Action overflow *compatibilty* button is not showing up on Nexus 7

[Rudolf Hornig]

Hi platform devs,

I'm experiencing problems with my app not showing the compatibility action overflow in the navigation bar for my programs on Nexus 7. All other handsets work well (i.e. Galaxy nexus with JB just shows it fine), so this is a Nexus 7 specific issue. (I can reproduce the thing in the emulator too if I choose to install the nexus 7 UI). This seems to me like the new UI behaves differently than the TABLET and PHONE UI.

I'm using minsdk set to 8 and target to 11. According to the blog here:

http://android-developers.blogspot.hu/2012/01/say-goodbye-to-menu-button.html

• If you set either minSdkVersion or targetSdkVersion to 11 or higher, the system will not add the legacy overflow button.

• Otherwise, the system will add the legacy overflow button when running on Android 3.0 or higher.

• The only exception is that if you set minSdkVersion to 10 or lower, set targetSdkVersion to 11, 12, or 13, and you do not use ActionBar, the system will add the legacy overflow button when running your app on a handset with Android 4.0 or higher.

This would indicate that I meet the third (exception) condition so it would have a compatibility action overflow button, and indeed, it appears on my Galaxy Nexus running jelly bean, but NOT on a Nexus 7.

Is this because the Nexus 7 is not considered a *handset* ???

Any hint on why this was done and how to handle this difference (apart from redesigning my program to use action bars = I need a quick solution)

Rudolf