Android actionbar not visible

Question

I am trying to add an option menu in actionbar to my existing app but it is not working. If I create a new project with \"hello world\" default app I can see the button in a

Answer 1

i am using Samsung young 2 as android emulator and i have the same problem ,i reslov this by removing android:theme ="" from the manifest.xml and changing the theme to another theme support action bar

Answer 2

You should extend AppCompatActivity.

Answer 3

You have extended Activity. Try extending ActionBarActivity in java code

Answer 4

What solved my issue in this regard was, in the design view, click the eye icon (view options) and select Show Layout Decorations.

Answer 5

you have to call the method setHasOptionsMenu(true); in the OnCreate Method