Create an Actionbar OptionsMenu in an PreferenceFragment

Question

I run into a problem while I was settings up the Preferences for my App .

I would like to have a Button in the ActionBar (eg Save) but my ActionBar is not showing anything. I put this Line in the onCreate Method:

this.setHasOptionsMenu(true) ;

And implemented the

public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater)
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item)

methods as well. However, it does not show anything.

Answer 1

Be sure your button item in your action menu layout something like:

<item
    android:id="@+id/action_save"
    android:orderInCategory="1"
    your_icon:showAsAction="always"
    android:icon="@drawable/icon_save"
   />