the higher Android versions? If the Home > and Back buttons are going to be there, why not also keep the menu button > in the status bar? Is the menu system deprecated? I don't want to create a > separate UI for this when there is already space at the bottom for such > options. Moreover the Menu thing is an established paradigm for years; why > should users and developers change the paradigm for no apparent reason. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en

