Now Android users no longer need to use physical buttons to display the menu Because since Google launched the latest Android operating system version 4.0 ice cream sandwinch that has a new display interface. all buttons will be available on the screen. This step also indicates Google's effort to reduce fragmentation in the Android ecosystem. That way, Google officially said goodbye on the button menu on the Android device, whether it's android smartphones and google android tablet PCs.
Through a post in the Android developer's official blog, titled Say Goodbye to the Menu Button, Google inform the vendors and application developers not to use the menu button. Possibility in the future, physical buttons that will be used only the power button and volume control buttons
According to the Android developer's official blog. All the menu button on Android will be integrated with the action bar on the screen. This step is done so that all Android users get the experience to navigate the same. There are many activities you can do the navigation with the Action bar. Starting from the "Refresh", "Delete", "Attach", "Share" to "Search". In this way the Android application would seem more intuitive.
Unfortunately, because of differences in the system. Key functions of this menu can only be used for devices that use Android OS version 3.0 and above. Therefore google ask all developers to immediately update their applications to be made compatible with Ice Cream Sandwich. For those who have been using OS version 3.0 upwards, but still use the old application, there will be overflow action option button that is located at the bottom of the screen. Action overflow icon menu includes Back, Home and Menu
This actually is a "middle way" to overcome compatibility problems in other applications. However, Google said, Action Overflow does not provide the ideal experience to navigate. Gradually, Action Overflow will be wasted because there was no application developers who use it.
