Can't get the Android 4.0 Split Action Bar working

Question

I've followed the development pages on the android dev site, but I cannot get my action bar to split to the top and bottom of the screen.

I've got a menu xml defined with a couple of options:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
  <item android:id="@+id/stop_services"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:title="@string/stop" 
    android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"/>
  <item android:id="@+id/start_services"
    android:icon="@drawable/pushpin"
    android:title="@string/start" 
    android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"/>
</menu>

In my manifest I've set the uiOption to:

<activity
  android:label="@string/app_name"
  android:name=".ProxilenceHome" 
  uiOptions="splitActionBarWhenNarrow" >

I load the menu items in the activity as follows:

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

But when testing the application, the action bar never splits. Does anyone know the problem/ if I've missed anything out?

Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

Using android:uiOptions="splitActionBarWhenNarrow" works for me.

Without the "android:" it does not work