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Asked: 2026-06-06T03:10:00+00:00

I have a problem with Menu button on Android 4.0. Here’s the interesting part

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I have a problem with Menu button on Android 4.0.
Here’s the interesting part of the Manifest:

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" android:targetSdkVersion="13"/>

The thing is that the emulator emulating a Galaxy Nexus displays the Menu button, but emulating a tablet doesn’t display de Menu button.

According to this, it should be displayed (and it is in a Galaxy Nexus).

Anyone know why it’s not displayed in a tablet? Anything I can do to solve this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    From the document linked:

    The only exception is that if you set minSdkVersion to 10 or lower, set targetSdkVersion to 11, 12, or 13, and you do not use ActionBar, the system will add the legacy overflow button when running your app on a handset with Android 4.0 or higher.

    That exception might be a bit confusing, but it’s based on the belief that if you designed your app to support pre-Honeycomb handsets and Honeycomb tablets, it probably expects handset devices to include a Menu button (but it supports tablets that don’t have one).

    So the system assumes your app is okay for a tablet because its set against Honeycomb, but not for an ICS phone.

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