How to disable/hide three-dot indicator(Option menu indicator) on ICS handsets

Question

How to disable/hide three-dot indicator(Option menu indicator) on ICS handsets which does\'t have menu button. ?

I am running application as

Answer 1

If you simply want to hide the button, this solution is a bit of a hack but works across all versions of Android (using AppCompat) and doesn't affect your other menu items:

styles.xml

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
    ...
    <item name="android:actionOverflowButtonStyle">@style/AppTheme.Overflow</item>
    <!-- If you're using AppCompat, instead use -->
    <item name="actionOverflowButtonStyle">@style/AppTheme.Overflow</item>
</style>

<style name="AppTheme" />
<style name="AppTheme.Overflow">
    <item name="android:src">@null</item>
</style>

If you want the Overflow button hidden only on some screens, you could make this an alternate theme (change AppTheme above to AppTheme.NoOverflow) that only certain activities use :

AndroidManifest.xml

<activity android:name=".NoOverflowActivity"
          android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoOverflow" >

This effectively just makes the icon have no width and height. I rarely recommend opposing design guidelines but in my scenario we used dedicated hardware that did not properly report a menu button was present.

Answer 2

Way too late to the party here, I was trying to remove all my menu items and the 3-dots(option menu indicator), I did differently than the solution given here I am surprised that nobody had told it. There is a visibility tag that can be set to false and no changing of code in activity is required visibility=false does the trick

in res / menu /..

<item
    android:id="@+id/action_settings"
    android:orderInCategory="100"
    android:showAsAction="never"
    visibility=false
    android:title="@string/action_settings"/>

Answer 3

for hiding 3 dots in actionbar/ toolbar

 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_dash_board_drawer, menu);
        return false;  //for visible 3 dots change to true, hiding false
    }

Answer 4

Should be:

<item
    android:id="@+id/linearlayout_splash"
    android:orderInCategory="100"
    android:showAsAction="never"
    android:visible="false"
    android:title="@string/action_settings"/>

Answer 5

There is no way to show/hide "three-dot" menu indicator for a single activity. You can hide this menu indicator only for entire app by specifying android:targetSdkVersion="14" (or above) in your manifest file.

However, this menu indicator is not showing on preferences activity if it extends from native android.preference.PreferenceActivity class. I have this scenario implemented in a few of my apps, and it works perfectly.

I assume you are using some custom preferences implementations which does not extends from PreferenceActivity. Android Dev Team suggests to always use PreferenceActivity for any preferences in your applications.

Answer 6

If MainActivity is

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity

In MainActivity Class, Remove the below code.

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
    // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
    // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
    int id = item.getItemId();

    //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
    if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
        return true;
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}