onCreateOptionsMenu inside Fragments

try this,

@Overridepublic void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {    inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_sample, menu);    super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu,inflater);}

Finally, in onCreateView method, add this line to make the options appear in your Toolbar

setHasOptionsMenu(true);

Your already have the autogenerated file res/menu/menu.xml defining action_settings.

In your MainActivity.java have the following methods:

@Overridepublic boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu, menu);    return true;}@Overridepublic boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {    int id = item.getItemId();    switch (id) {        case R.id.action_settings:            // do stuff, like showing settings fragment            return true;    }    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item); // important line}

In the onCreateView() method of your Fragment call:

setHasOptionsMenu(true); 

and also add these 2 methods:

@Overridepublic void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {    inflater.inflate(R.menu.fragment_menu, menu);}@Overridepublic boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {    int id = item.getItemId();    switch (id) {        case R.id.action_1:            // do stuff            return true;        case R.id.action_2:            // do more stuff            return true;    }    return false;}

Finally, add the new file res/menu/fragment_menu.xml defining action_1 and action_2.

This way when your app displays the Fragment, its menu will contain 3 entries:

• action_1 from res/menu/fragment_menu.xml
• action_2 from res/menu/fragment_menu.xml
• action_settings from res/menu/menu.xml

I tried the @Alexander Farber and @Sino Raj answers. Both answers are nice, but I couldn't use the onCreateOptionsMenu inside my fragment, until I discover what was missing:

Add setSupportActionBar(toolbar) in my Activity, like this:

@Overrideprotected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);    setContentView(R.id.activity_main);    Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);}

I hope this answer can be helpful for someone with the same problem.