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Device Basics
Working with Menus
There are two Android menu types: Options menus and Context menus.
Options menus
Options menus contain tools that apply to the activities of the current screen or
application, not to any specific item on the screen. To open the available options
menu, tap .
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Not all applications have Options menus; if you tap on a screen that has
no Options menu, nothing will happen.
Some applications have more Options menu items than can fit in the options
menu; tap
More
to open the additional items.
Using Context menus
Context menus contain options that apply to a specific item on the screen. To
open a Context menu, touch and hold an item on the screen. Not all items have
Context menus. If you touch and hold an item that has no Context menu,
nothing will happen.
Tap to open more menu items.