invalidateOptionsMenu doesn't work in fragment

Question

I want to show or hide item in actionbar according to either their is text in the edit text or not

so I did the following

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Answer 1

For updating the onCreateOptionsMenu inside the fragment you need to call the setHasOptionsMenu(true); inside the onCreate method of the fragment. Otherwise you won't be able to update it when you call getActivity().invalidateOptionsMenu();

sample:

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setHasOptionsMenu(true);
}

EDIT:

@Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
        if(seachEditText.getText().toString().length() > 0)
        {
            menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).setVisible(true);
        }
        else
        {
            menu.findItem(R.id.action_search).setVisible(false);
        }
    super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu, inflater);


}