android-optionsmenu

I have an android application which kind of like a home screen of the build-in screen on android phone. I can list all the available applications and run them. One thing I don't know how to do is when user run an application from my apps, my application can trigger the hardware menu button to show the current application menus. Is this possible ? If not, what about doing it if the device was rooted. In activity use override onKeyDown like this : @Override public boolean onKeyDown(int keycode, KeyEvent e) { switch(keycode) { case KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU: doSomething(); return true; } return super

I have developed an android app that mainly targets smartphones. However in tablet emulator I see that it works on android 3.x, too. However there is one little problem. The user cannot open OptionsMenu when he clicks on the menu button. As you know on the smartphone a menu appears from the bottom. But on tablet nothing happens. I have read this http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/menus.html#options-menu but still cannot figure out how to manage this. My app has a custom action bar. My code is quite straight forward. In main activity: @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu