Android Question Appcompat Menu vs Menu Key

[tchart]

I'm using Appcompat (ie #Extends: android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity).

I've noticed that the menu appears in the bar at the top which the user can click to show/hide.

However I also notice that if I press the physical menu key (on my Note 3) I get a menu at the bottom.

Is there any way to disable the bottom menu or even have the physical menu key show/hide the appcompat menu at the top?

Examples below.

 

[thedesolatesoul]

You can override it in Activity_Keypress

 

[tchart]

Thanks TDS, Ive got that part but I would like to show/hide the top right menu when the user presses the menu physical key. I guess I can just interecept the menu pkey and force the user to push the toolbar menu but it would be nicer to show the menu.

Something like this Java code but I dont know how to get the toolbar menu object;

public boolean onKeyUp(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
    if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU) {
        if (mToolbar.isOverflowMenuShowing()) {
            mToolbar.hideOverflowMenu();
        } else {
            mToolbar.showOverflowMenu();
        }
        return true;
    }
    return super.onKeyUp(keyCode, event);
}

 

[thedesolatesoul]

Yes, that is what I would have expected.
Can you do ACToolbar.getMenu ...although that doesnt do anything

As much as I hate reflection...

Sub ShowOverflowMenu(myToolbar as ACToolbar)
  Dim jo as JavaObject
  jo = myToolbar
  jo.RunMethod("showOverflowMenu")
End Sub