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Google, " Say Goodbye to the Menu Button"

Jan 27 2012 01:12 PM | geofuzzy in Frontpage


Google, " Say Goodbye to the Menu Button"

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Scott Main took to the Android Developers blog yesterday to say goodbye to the old menu bar (above). The menu bar has been with us since the beginning and it really is time for it to go now that Google has come up with nicer ways to get things done and it is called the Action Bar.

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The main purpose of the action bar is to:
  • Make important actions (such as New or Search, etc) prominent and accessible in a predictable way.
  • Support consistent navigation and view switching within apps.
  • Reduce clutter by providing an action overflow for rarely used actions.
  • Provide a dedicated space for giving your app an identity.

Google is pushing hard for developers to get on board and are offering a lot of help and advice. If you are developer and not on Google+ i recommend you get on over there and start circling the Android team, they are very engaged and do hangouts on a regular basis.


You can read the whole Blog post here . It has been really great to see the Android developer team get serious about working with the people that make Android tick, the third party App developers. Now everyone just needs to take the advice to heart and keep those Apps up to date.


Geofuzzy


Source: Android Developers



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