Dealing with Android devices without MENU key

Question

I'm told by some users that my Android app is not usable because their device does not have a MENU key.

What's the best way to deal with these devices? Is it possible to detect if the device lack a MENU key and show a menu button only in this case?

And most importantly, how do you test this in the simulator?

Thanks.

Edit: Apparently the problem was that the users didn't know that the Menu key was called the Menu key.

Edit: Also, some unofficial Android devices like the Eken and aPad don't have a physical menu key.

Answer 1

Starting with Android 3.0 (API level 11), devices are not required to have a dedicated Menu button. (Read more about this here: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/menus.html)

This means you should provide another way for your users to activate the menu. You can create a button and call openOptionsMenu(); when it is pressed.