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I'm using ActionBarSherloc and for the phones that have a physical menu the dots soft menu icon is not shown this is the scenario for phones like the s3 but I need to get the behavior of the Samsung Nexus and always have menu on the top right corner of the screen. This is the code I use:

com.actionbarsherlock.view.MenuInflater inflater = getSupportMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu);

But on S3 I don't have the menu show on the screen and I need to press the physical menu button to open the option menu, this behavior might be confusing for users. Also I have tried something like 

<menu>
 <item id=item_1 icon="the actual soft menu icon" android:showAsAction="ifRoom">
    <menu>
     <item/>
     <item/>
     <item/>
    </menu>
 <item>
 <item  id=item_2 icon = "other menu item" android:showAsAction="always">       
</menu>

but on this design it seems that the the two icon items are always shown and the showAsAcrion parameter is not considered. I relay need to be able to show and hide the item item_1 depending on the size of the ActionBar. Thanks

andr
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  • There is a theme setting to force the menu button to show in ActionbarSherlock but it doesn't always work and has been depricated. – Nathan Schwermann Feb 11 '13 at 15:49
  • Look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14634685/display-action-bar-menu-button/14634780#comment20443693_14634780 I described a workaround, maybe it will be good for you. – Michał Z. Feb 11 '13 at 15:52

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