2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/navit/android/src/org/navitproject/navit/Navit.java b/navit/android/src/org/navitproject/navit/Navit.java
index 90fcbe5eb..5449a3431 100644
--- a/navit/android/src/org/navitproject/navit/Navit.java
+++ b/navit/android/src/org/navitproject/navit/Navit.java
@@ -590,6 +590,16 @@ public class Navit extends Activity
 				break;
 		}
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @brief Shows the Options menu.
+	 * 
+	 * Calling this method has the same effect as pressing the hardware Menu button, where present, or touching
+	 * the overflow button in the Action bar.
+	 */
+	public void showMenu() {
+		openOptionsMenu();
+	}
 
 	void setDestination(float latitude, float longitude, String address) {
 		Toast.makeText( getApplicationContext(),getString(R.string.address_search_set_destination) + "\n" + address, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); //TRANS
diff --git a/navit/android/src/org/navitproject/navit/NavitGraphics.java b/navit/android/src/org/navitproject/navit/NavitGraphics.java
index 728b49878..08f4fbe3e 100644
--- a/navit/android/src/org/navitproject/navit/NavitGraphics.java
+++ b/navit/android/src/org/navitproject/navit/NavitGraphics.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import android.graphics.Paint;
 import android.graphics.Path;
 import android.graphics.PointF;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
+import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.Message;
 import android.util.FloatMath;
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ import android.view.KeyEvent;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
+import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
 import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;
 import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
 
@@ -792,6 +794,24 @@ public class NavitGraphics
 	private int		SizeChangedCallbackID, ButtonCallbackID, MotionCallbackID, KeypressCallbackID;
 	// private int count;
 
+	/**
+	 * @brief Returns whether the device has a hardware menu button.
+	 * 
+	 * Only Android versions starting with ICS (API version 14) support the API call to detect the presence of a
+	 * Menu button. On earlier Android versions, the following assumptions will be made: On API levels up to 10,
+	 * this method will always return {@code true}, as these Android versions relied on devices having a physical
+	 * Menu button. On API levels 11 through 13 (Honeycomb releases), this method will always return
+	 * {@code false}, as Honeycomb was a tablet-only release and did not require devices to have a Menu button.
+	 */
+	public boolean hasMenuButton() {
+		if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT <= 10)
+			return true;
+		else if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT <= 13)
+			return false;
+		else
+			return ViewConfiguration.get(activity.getApplication()).hasPermanentMenuKey();
+	}
+	
 	public void setSizeChangedCallback(int id)
 	{
 		SizeChangedCallbackID = id;