Action bar does not show

Question

I tried to implement an action bar in my application.

menu.xml

Answer 1

An application with a Manifest like this

Menu.xml like this

And Activity like this

package com.example.Actionbartest;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;

public class MyActivity extends Activity {
    /**
     * Called when the activity is first created.
     */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);
        return true;
    }
}

Looks like this.

Are you sure your phone or emulator is running Android 3.0 or above? If not, you will end up with your screenshot.

To enable The Actionbar on older devices, you should use the AppCompat/support library (https://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/features.html)