How to force use of overflow menu on devices with menu button

Question

I\'d like to have all of the menu items that don\'t fit into the ActionBar go into the overflow menu (the one that is reached from the Action Bar not the menu button) ev

Answer 1

For anyone using the new Toolbar:

private Toolbar mToolbar;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle bundle) {
    super.onCreate(bundle);

    mToolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
    setSupportActionBar(mToolbar);

    ...
}


@Override
public boolean onKeyUp(int keycode, KeyEvent e) {
    switch(keycode) {
        case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU:
            mToolbar.showOverflowMenu();
            return true;
        }

    return super.onKeyUp(keycode, e);
}