why is my onPrepareOptionsMenu not getting called?

Question

public class BFragmentTab extends Fragment {

    @Override
     public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            // Inflate the layout for this fragment
            return inflater.inflate(R.layout.recents, container, false);
     }

    @Override
    public void onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        menu.clear();
        MenuItem filter = menu.findItem(R.id.filter);
        MenuItem refresh = menu.findItem(R.id.refresh);
        //depending on you conditions, either enable/disable
        filter.setEnabled(false);
        refresh.setEnabled(false);
        super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
    }
}

I am trying to call my onPrepareOptionsMenu inside my Fragment class, buts its not getting called. I want to refresh my menu item when i click on an action tab inside my action bar.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Fragment.html#setHasOptionsMenu(boolean) — Selvin, Mar 19 '13 at 14:16
See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15656953/onprepareoptionsmenu-not-getting-called-in-fragments — Tim Malseed, Oct 17 '15 at 03:43

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 19 '13 at 14:16

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Call setHasOptionsMenu(true) in onAttach method

answered Mar 19 '13 at 14:16

Dmitry Zaytsev

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Is there an advantage to calling in onAttach rather than onCreateView ? – Jonathan Caryl Mar 19 '13 at 14:22
@DmitryZaitsev: I get a null pointer exception in my onPrepareOptionsMenu method. – theJava Mar 19 '13 at 14:30
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@theJava at leas it's called, right? :) You probably should call `super.onPrepareOptionsMenu` before everything else – Dmitry Zaytsev Mar 19 '13 at 14:31
For who arrives here using API 22.1.1 I just found out that the libray is bugged and onPrepareOptionsMenu is skipped from calling... Please read http://stackoverflow.com/a/30199286/3397345 – Davideas May 18 '15 at 15:12

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 18 '13 at 07:19

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I got the same error and in my case there was an error in my xml layout file for one of the sub-activity.

Surprisingly Eclipse didn't show the error but after removing it, the program worked.

answered Nov 18 '13 at 07:19

Bilbo Baggins

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why is my onPrepareOptionsMenu not getting called?

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