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prasad.gai
prasad.gai

Reputation: 2987

how to get option menu on android api level 12 emulator?

I am new to work with android tablet api level 12. I have created 7 inches avd with 1024*600 screen resolution. I have implemented sample application for get the option menus on my screen and back button. I am unable to see option button and back button on my emulator.

I have implemented for option menu code as follows:

  @Override
 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
     MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
     inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);

     return true;
 }


 @Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
    case R.id.icon:     Toast.makeText(this, "You pressed the icon!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                        break;
    case R.id.text:     Toast.makeText(this, "You pressed the text!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                        break;
    case R.id.icontext: Toast.makeText(this, "You pressed the icon and text!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                        break;
    }

    return true;
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4907

Answers (5)

Wajih Tarsim
Wajih Tarsim

Reputation: 11

For windows 10 you have to open your emulator, then press Ctrl + M and the menu will show.

Upvotes: 1

serv-inc
serv-inc

Reputation: 38177

Short update: a current list of commands is found at https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator.html#tasks.

For the menu, you are supposed to use Ctrl-M (on a Mac: Command-M).

Upvotes: 1

dharmendra
dharmendra

Reputation: 7881

As you said "I am unable to see option button and back button on my emulator" SO its does not make a sense that you have posted your code because you can't changes the hardware as programmatically.

and

  • for menu u can press F2
  • for back u can press Esc

Upvotes: 1

NikhilReddy
NikhilReddy

Reputation: 6954

Ordinary options menus will appear regardless of Android version. If you have:

android:targetSdkVersion="11"

then the options menu will appear in the action bar on Android 3.0+ devices. All items in the options menu will be available when clicking the "overflow" button in the upper-right corner. Your options menu will appear normally on Android 1.x and 2.x devices, even if you have android:targetSdkVersion="11" in your manifest element.

If you overrode the MENU button to have other behavior, you will need to create some other trigger for that behavior for API Level 11 and higher. Overriding the MENU button was never a good idea to begin with, and as you can see, it is even less of a good idea now. I know of no way to get a MENU button on an Android 3.0 device if you have android:targetSdkVersion="11".

Upvotes: 1

Ted Hopp
Ted Hopp

Reputation: 234795

You can use keyboard shortcuts to simulate the hardware buttons. There's a table of the shortcuts here. The Back button is simulated by pressing escape, and the menu button is simulated by the Page-Up or F2 keys.

Upvotes: 5

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