With the release of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on last November, along with it also the Android OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was introduced. Even most of the vendors are preparing updates Ice Cream Sandwich for their flagship product. This indicates formally that it is time we say the parting words for the menu button on Android devices.

With the interface and the new operating system, users no longer need to press the menu button on the device, because the menu has been integrated into the action bar (or other parts of the screen). Google through an article entitled “Say goodbye to the menu button”had informed the developer to forget about the menu button and start adjusting their applications made ​​with the new Android operating system.

Google Blog post also explained that all applications created for Android OS before version 3.0 will not be able to perform the function menu button on Android OS 3.0 and above. Because of differences in this menu button navigation system, Google asking developers to immediately update their homemade applications including dump action overflow from the bottom of the navigation bar so it can be compatible with Android ICS.