Android - How to access actionbar's menu items in fragment class

Question

How should I access the actionbar's menu items in fragment ? I have tried this but nothing happened

@Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {     // TODO Auto-generated method stub      switch (item.getItemId()) {     case R.id.menu_refresh:         Toast.makeText(getActivity().getApplicationContext(), "clicked", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();         return true;     default:         return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);     } }  @Override public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {     // TODO Auto-generated method stub     super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater); } 

Answer 1

Follow this steps:

• Add setHasOptionsMenu(true) method in your Fragment.

• Override onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) and onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) methods in your Fragment.

• Inside your onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) Activity's method, make sure you return false when the menu item action would be implemented in onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) Fragment's method.

Example:

Activity

@Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {     MenuInflater inflater = getSupportMenuInflater();     inflater.inflate(R.menu.main, menu);     return true; }  @Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {     switch (item.getItemId()) {     case R.id.activity_menu_item:         // Do Activity menu item stuff here         return true;     case R.id.fragment_menu_item:         // Not implemented here         return false;     default:         break;     }      return false; } 

Fragment

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);     setHasOptionsMenu(true);     .... }  @Override public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu,MenuInflater inflater) {     // Do something that differs the Activity's menu here     super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater); }  @Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {     switch (item.getItemId()) {     case R.id.activity_menu_item:         // Not implemented here         return false;     case R.id.fragment_menu_item:         // Do Fragment menu item stuff here         return true;     default:         break;     }      return false; } 

Answer 2

In your fragments onCreate method add setHasOptionsMenu(true);.

If your fragment is in a ViewPager then the fragment with the ViewPager also needs the above line.