Android overflow menu positioned above actionbar/toolbar?

Question

I\'m trying to get my overflow menu to appear below the top bar in my app. When I was using the Holo theme it did this just fine, but I\'m trying to get my app to use materi

Answer 1

Per the Material Design specifications (see the Menus section):

A menu is a temporary sheet of paper that always overlaps the app bar, rather than behaving as an extension of the app bar.

So what you are seeing is the correct Material design for menus.