Google Kills Android Menu Button, Replaces It with Action Bar - PC Magazine

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[**Google Kills **Android** Menu Button, Replaces It with Action Bar**][3]
**PC Magazine**
"Not only should your apps stop relying on the hardware Menu button, but you should stop thinking about your activities using a "menu button" at all," Scott Main, lead tech writer for developer.**android**.com, wrote in a blog post on Thursday.
[Google tells devs how to kick the **Android** menu button to the curb in ICS][4]Android Community
[**Android** Honeycomb 3.2 vs **Android** Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0][5]Know Your Mobile
[Google reminds **Android** developers that the Menu button is going away][6]The Verge
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