android.support.v7 with `ActionBarActivity` no menu shows

Question

In the new update Google has released a new API support library, that supports the ActionBar in API level 7+.

I used ActionBarSherlock until this update and I wrot

Answer 1

I'd like to add a little to the answer.

If you want to see both text and an icon, please use withText in showAsAction I've just tested it; when I used always or ifRoom without withText, I only saw an icon.