Question

I have added a simple menu but its not showing up.

this is menu.xml file-

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
    <item android:id="@+id/settings"
    android:alphabeticShortcut="@string/settings_shortcut"
    android:title="@string/settings_label"></item>
    </menu>

this is main.java file-

  @Overridek
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
        MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
        return true;
    }

I just wanted to keep it simple.

Answer 1

Inflate your menu options in your .java file through this –

// Initiating Menu XML file (menu.xml)
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu)
{
    MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater();
    menuInflater.inflate(R.layout.menu, menu);
    return true;
}

Hope this helps you lot.