How to avoid duplicate menu buttons in devices with API>10

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How can I remove or hide the soft menu button in the bottom bar but still keep the overflow menu button in the ActionBar. I have set the target API to:

android:targetSdkVersion="11"

as suggested here.

My app does have menu items so I am overriding the onCreateOptionsMenu(). The menu button appears both in the right side of the ActionBar and in a bottom bar. I simple don't want the space in the bottom of screen to be wasted for a duplicate menu button. I have seen apps like YouTube or Google Play which only have menu button in the ActionBar so I assume there should be a way to do this.

Try raising your `android:targetSdkVersion` to `14`: http://commonsware.com/blog/2012/06/08/removing-rogue-menus.html — CommonsWare, Jul 25 '12 at 00:03
thanks. it works with with 14. but what should be done with HoneyComb devices? — Behzad Momahed Heravi, Jul 25 '12 at 09:15
It will have the same effect on Honeycomb devices, as 14 is higher than 11. — CommonsWare, Jul 25 '12 at 10:40

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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Raising target API to 14 (android:targetSdkVersion="14") solved this problem. with thanks to CommonsWare `

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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