How can I use onCreateOptionsMenu in a Fragment within a tab Activity? (Sherlock ActionBar)

Question

I have the following method overridden in my tab Activity and it works fine like that but I want specific option menu's for each fragment. When I put this in my fragment and press the menu button, nothing happens.

@Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
    MenuInflater inflater = getSupportMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.activity_calc, menu);
    return true;
}

I used SherlockFragmentActivity with the contentView as a ViewPager+tab implementation (so I can do the swiping and click on tabs). It's not specifically a TabActivity...it's just an Activity with tabs. — snotyak, Aug 07 '12 at 23:46
There's something wrong with the code you've posted, it won't compile. "inflater" is defined twice, and "return true" is not accepted in a method with return type void. — RenniePet, Aug 19 '13 at 14:32
For me the information on this thread was what I needed: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15653737/oncreateoptionsmenu-inside-fragments — RenniePet, Aug 19 '13 at 14:42

score 85 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 09 '12 at 18:04

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You need to call setHasOptionsMenu(true) on your fragment before it can participate in the action bar.

edited Dec 09 '12 at 18:04

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Ah, yes. I copied the wrong thing but it has the same method, haha. I'll try it out in a bit. Thanks. – snotyak Aug 08 '12 at 00:05
A doc link on `setHasOptionsMenu(true)` will be helpful, thanks. – Jigar Jul 28 '13 at 07:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 08 '12 at 00:13

May I suggest you check out http://code.google.com/p/sherlock-demo/. As BackpackOnHead describes, it uses ViewPager + ActionBar Tabs to let you navigate two different ways between the Fragments in an Activity. In this case, it is the FragmentTabs portion of the API Demos sample app, ported to ActionBarSherlock. The LoaderThrottle Fragment in particular has its own OptionsMenu items.

How can I use onCreateOptionsMenu in a Fragment within a tab Activity? (Sherlock ActionBar)

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