Working With Menus
There are two kinds of Android menus: 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 the Menu Key
Options menus; if you tap the Menu Key
Options menu, nothing will happen.
Context menus
Context menus contain options that apply to a specific item on the screen.
To open a Context menu, tap and hold an item on the screen. Not all items
have Context menus. If you tap and hold an item that has no Context menu,
nothing will happen.
on a screen that has no
When you tap and
hold certain items on
a screen, a Context
menu opens.
. Not all applications have
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