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MC Frank
MC Frank

Reputation: 21

3 dot/settings in top bar buttons

When in some apps, there are those 3 dots in the top right of the app, on the action bar (not the home buttons), which allow for more options. In my app I have on, but I do not know how to make it do a method when it is clicked. Do I use android:onClick="METHOD_NAME ? Or do I need to setup a button variable in my activity class and setup and onClickListener? I have already tried both but I may be doing something wrong.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 8936

Answers (2)

Sagar Sheokand
Sagar Sheokand

Reputation: 18

Three dots are called Overflow(very aptly named) and to use them you need to use ActionBar which is the top long, horizontal bar showing icons, other buttons along with the Overflow button.

Now in some devices where there is no physical menu button you will always see Overflow button.

Go through Docs and tutorials related to ActionBar but keep one thing in mind that ActionBar is only available for devices with android above HoneyComb. For android devices below 3.0 such as GingerBread or Froyo you will have to use compatibility libraries, so that will be an additional task.

And most notable libraries for this purpose are ActionBarSherlock and AppCompat.

Upvotes: 0

rekire
rekire

Reputation: 47945

That three dots are the menu in the action bar. They are always shown on devices without a menu key.

See also the documentation for more details.

Upvotes: 2

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