when does onCreateOptionsMenu get called when activity is in tab?

Question

I have a tabHost and adding activity to the tab.

Intent myIntent = new Intent(this, MyActivity.class);
mySpec.setContent(myIntent);

but MyActivity's onCreateOptionsMenu doesn't get called.

How do I add item to actionBar when my activity is in a tab?

I want to add different items to actionBar in different tabs(activities)

Answer 1

Since the introduction of the ActionBar the tab API has changed a lot. Tabhosts are now deprecated Tabs inside a Tabhost will not affect the actionbar.

I would recommend to completely abandon TabHosts and use the ActionBarSherlock to get a native ActionBar on Devices beyond Android 3.2

In this way you get better looking tabs on all devices and the menu is correctly displayed on Phones with Android 4.x