title: AppCompatActivity custom ActionBar buttons do not appear on Android 4.1.2
body: <p>It works fine on 5.1, but does not on 4.1.2</p>
  
  <p>What am I missing?</p>
  
  <p>Here is the activity xml:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          xmlns:myApp="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"&gt;
      &lt;item android:id="@+id/transfer"
          android:title="@string/transfer"
          android:icon="@drawable/ic_transfer"
          myApp:showAsAction="always" /&gt;
      &lt;item android:id="@+id/refresh"
          android:title="@string/refresh"
          android:icon="@drawable/ic_refresh"
          myApp:showAsAction="always" /&gt;
      &lt;item android:id="@+id/about"
          android:title="@string/about"
          android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_info_details"
          android:orderInCategory="100"
          myApp:showAsAction="never" /&gt;
      &lt;item android:id="@+id/help"
          android:title="@string/title_activity_help"
          android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_info_details"
          android:orderInCategory="101"
          myApp:showAsAction="never" /&gt;
      &lt;item android:id="@+id/settings"
          android:title="@string/settings"
          android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_info_details"
          android:orderInCategory="102"
          myApp:showAsAction="never" /&gt;
      &lt;item android:id="@+id/search"
          android:title="@string/search"
          android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_info_details"
          android:orderInCategory="103"
          myApp:showAsAction="never" /&gt;
      &lt;item android:id="@+id/logout"
          android:title="@string/logout"
          android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_info_details"
          android:orderInCategory="104"
          myApp:showAsAction="never" /&gt;
  &lt;/menu&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And here is my activity class (witch extends another activity that extends AppCompatActivity):</p>
  
  <pre><code>@Override
  public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
      MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
      inflater.inflate(R.menu.my_activity, menu);
      return true;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am using the following appcompat library:</p>
  
  <pre><code>'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.0'
  </code></pre>