How can I refresh the ActionBar when onPrepareOptionsMenu switched menu entries?

My method of choice is to create a helper class. For example:

class VersionHelper{    static void refreshActionBarMenu(Activity activity)    {        activity.invalidateOptionsMenu();    }}

Now in your code above, replace invalidateOptionsMenu(); with:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11){    VersionHelper.refreshActionBarMenu(this);}

Credit for this method goes to CommonsWare (search for HoneycombHelper, and check out his books - highly recommended)

android menu android-actionbar

Thanks to the accepted answer. I am using ActionBarActivity. in this class you can use

supportInvalidateOptionsMenu();

android menu android-actionbar

Use

ActivityCompat.invalidateOptionsMenu(Activity activity)

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