Menu is not showing in fragment

Question

My requirement is simple, I want to open list of menuItems in fragment. So I created menu XML inside menu and trying to inflate inside onCreateOptionsMenu method in Fragment but unfortunately nothing is showing.

Here is:

myFragment.java

public static MoreFragment newInstance() {
        return new MoreFragment();
    }


    @Override
    public void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setHasOptionsMenu(true);
    }

    @Override
    public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
        menu.clear();
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.more_drawer, menu);

    }

    @Nullable
    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, @Nullable ViewGroup container, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreateView(inflater, container, savedInstanceState);
        setHasOptionsMenu(true);
        View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_more, container, false);

        setUp(v);

        return v;
    }

here is, more_drawer.xml:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
        <item
            android:id="@+id/nav_busTracking"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_more_drawer_bus_tracking"
            android:title="Bus Tracking" />
        <item
            android:id="@+id/nav_kidsWallet"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_more_drawer_kids_wallet"
            android:title="Kids' Wallet" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/nav_circlals"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_more_drawer_circulars"
            android:title="Circulars" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/nav_message"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_more_drawer_messages"
            android:title="Messages" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/nav_accountSettingd"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_more_drawer_account_settings"
            android:title="@string/account_settings" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/nav_logout"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_more_drawer_logout"
            android:title="Log Out" />

    </menu>

fragment.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">


</RelativeLayout>

I tried setHasOptionsMenu(true) put inside onCreate() and onCreateView() but nothing is showing.

I tried debug and find that onCreateOptionsMenu() is not called. I tried all the solution provided to this question but nothing goes in my favor.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Have you checked your Manifest file?

Make sure the Theme you choose for the activity includes the action bar. e.g:android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat">

Answer 2

Change this:

@Override
    public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
        menu.clear();
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.more_drawer, menu);

    }

To:

@Override
    public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.more_drawer, menu);
        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);

    }

And use: setHasOptionsMenu(true); after view inflates-creates:

@Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
    setHasOptionsMenu(true);
}