Disabling the hardware menu button [MIT AI2]

Use any decompiling method that support smali

Decompiled Apk

Go to your folder/path (Your Apk name)

..Your_Apk_name\smali\com\google\appinventor\components\runtime

find and open Form.smali file for editing, I recommend Notepad++ for this.

find .method public onCreateOptionsMenu

.method public onCreateOptionsMenu(Landroid/view/Menu;)Z
    .locals 3
    .param p1, "menu"    # Landroid/view/Menu;

    .prologue
    .line 2170
    invoke-super {p0, p1}, Lcom/google/appinventor/components/runtime/AppInventorCompatActivity;->onCreateOptionsMenu(Landroid/view/Menu;)Z

    .line 2173
    invoke-virtual {p0, p1}, Lcom/google/appinventor/components/runtime/Form;->addExitButtonToMenu(Landroid/view/Menu;)V

    .line 2174
    invoke-virtual {p0, p1}, Lcom/google/appinventor/components/runtime/Form;->addAboutInfoToMenu(Landroid/view/Menu;)V

    .line 2175
    iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/google/appinventor/components/runtime/Form;->onCreateOptionsMenuListeners:Ljava/util/Set;

    invoke-interface {v1}, Ljava/util/Set;->iterator()Ljava/util/Iterator;

    move-result-object v1

    :goto_0
    invoke-interface {v1}, Ljava/util/Iterator;->hasNext()Z

    move-result v2

    if-eqz v2, :cond_0

    invoke-interface {v1}, Ljava/util/Iterator;->next()Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v0

    check-cast v0, Lcom/google/appinventor/components/runtime/OnCreateOptionsMenuListener;

    .line 2176
    .local v0, "onCreateOptionsMenuListener":Lcom/google/appinventor/components/runtime/OnCreateOptionsMenuListener;
    invoke-interface {v0, p1}, Lcom/google/appinventor/components/runtime/OnCreateOptionsMenuListener;->onCreateOptionsMenu(Landroid/view/Menu;)V

    goto :goto_0

    .line 2178
    .end local v0    # "onCreateOptionsMenuListener":Lcom/google/appinventor/components/runtime/OnCreateOptionsMenuListener;
    :cond_0
    const/4 v1, 0x1

    return v1
.end method

edit const/v4 v1, 0x1 to const/v4 v1, 0x0

    goto :goto_0

    .line 2178
    .end local v0    # "onCreateOptionsMenuListener":Lcom/google/appinventor/components/runtime/OnCreateOptionsMenuListener;
    :cond_0
    const/4 v1, 0x0

    return v1

Done, build your Apk.

Designer Properties

Screen1

Sizing: Responsive
ShowStatusBar: Checked
TitleVisible: Checked

We will control StatusBar and Title with Apk Modder

Launch Apk Modder

Select Apk tab and choose the Select apk to decompile.

Decompile should take a couple of seconds to be completed.

Select Options tab and choose under Directories Decompile dir.

Go to “your_project_name.apk\smali\com\google\appinventor\components\runtime\form.smali” and select to edit form.smali.

Make sure to select from
.method public onCreateOptionsMenu(Landroid/view/Menu;)Z to .end method and delete that part, do not forget to save.

Make the necessary changes in the Manifest file.

Build new apk.

Finalize apk.