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

You can actually change the Android targetVersion thus forcing the 3-dot menu to either hide or show. You need to override onCreate of your Activity like this :

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    getApplicationInfo().targetSdkVersion = 10; // To enable the 3-dot menu call this code before super.OnCreate
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); 
}

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    getApplicationInfo().targetSdkVersion = 14; // To disable the 3-dot menu call this code before super.OnCreate
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); 
}

Tested on Android 4.x.x and Android 3.0

Answer 2

Following code worked for my app. Tried on Samsung Galaxy S4 (Android 4.3) and Nexus 4 (Android 4.2):

@Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuItem item= menu.findItem(R.id.action_settings);
    item.setVisible(false);
    return true;
}

Answer 3

Do it like this.

@Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // if nav drawer is opened, hide the action items
    boolean drawerOpen = mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(leftDrawer);
    return (!drawerOpen);
}

I am checking if my navigation drawer is visible I will hide the menu and vice versa. You can use it according to you requirement. Hope this helps. Happy Coding. :)

Answer 4

I just excluded the "onCreateOptionsMenu"-method:

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

Answer 5

This is how I find a solution of mine. It maybe helpful.

@Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keycode, KeyEvent event ) {
    //KEYCODE_MENU
 if(keycode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU){
 /* AlertDialog.Builder dialogBuilder 
  = new AlertDialog.Builder(this)
  .setMessage("Test")
  .setTitle("Menu dialog");
  dialogBuilder.create().show();*/
  return true;

//  finish();
 }
 return super.onKeyDown(keycode,event);  
}

Answer 6

Remove this item in res / menu / main.xml

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

In addition: do not add an item that has showAsAction="never"- this will avoid the dots from showing. If you have more items than can not be shown at once the dots will be there again (and they are items that are flagged ifRoom).