How to add Action bar options menu in Android Fragments

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I am trying to have a options menu in Android Fragments  ActionBar options menu are not displaying in my Fragments   Here is my code and I have both onCreateOptionsMenu   and onOptionSelected   function  My code doesn t shows any error  But options menu are not displaying   package org reachout   import android os Bundle  import android support v4 app Fragment  import android view LayoutInflater  import android view View  import android view ViewGroup  import android widget LinearLayout   import org general R   public class ViewMessageFragment extends Fragment            non-Javadoc          see android support v4 app Fragment onCreateView android view LayoutInflater  android view ViewGroup  android os Bundle               Override     public View onCreateView LayoutInflater inflater  ViewGroup container              Bundle savedInstanceState            if  container    null                   We have different layouts  and in one of them this                fragment s containing frame doesn t exist   The fragment                may still be created from its saved state  but there is                no reason to try to create its view hierarchy because it                won t be displayed   Note this is not needed -- we could                just run the code below  where we would create and return                the view hierarchy  it would just never be used              return null                    return  LinearLayout inflater inflate R layout viewmessages tab fragment layout  container  false               Override     public void onCreateOptionsMenu Menu menu  MenuInflater inflater               TODO Auto-generated method stub         super onCreateOptionsMenu menu  inflater           inflater inflate R menu askexperts menu  menu               Override     public boolean onOptionsItemSelected MenuItem item              handle item selection        switch  item getItemId                case R id action settings                  do s th               return true            default               return super onOptionsItemSelected item

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in AndroidManifest xml set theme holo like this    lt activity android name  your Fragment or activity  android label   string xxxxxx  android theme   android style Theme Holo   gt

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I am late for the answer but I think this is another solution which is   not mentioned here so posting    Step 1  Make a xml of menu which you want to add like I have to add a filter action on my action bar so I have created a xml filter xml  The main line to notice is android orderInCategory this will show the action icon at first or last wherever you want to show  One more thing to note down is the value  if the value is less then it will show at first and if value is greater then it will show at last   filter xml   lt menu xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns app  http   schemas android com apk res-auto      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools   gt         lt item         android id    id action filter          android title   string filter          android orderInCategory  10          android icon   drawable filter          app showAsAction  ifRoom    gt     lt  menu gt    Step 2  In onCreate   method of fragment just put the below line as mentioned  which is responsible for calling back onCreateOptionsMenu Menu menu  MenuInflater inflater  method just like in an Activity     Override     public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setHasOptionsMenu true           Step 3  Now add the method onCreateOptionsMenu which will be override as    Override     public void onCreateOptionsMenu Menu menu  MenuInflater inflater            inflater inflate R menu filter  menu       Use filter xml from step 1         Step 4  Now add onOptionsItemSelected method by which you can implement logic whatever you want to do when you select the added action icon from actionBar    Override     public boolean onOptionsItemSelected MenuItem item            int id   item getItemId            if id    R id action filter                 Do whatever you want to do              return true                     return super onOptionsItemSelected item

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You need to call setHasOptionsMenu true  in onCreate     For backwards compatibility it s better to place this call as late as possible at the end of onCreate   or even later in onActivityCreated   or something like that   See  https   developer android com reference android app Fragment html setHasOptionsMenu boolean

[android] How to add Action bar options menu in Android Fragments

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