Can't access menu on Nexus 9 with Android 6.0

[kalon33]

Using android M preview, it is not possible to access the menu anymore, as menu softkey is not available.

That makes the app a lot less usable.

[barbeau]

Try pressing and holding the Multitasking button (next to Home). I haven't
tried this on M preview but it works on earlier Android versions.

Either way, we should provide a better way to get to the menu.
On Aug 24, 2015 6:31 AM, "Nicolas Derive" [email protected] wrote:

Using android M preview, it is not possible to access the menu anymore, as
menu softkey is not available.

That makes the app a lot less usable.

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[kalon33]

It doesn't seem to work on M. I have a second vibration when doing this, but nothing happen on release, apart the list of current apps.

[barbeau]

Yikes, that's not good. Strange that they would break backwards capability for apps that haven't updated to the M SDK yet. Is this on a Nexus 5?

[barbeau]

And which M preview / build version?

[kalon33]

It is on a Nexus 9 (tablet) with the third (latest) M preview.

[kalon33]

After upgrading to Android 6.0 final, I have the same problem.

[barbeau]

Ouch. We'll definitely need to fix this and find another way for the user to open the menu.

@vreixo were you working on some design ideas for moving the settings at some point? Any thoughts?

[barbeau]

@kalon33 Can you try long pressing the back button and see if that brings up the menu? Apparently that's the solution on Note 5 (not Marshmallow):
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-5/569132-note-5-menu-button.html

[kalon33]

@barbeau I just tried it on my Nexus 9, but that doesn't trigger anything else than the default back button action.

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De: Sean Barbeau [email protected]
À: CUTR-at-USF/OpenTripPlanner-for-Android [email protected]
Cc: Nicolas Derive [email protected]
Envoyé: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 04:21:55 +0200 (CEST)
Objet: Re: [OpenTripPlanner-for-Android] Can't access menu on devices without Menu key for M Preview 3 (#476)

@kalon33 Can you try long pressing the back button and see if that brings up the menu? Apparently that's the solution on Note 5 (not Marshmallow):
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-5/569132-note-5-menu-button.html

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[barbeau]

@kalon33 Finally had a chance to look at this closer - when I fire up an emulator with a Nexus 5 profile with Android 6.0, I do see a compatibility mode "3 dots" menu indicator in the bottom right corner of the screen, next to the "multitasking" button. If I tap on that, I can open the menu:

Do you see this on your Nexus 9?

[kalon33]

@barbeau no, unfortunately not...

[kalon33]

[barbeau]

@kalon33 Strange - do you see the same thing if you change the orientation?

[kalon33]

Yes, unfortunately...

[barbeau]

That's bizarre. Maybe it's something with layouts and compatibility modes for large screen devices.

At any rate, we can probably just stick a "Settings" entry at the bottom of the left sliding panel - that would be a reasonable solution for devices that don't have the compatibility mode menu button.

[kalon33]

@barbeau sure, I think that would be a good solution.

OffTopic questions: Is this still possible to add OTP servers to the app? Do you have an idea on how to fix geocoding problem #396 ?

Thanks :)

[barbeau]

@kalon33 Yes, still possible to add servers to the app - just send me the server info. Haven't had a chance to look at issue at bottom of #396 yet.

[kalon33]

@barbeau I sent you these infos in a mail a few hours ago :) thanks for working on fixing that menu issue :)

[barbeau]

I confirmed that the "3 dots" compatibility menu does show up on a real Nexus 5 device with Android 6.0 also. So, this problem must be unique to Nexus 9.