Google urges Android developers to move away from menu buttons - Inquirer

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**Inquirer**
By Lawrence Latif SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google has urged **Android** developers to do away with the menu button, urging them to use an 'action bar'. As part of Google's **Android** 3.0 Honeycomb release last year it made a big push towards use of the action bar, **...**
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