title: ActionBar Action Items not showing
body: <p>i have a very simple code, but a problem that I cannot solve even after long google searching. I want to have some Action Items in my ActionBar, but whenever I run the App, all I see is a ActionBar with the App logo and the title, <strong>but no Action Items</strong>.</p>
  
  <p>It would be great, if you could help me, probably I am just missing the most obvious thing ;)</p>
  
  <p>Thats the method in my ActionBarActivity:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@Override
  public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
      // Inflate the menu items for use in the action bar
      MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
      inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_activity_actions, menu);
      return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And this is the relevant .xml file for the ActionBar (named main_activity_actions.xml):</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" &gt;
  &lt;item android:id="@+id/action_search"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_search"
        android:title="@string/action_search"
        android:showAsAction="always"  /&gt;
  &lt;item android:id="@+id/action_compose"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_compose"
        android:title="@string/action_compose" 
        android:showAsAction="always"/&gt;
  &lt;/menu&gt;
  </code></pre>