You can use instrumentation, ie following code called from onCreate of your activity will cause menu to be opened and closed multiple times:
new Thread(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
try {
Instrumentation inst = new Instrumentation();
for ( int i = 0; i < 10; ++i ) {
inst.sendKeyDownUpSync(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_MENU);
Thread.sleep(2000);
inst.sendKeyDownUpSync(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK);
Thread.sleep(2000);
}
}
catch(InterruptedException e){
}
}
}).start();
…but I am not sure if this is what you are after