onCreateOptionsMenu method does not get called in Fragment class.

onCreateOptionsMenu method does not get called, even after invaliding the menu.

getSlidingMenu().setOnOpenedListener(new OnOpenedListener() { @Override public void onOpened() { supportInvalidateOptionsMenu(); Log.d("SLIDING DRAWER","OPENED"); } });

Called the above inside the BaseActivity onCreate() and also the FragmentClass which extends the BaseActivity method.

The Fragment class onCreate() method has setHasOptionsMenu(true);. Still it does not trigger or invoke the onCreateOptionsMenu() method.

[tiran133]

I did the same in my project and it works fine. I extend my fragment as follow SlidingMenuListFragment extends SherlockListFragment I’m using the sherlockactionbar So i extend SherlockListFragment and not just ListFragment. Then I have the following code in my SlidingMenuListFragment .

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setHasOptionsMenu(true);
}

@Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
    super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);
    this.mMenu = menu;

    if (menu != null) {
        mAdapter = new SlidingMenuListAdapter(getActivity());
        for (int i = 0; i < menu.size() - 1; i++) {
            MenuItem tmpitem = menu.getItem(i);
            mAdapter.add(tmpitem);
        }

        setListAdapter(mAdapter);
        mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();

    }
}

This works fine for me… As a result I can add menu entries in the xml file displayd in the behindview from the slidingMenu. Hope that helps. In addition I added the following attribute to certain menu entries in the xml file android:visible=“false” because I don’t want them to show up in the actual menu…

[MohammadRafi]

@faywong : here is the link which documents this feature http://actionbarsherlock.com/usage.html.

which reads “NOTE: When using SherlockFragmentActivity there are also ‘Sherlock’-prefixed fragment classes which you should use to ensure proper functionality (e.g. SherlockFragment, SherlockListFragment). The activity will still function with the normal fragment classes but you will not be able to use any of the menu-related methods.”